[SunRescue] 670MP OS/hardware choices

Martin Wedel xsintrk at xsintrk.net
Tue Feb 29 04:52:38 CST 2000


They are the correct mbus modules  : )                                
                                                                      
>.>On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Martin Wedel wrote:                           
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>.>>   The excitement mounts!  : )  . I have managed to procure a set 
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>.>> SM52X procs (both cards, 4 procs) and a decent amount of ram     
(320mb)                                                               
>.>> for my 670MP. Also picked up some cheap full height 3.5 gb SCSI-2
                                                                      
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>.>One teeny-tiny gotcha:                                             
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>.>Are these a SM520 module and a SM521 module, or SM52X modules?     
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>.>SS10's and SS20's can fit two SM52X's.  4/600 systems have opposing
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>.>slots and require the SM520/SM521 pair of modules to fit them both 
(the                                                                  
>.>connector is on different sides).                                  
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>.>You might just be able to get a SM52X into the first mbus slot, but
>.>there's no way it will work in the second.  It's a double-wide card
and it                                                                
>.>would hang off of the end of the board.                            
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>.>P/n for the SM520 is 501-2444, SM521 is 501-2445.                  
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>.>> drives.  I should have all of the parts together within the next 
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>.>> weeks. My question is this. Who on the list is actively running  
one of                                                                
>.>> the MP systems, and more specifically, what OS are you running?  
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>.>> there any other recommended cards (ei scsi cards with higher     
                                                                      
>.>> throughput) I should look for?                                   
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>.>If you have a 501-2055 CPU board then you have 10MB/sec fast/narrow
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>.>already.  Otherwise you have 5MB/sec.  If you're running several   
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>.>disks then an extra SCSI card will help.                           
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>.>Solaris 2.x is the most proven OS for SMP 4/600 configurations.  If
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>.>aren't adverse to doing a little hacking with adb you can even run 
>.>current releases (Solaris 7 tested but 8 should work as well).     
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>.>-James                                                             
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-Martin Wedel                                                         
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