[SunRescue] Yipee! My Ultra 2 is here - so here ar e my setup questions...

[Ken Hansen]

Today my Ultra 2 finally arrived, and before I set it up, which will be this
weekend it seems (I just got a rush project dumped on me at work :^( )
I wanted to pose a few questions that are not covered by the included
documentation:

	Power - this is going into a home set-up, and I have a few 500
	and 600 VA (watts?) UPSes, would one of these suffice to save
	my new baby from *most* power problems? Do I *need* to get
	a larger UPS for this beast?

	Periperals - I plan on adding a modem, ext. drives, and a
	postscript printer to this system, is it a bad idea to hook them
	all up first, then power-up for the first time? (any advantage or
	disadvantage?)

	CD-Changer - I have a Pioneer 6 CD Changer (4x I think), what
	do I need to have this be supported under Solaris 2.5.1, 7 or 8?

	Software - The system includes a copy of Solaris 7 on CD-ROM,
	but Solaris 2.5.1 was pre-loaded, should I ignore the 2.5.1
	install and boot off the Solaris 7 CD-ROM and do a fresh install
	from that? Also, would I be well advised to go right to Solaris 8?
	I don't have a copy, but one could be gotten from Sun ($75).
	BTW, am I entitled to current OS release while my system is
	under warranty (this is a brand new system, not a refurb, and
	has full warranty)?

	Legacy SBUS cards - I would like to add some SBUS cards I have
	on the shelf, are these known compatible with the Ultra 2:

		SBUS SunPC (w/AMD 586/133 Mhz CPU) - for the
		fun of it, not needed...

		SBUS Fast SCSI/Ethernet card (10BaseT/SCSI-2) -
		rather than adapt Wide SCSI to Narrow SCSI, why not
		put narrow drives/tapes/on this controller?

		SBUS TurboGX (for dual head operation - possible? I
		already have a Creator card installed)

Thanks in advance, I'm used to playing with low-cost Suns (IPC -> SS/10),
but the possibility for damage here is much greater ($$$)...

Ken

Ken Hansen ICTI
Ken.Hansen at icti-usa.com