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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:	FDDI - The Next Generation

Moderator:	NETCAD::STEFANI

Created:	Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2259
Total number of notes:	8590

623.0. "Sanity Check ... Booting SUN's over FDDI" by SYORPD::DEEP (Bob Deep - SYO, DTN 256-5708) Thu Jun 25 1992 11:07

Hi,

   Can someone confirm that a SUN workstation on an Ethernet segment, connected
via a DECbridge to an FDDI ring (formed with DECconcentrators) will be able to
boot from a SUN server connected elsewhere on the ring, or via another DECbridge.

   Is there anything specific about the way a SUN boots that would prevent this?

                            Thanks...  Bob

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623.1 check config of SUN FDDI boards CTOAVX::BEAULIEU Thu Jun 25 1992 11:33 11

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623.1	check config of SUN FDDI boards	CTOAVX::BEAULIEU		`Thu Jun 25 1992 11:33`	11
	Bob, There isn't anything special that is needed to boot a SUN workstation from a SUN server over our FDDI equipment. We are currently doing this at my customer today. We did however at the very beginning run into a glitch because the SUN FDDI boards needed a switch enabled on them in order for this to work. Also, check to see if the SUN FDDI controller cards are up to date REV levels of firmware. (they put out a patch on how they do SMT a while ago.) Hope this helps, Mike Beaulieu

    Bob,
    
    There isn't anything special that is needed to boot  a SUN workstation
    from a SUN server over our FDDI equipment.  We are currently doing this
    at my customer today.  We did however at the very beginning run into a
    glitch because the SUN FDDI boards needed a switch enabled on them in
    order for this to work. Also, check to see if the SUN FDDI controller cards
    are up to date  REV levels of firmware. (they put out a patch on
    how they do SMT a while ago.)
    
    Hope this helps,  Mike Beaulieu