New NICs on Sun 220R (Sparc)

[nickcross]

This has probably been asked before, but as the keywork search is down...

How do I install either a new 3com / Intel NIC on a Sun 220R?

I have 3 NICs that I wish to install on my server, but they aren't seen via 'ifconfig -a' and can't be installed via say 'ifconfig iprb0 plumb'

I can see them via 'prtconf -pv' so the system knows they are attached to the PCI bus.

I have tried setting up 'vi /etc/driver_aliases' with something like 'iprb "pci8086,1"' and doing a 'drvconfig;devlinks' but still no joy.

All the searching on Google shows x86 installs...

Help !

cheers,

Nick.

ps. Here is a 8086 line from prtconf;

Node 0xf0080b74
assigned-addresses: c2001010.00000000.00018000.00000000.00001000.81001014.00000000.00000c00.00000000.00000020.82001018.
power-consumption: 00000000.007270e0
reg: 00001000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.42001010.00000000.00000000.00000000.00001000.01001014.00000000.000000
compatible: 'pci8086,1' 'pci8086,1229' 'pciclass,020000'
name: 'ethernet'
fast-back-to-back:
devsel-speed: 00000001
class-code: 00020000
interrupts: 00000001
max-latency: 00000038
min-grant: 00000008
subsystem-vendor-id: 00008086
subsystem-id: 00000001
revision-id: 00000002
device-id: 00001229
vendor-id: 00008086

 

[nickcross]

Okay,

Intel Pro 100, 3Com 3c905b-tx, and Accton / SMC 5030B cards aren't compatible with Sparc Solaris 9.

So the new question is;

What cards are compatible with Sparc Solaris 9 ???

cheers, Nick