[rescue] Non-SGI fddi in SGI?

Jonathan Katz rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Jul 31 11:17:23 CDT 2001


Daniel wrote:
> Does anybody know if DEC or Cisco fddi adaptors will work with IRIX? 

Not offhand. What does http://www.reputable.com/indytech.html say? Although
geared to Indys it should have a link to some I2-info pages, right? (Been a
while since I did the SGI thang.)

> I'm thinking of putting FDDI on my SGI box but I don't want to pay 
> SGI for their own controller.  Ebay is replete with EISA and PCI fddi 
> cards that I hope work with Indigo2s and Octanes respectively.

Your best bet would be a DEC or Cisco EISA card. I don't know of any
I2 that did PCI.

-Jon



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