[Sunhelp] 3500 vs 4500

[Brian Canada]

It's an Sbus or PCi card that goes on your existing I/O board. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Yoho, Cindy [mailto:cyoho at umpublishing.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:57 PM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] 3500 vs 4500


What about gigabit ethernet?  That would require another board, or could I
request it on one of the existing I/O boards instead of a 10/100?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Howell [SMTP:jwh2 at cornell.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:34 PM
> To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject:	RE: [Sunhelp] 3500 vs 4500
> 
> Hi,
>          Each I/O has a UTP 10/100 Ethernet interface so you would have 2 
> network interfaces as a result of having 2 I/O boards, unless you need a 
> different network type.
> Jim
> 
> At 12:34 PM 9/21/2000 -0500, Yoho, Cindy wrote:
> >So if I want 4 CPUs and a separate board each for the tape library and
> disk
> >array, I've already used up 4 of my 5 boards on the 3500.  What about lan
> >cards, if I wanted a second lan interface would I use up the last board?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Howell [SMTP:jwh2 at cornell.edu]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:20 PM
> > > To:   sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > > Subject:      Re: [Sunhelp] 3500 vs 4500
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >          A single I/O board can handle at least 3 devices and more
> > > depending on device type.  So you could have your disk array and tape
> > > library share an I/O board from that viewpoint, however they also
> share
> > > the
> > > capacity of that board and affects redundancy.
> > >          If you think that your desired configuration would complete
> fill
> > > a
> > > 3500 I'd consider getting a 4500 so that you have growth potential.
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > At 12:05 PM 9/21/2000 -0500, Yoho, Cindy wrote:
> > > >Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > >I am looking at the specs for the E3500 and the E4500 from Sun's
> website
> > > and
> > > >I have a question I'm sure you all can answer for me quicker than a
> Sun
> > > >rep...:-)
> > > >
> > > >The specs say the only differences are in the max number of CPUs (8
> vs
> > > 14),
> > > >the max external disk storage (2 TB vs 4 TB), the max amount of RAM
> (8 GB
> > > vs
> > > >14 GB), and the max number of boards (5 vs 8).  It's this last
> difference
> > > >that I am wondering about.  Are these boards the CPU and I/O boards?
> In
> > > >other words, the more CPUs I add (14 CPUs would take up 7 boards at 2
> > > per)
> > > >the fewer I/O boards I have left (7 left for I/O boards if I have 14
> > > >CPUs)???
> > > >
> > > >We need to put a 300GB disk array and an AIT tape library on this
> server.
> > > >Would that take up 2 of my boards, or is it figured differently?
> What
> > > about
> > > >the internal devices, like DAT, CDROM, and internal disks - do they
> take
> > > up
> > > >a single I/O board?  I guess I'm used to figuring slots, and I'm not
> sure
> > > >what a board contains on a Sun.  With HP (which I'm more familiar
> with!)
> > > >some of the "boards" are half-height, some are full-height and some
> are
> > > 1.5
> > > >height.  I may have 5 "slots" but I can put into those 5 slots 10 1/2
> > > height
> > > >boards, or 5 full-height, or 3 1.5 height and 1 half-height, etc.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in advance for your help on this -
> > > >
> > > >Cindy
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