NIC cards

[Girish_17]

Hi,
I have got IA and PA machines and need to add some additional NIC cards in the System as they are part of the cluster.
I have got RX2600 and A500 servers.
Can anybody tell me the different NIC cards available for this servers and their specification?
I would appreciate if anybody suggest more on which one to go with and why?
Thanks U very much for your valuable information.
Thanks,
Girish

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Girish,

RX2600

A5506B 100Base-TX LAN four port host adapter board (Supports all PCI bus configurations) - Has four RJ-45 connectors - Require one 64-bit PCI slot - For HP-UX operating system

A6847A 1000Base-SX Gigabit Ethernet network interface adapter board - Has one duplex fiber optic connector, requires one 64-bit PCI slot - For HP-UX operating system

A8685A 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet network interface adapter board - Has one RJ-45 connector - Requires one PCI slot - For HP-UX operating system

B5509BA 100Base-TX LAN host adapter board with one RJ-45 port - Requires one PCI slot - Includes the board, software, software license, and installation instructions - For HP-UX operating system

A500

A4926A LAN adapter - 1000Base-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapter - Supports all PCI bus configurations

A4929A LAN adapter - 1000Base-T PCI Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapter - Supports all PCI bus configurations

A5230A LAN Adapter - 100Base-TX PCI LAN adapter with one RJ-45 port

A5506B LAN Adapter - 4 port 100Base-TX PCI LAN adapter - Has four RJ-45 ports - Supports all PCI bus configurations

A5838A Dual port 10/100Base-T LAN and Dual port Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI adapter - Has two RJ-45 LAN ports and two external 68-pin very high density Ultra2 SCSI connectors

http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

[Pete Randall]

According to PartSurfer ( http://partsurfer.hp.com ):

For the A500, you can have the following NIC cards:
A4926A LAN adapter - 1000Base-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapter
A4929A LAN adapter - 1000Base-T PCI Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapter
A5230A LAN Adapter - 100Base-TX PCI LAN adapter with one RJ-45 port
A5483A 622Mb/s ATM PCI LAN adapter with MMF connectors
A5506B LAN Adapter - 4 port 100Base-TX PCI LAN adapter - Has four RJ-45 ports
A5513A 155Mb/s ATM PCI LAN adapter with MMF connectors
A5838A Dual port 10/100Base-T LAN and Dual port Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI adapter

For the RX2600, you could have:
A5506B 100Base-TX LAN four port host adapter board
A6847A 1000Base-SX Gigabit Ethernet network interface adapter board
A8685A 1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet network interface adapter board
B5509BA 100Base-TX LAN host adapter board with one RJ-45 port
P3492A 10/100Base-T IPSec (3DES) LAN host adapter board (For Windows and Linux operating systems)


Pete

[Girish_17]

Hi Robert/Pete,
It's amazing...Thanks for your quick and very sepcific replies.
Very much clear now.

Thanks,
Girish.

[Girish_17]

Thanks