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Author: Benjamin GawertBenjamin Gawert
Date: Sep 17, 2008 22:41
Are the SATA/SAS hard drive sleds in a Sun Ultra 40 M2 the same as the
ones used in the old Enterprise Servers (i.e. E250, E450), the Ultra 60,
and the Sun Blade 1000? I want to know if I can "recycle" old sleds for
use in a Ultra 40 M2.
Benjamin
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Author: adamretteradamretter
Date: Aug 3, 2008 09:22
Hi Chaps,
I upgraded the RAM in my Sun Ultra 10 and have the original RAM sat
around doing nothing. If someone would like to pay the postage and a
token sum, then they can have it. If this is going to an educational
establishment then just the postage will suffice.
Thanks Adam.
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Author: GrasshopperGrasshopper
Date: Jul 12, 2008 08:48
What are your views the rise of green IT? Is it all hype? Or do you
believe the major vendors are making significant progress towards
offering genuinely environmentally responsible products and services?
If you are/were in a position to influence the purchase choices of
the
company you work for - would you consider the green attributes of the
product/service as important?
Does your company have its own green procurement policies or minimum
standards?
Do you believe any of the major IT vendors are leading the way when
it
comes to green IT, or do you hear more from certain vendors on the
subject than others?
I am very interested to hear your views - I am conducting research as
part of an MBA dissertation into this subject and I keen to get the
honest views of people working in the field!
Appreciate any thoughts you may be able to share!
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Author: Kralizec CraigKralizec Craig
Date: Jul 4, 2008 00:57
>Is it possible to install a PCI video card into a Blade 1000? I was
>looking into one of these on eBay, and wanted to be prepared in case
>the video card would not be so great. I do have a Creator 3D
>framebuffer, which I installed into my Ultra 2. I understand that the
>those Blades have a UPA slot so I can possibly install that Creator
>from the U2. Then I realized that the Creator cards have different
>revisions, so that could be an issue.
No reason why the Sun-supported PCI framebuffer cards won't work fine in a
Blade 1000.
>Well, if the Blades have PCI slots, then it should be possible to
>install a "regular" PCI PC video card in them, as long as the OS
>supports them. For example:
>VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD2400 Pro
>Thanks for your help.
>-D
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Author: Kralizec CraigKralizec Craig
Date: Jul 4, 2008 00:55
Barry OGrady yahoo.com> writes:
>On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:53:42 -0700 (PDT), hackr_d@ yahoo.com wrote: >>Blade 2000's with the dual 900's and up start around $500.
>>Sun Blade 2000 2x900Mhz 4GB 73GB XVR1000 DVD Kybd/Mouse US $495.00,
>I bought a Compaq DL760 for $200 Australian. It had 8 x 900 Mhz
>and 8 gigs RAM plus 4 x 36.4 gigs 15,000 SCSI hard drives.
>PCI cards installed were 2 x fibre channel, gigabit ethernet, RAID
>controller, and ILO.
There is no realistic way to compare that sort of system to a Sparc machine
though - doesn't matter what anyone says, unless there are ways to use
CPU-independent benchmarks to compare performance of various platforms and
configurations, comparisons are worth nothing. Which is a pity in a way
since it would be good to show up the Wintendo crowd more often. 8-)
Craig.
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Author: Craig DewickCraig Dewick
Date: Jun 28, 2008 03:34
Nataraj M Basappa gmail.com> writes:
>Hi All,
> It might be dumb question for you folks who have been using SPARC
>for all along, I want to
>try SPARC hardware it will be my first venture into SPARC, i have been
>using Debian for quite sometime on x86 and plan to do the same on
>SPARC. I have done some groundwork on OpenBoot PROM (Program) and also
>some affordable hardware to get me started.
>My question -
> 1. Is Ultra 60 (2x450+2GB) a better choice or should i look for bit
>more (since i plan to do some web development work on this) and also
Ultra 60's are now becoming very cheap. In addition, they're robust, and
quite expandable in terms of RAM, PCI, etc. With general TLC (regularly
cleaning out dust, etc. and making sure the power supply always has good
airflow), the machine will be useful for a very long time.
> 2. Some layman comparision between this system and x86 system would
>be better (i used all my googling skills but in vain, but always leads
>me into spec.org)
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Author: Craig DewickCraig Dewick
Date: Jun 28, 2008 03:27
Steven Hirsch gmail.com> writes:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I am in the process of trying to upgrade my Sparc 20 with dual 150MHz
>> Ross Hypersparc CPUs. I tested the machine first with the standard...
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Author: Craig DewickCraig Dewick
Date: Jun 28, 2008 03:23
>Since a couple of weeks I am the proud owner of an old Ultra 2.
>I successfully installed Solaris 10 and it worked all fine. Until
>yesterday: it hangs while booting.
>Going in diagnostics mode (STOP-D) I get quite a bit of output
>but it always stops and hangs after 'Probing sbus ..... '
>Using STOP-F I can test a few things, but see nothing odd.
>I assume I am dealing with some hardware failure.
>Is there a way to find out what may be wrong? Is it a hardware
>failure and then what may be failing? Any hints at all?
Have you tried running the system with something connected to serial port A
acting as a serial console? You'll get a lot more diagnostic output that way
which will hopefully help to pin-point the problem.
It might help to re-seat any Sbus cards you have installed in the system
just in case any of them are not pushed down onto the Sbus connectors on the
system board properly, and also check the RAM modules, etc. plus all the
other connectors.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
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