Sun x2100 Server Compatability

[Lars Tunkrans]

Sten Spans wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Nathan Vidican wrote:
>
>> Vivek Khera wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Daniel Rock wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nathan Vidican schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>> Any known issues running FreeBSD/amd64 on a Sun x2100 server?  
>>>>> Single opteron box, dual GigE, 80GB S-ATA, 1GB Ram, specs as below:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The X2100 is based on a Tyan Tomcat K8E (S2865) mainboard without  
>>>> PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. So you should look at success  
>>>> reports for this board.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Same issue here... both NIC's requried, but putting in a good ole 
>> Intel/FXP card won't bother me in the least.
>
>
> The x2100 is listed as only having pci-E expansion options ...
> so a regular pci ethernet card wont fit.
>
>
The intention here is to provide  a FAST  bus  for the optional
PCI-E  infiniband  card and PCI-E  FibreChannel CARD.

The box is inteded  as a GRID building block.

//Lars