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Fran Horan

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Mar 25, 2008, 9:15:23 AM3/25/08

Any suggestions on interfacing a Solaris-based server to a VME chassis ? Our
server needs to interface with a legacy VME processor via VME shared memory.
Our server can be x86 or SPARC.

What I have found so far are products that bring the VME into the server via
a PCI board: the 801 from GE Fanuc and the 8022 from Nat. Instr.

Another possibility could be a VME processor board that provides ethernet
out to the server. Any VME processor boards that run Solaris that people
want to comment on ? I'm aware of the Themis SPARC-based product.

Thanks very much for your help !

Fran Horan
JHU/APL

Dave

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Mar 25, 2008, 2:53:51 PM3/25/08

Are there any VME to GPIB interfaces? Its the sort of thing I would not
be surprosed if were available (try NI). GPIB boards for solaris are
readily available, although there is an issue on solaris 10, but that
can be overcome by remoing the ib driver and any packages that depend on it.

Anton Erasmus

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Mar 25, 2008, 7:21:15 PM3/25/08

Any of the many VME Based x86 PC VME provessor boards should be able
to run Solaris. VMIC for instance. www.gefanucembedded.com
They also do reflective memory boards for both VME bus and PCI bus
which you can use.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

Fran Horan

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Mar 26, 2008, 8:18:51 AM3/26/08

"Anton Erasmus" <nob...@spam.prevent.net> wrote in message
news:92riu3t4anoj20ni9...@4ax.com...

Thanks Anton, I was wondering about x86, and also felt there ought to be
some out there capable of running Solaris. Can anyone report specific x86
board(s) ?

I have a data sheet on the VR11 GE Fanuc x86 board that says on page 1 it
supports Solaris, but then does not list Solaris as a supported OS on page
3. Also, the local rep does not see Solaris support in his catalog. So this
is not encouraging for this particular example.

Another source I consulted for VME processors but with no success is Sun's
Hardware Compatibility List at:

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/

This database supports a flexible option: " 'Reported to Work' " based on
customer's self-installation and informal testing." If any VME board
vendors or users have Solaris working, this database and classification may
be easy for them to use. I'd appreciate a heads-up if anyone makes a VME
entry.

Thanks,

Fran Horan
JHU/APL