Support for EISA MUX

[ITeam]

I hope some one can help me. I remember reading, somewhere, that HP were dropping the hardware support for the EISA MUX, but I can no longer find it. I have search through the forums and other areas for it, to no avail. Does anyone know if this is true and, if so, could you point me in the direction of any documentation for it. Your assistance would be much appreciated. (Points will be given for any advice and bunnies for supporting documentation).

Many thanks, Graeme.

[melvyn burnard]

Well if you are refering to using a 64bit OS, then yes there are NO drivers for any EISA hardware in 64bit HP-UX 11.x.

[Zeev Schultz]

Had some issue with eisa mux for D-class (32bit,11.0)
The link:
product is j2482a:
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=J2482A

[ITeam]

Thanks Melvyn, I know there is NO 64 bit kernel driver under 11.00 and there never will be. I know that it can be used under 32 bit. But I'm after proof for my manager that HP have already or are in the process of droping hardware support for the EISA MUX.

Many thanks, Graeme.

[Zeev Schultz · Accepted solution]

Graeme,
Hardware support is already dropped for all
local buses except for PCI which is the only
local bus found in new HP 9000 servers.As to software support - I got no idea.Anyway,our
customer finaly decided to purchase 64 port pci mux card instead of 8 port eisa and put it on another server (L class).

Regards
Zeev

[melvyn burnard]

I would strongly recommend htat you enquire of your local HP Sales/Support office, or if you have an Account Manager, get them to answer this one.
On all the newer systems, it is all PCI, so EISA has been obsoleted, in that we no longer make them.
So I guess the answer is once EISA systems end their support, we end support of the EISA cards.

[ITeam]

Zeev and Melvyn, thank you very much for your quick responses and have assigned points accordingly. I now consider the post closed.

Many thanks, Graeme.