> On May 6, 2011 5:39 PM. Erik Trimble wrote: > >> On 5/6/2011 6:45 AM, Jack Patteeuw wrote: >> Is PCI-X downward compatible with PCI ? > > Yes. PCI-X cards will fit in 3.3V PCI slots, though (of course), they're > restricted to the PCI bandwidth (33Mhz/32-bit). They won't work in the > 5V PCI slots, but I'm 99.999% sure that the SB2500 uses the 3.3V PCI > slots (as the 5V ones were obsoleted in the early 2000s).
Further research on PCI - PCI-X compatibility resulted in the following statement. "[u]If it fits in the slot, it should work[/u]" > You need to get a SAS one instead. Pretty much any of the LSI models are > my favorite - the LSI 1068 is cheap and available from various OEMs > (including Sun). What is the Sun part number ? >You do need to make sure that the card has the OpenBoot PROM code > loaded in its firmware, NOT the PC BIOS version. Specifically, look at the > card and make sure the seller's docs explicitly say SPARC Solaris, > not just Solaris. I was planning on booting off of the internal UltraSCSI disk. Is OpenBoot PROM code required if you are not going to boot off of the device ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
