This says it all, thanks to Tom Crummey for a quick response. The PCI3 card doesn't work in the Ultra5/10. It needs the 64bit PCI slot. We tried it and it doesn't even power up. Original post: Has anyone installed a SunPCi3 in an older machine, i.e., Ultra 5 or Ultra 10? We had plans to install a SunPCi2 in an Ultra 10, but Sun is now shipping SunPCi3, and the U/10 dropped off the hardware compatibility list in the release notes. The immediate differences I see are that version 3 has an additional daughterboard for extra USB and firewire ports, so it takes up three PCI slots with all options installed instead of two slots. We have a Plan B, which involves moving around existing SunPCi2 cards and reassigning workstations, but my clients are looking for a second opinion before approving. Questions: 1) physical fit of main board, daughterboard, and serial/parallel connector (if used). 2) firmware compatibility, i.e., if you have installed, what version of OBP firmware do you have? 3) power consumption/cooling considerations Will summarize. -- Larye D. Parkins Systems Administrator, RML - NIAID 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 363-9433 _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed May 28 12:16:05 2003
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