[rescue] Re: SparcEngine question

[Paul Hortiatis]

Yea... i got my two set up last week... You have to netboot them to set them
up since they have no external scsi connections, though i got an adapter to
plug a normal 50pin scsi cable into the sca80 backplane to attach a cdrom
drive, though it was unnesicary.

The cp1500 has one console port and rj45 network port on the front pannel.
The ZNYX quad port network controller he has with them is realy easy to set
up with the drivers from ZNYX, much eaiser than any other quad port adapter
i have set up. I put two of them in one of the boxes to be my new router.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Robert Novak
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:26 AM
To: The Rescue List
Subject: [rescue] Re: SparcEngine question


On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 05:54:54PM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
>
> The CP1500 is also used in the SF15k i'm told.  They're made for telco's
> and such as well.  It would make a great router.  I just got one (very
> similar to the one that Paul Hortiatis posted earlier in the thread
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3402162977) BIN of
> $190 on ebay, IMHO it was a steal.  It takes mezzanine memory like a
> netra t1, the console cable is a mini-din serial.

It should take the same memory as a netra t1, since the netra t1 is just
a custom enclosure for a cp1500. :-) There should be a way to get rj45
serial console ports out of it. If nothing else, keep an eye out for
a netra t1 with a dead board or cpu.

But yeah, those little rackmount critters looked pretty sweet. The guy
still has some up, 333mhz and 360mhz.

Rob

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