| 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 |
In the Systems and Options catalog (supplement) for the AlphaServer
1000 4/233, the PCI cards are listed, but an asterisk indicates
that they are "supported as data devices only." The EISA devices
(DEFEA instead of DEFPA) have no such restriction. What is the
difference? Are the PCI devices supported for DECnet and UCX?
Provided I have the option of choosing, anyone care to comment on
the use of the EISA FDDI cards versus PCI?
Thanks in advance,
Jim Allbery
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1743.1 | NETCAD::STEFANI | Machines to humanize | Tue Jul 11 1995 19:38 | 13 | |
Jim,
I was curious about that text when I first read it. My guess (and it's
only a guess, mind you) is that it means that network boot over DEFPA
is not yet supported. I believe the DEFEA is supported as a network
boot device through the console on select Alpha systems. This requires
a console driver to initialize and communicate with the adapter. It's
possible that the DEFPA being a relatively new option (FRS in 1/95) is
not yet fully supported in the console and can only be used for
networking functions under an operating system (UNIX, OpenVMS, NT,
etc).
- Larry
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