[Aurora-sparc-user] Enterprise 4500

[vincent at cojot.name]

It's always best to read the documentation (with pictures):

http://www.sunshack.org/data/sh/2.1/infoserver.central/data/syshbk/Systems/E4500/E4500.html

The boards are fully documented there, whith part numbers, even..

Regards,

Vincent

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, g.h.van.der.kroef at hccnet.nl wrote:

> Hello Joacim,
>
> ..
> 2. Can Linux access both CPU boards?  I noticed when attaching a
> monitor and keyboard that only the first CPU board had ports for that.
> The other one only had a network port.
> ..
>
> Are you sure it is like you describe?
> The way you describe it, the board with the monitor and keyboard
> connectors is the clock board, and the other with the network port is a
> I/O board.
> There also should be other ports on this board, like a SCSI connector, and
> slots for SBus cards.
> The clock board and I/O board are located in the rear of the machine.
> The CPU board(s) are in the front of the system, and can hold up to 2 CPUs.
>
> Regards,
> Ruud van der Kroef