We used the SUN 4 port ethernet card on some projects, it works great. Sylvain. Sylvain Nadeau Systems Integration & IT Foxboro Canada Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 514-421-8107 Fax:514-421-8054 > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnson,Alex [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 3:26 PM > To: Foxboro DCS Mail List > Subject: RE: > > Chris, > > Re: Ethernet Baud Rate > > The PCI cards in the AW51e are 10/100 Mbps cards. You may be running it at > 10 Mbps, but it can go faster. > > > Re: Ethernet Cards > > If you have spare slots, you can add another card. Some folks use the 4 > port > card from Sun. I'm not sure that we sell it, but it should work. > > > Re: Overloading > > Type: > > man vmstat > > on you system and learn how to read and interpret it. This tool will tell > you if the CPU or memory in your machine are heavily loaded. > > I'm not aware of an internal tool that gives a great analysis of the > Ethernet port usage, but play with perfmeter in /usr/openwin/bin. Right > click on the display when it pops up and you can select new things to > measure. > > Your network folks probably can monitor the traffic in the segment that > the > AW-51e is using. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Regards, > > Alex Johnson > 10707 Haddington > Houston, TX 77063 > 713.722.2859(v) > 713.722.2700(sb) > 713.932.0222(f) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Little Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 2:02 PM > To: Cassandra (E-mail) > Subject: > > Hi all > > I currently have an installation that is hosted by a 51 E. On this > unit I > have Aim* historian which is sampling around 600 points, mainly > analogue, > approximately every 5 seconds. I also have an off platform PC that > also has > Aim* with an identical historian, which is pulling the data through > the > second Ethernet port. Also on this same Ebox we have the interface > for our > OSI PI server. This is collecting about 2500 points, half of which > are > digital and the other half are analogue. The sample rates for these > are five > seconds for the analogues and two seconds for the digital. > We are now looking to install another interface for a QCK analyzer > (FLS) and > I am concerned that we will overload the API or the second Ethernet > port. > Is there any way to calculate the loading on this second Ethernet > port or > what the max is. Has anyone else used this QCX analyzer and how did > you > interface it to the Foxboro, is there a better way than over the > second > Ethernet card. Our second port is currently 10 Mbit, I think that is > the max > available > > Chris Little > Blue Circle Cement > Roberta Plant > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Foxboro Company. All postings from this list are the work of list subscribers and no warranty is made or implied as to the accuracy of any information disseminated through this medium. By subscribing to this list you agree to hold the list sponsor(s) blameless for any and all mishaps which might occur due to your application of information received from this mailing list. To be removed from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe foxboro" in the Subject. Or, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
