Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1, and what sort of hardware is needed for
keyboard and monitor?

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On 2006-11-28, Barry OGrady wrote:
> Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1,

Yes. I can see a Netra T1 105 from where I'm sitting which has
Sol10 on it.

> and what sort of hardware is needed for
> keyboard and monitor?

I use the cable which came with a Cisco router (rj45 to db25) then
a db25 to db9 adaptor to plug it into the back of a PC and used
Teraterm to talk to the box to install it (I Jumpstarted it -
no CDROM) and once it was up on the network, you don't need
a console.



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On 28 Nov 2006 12:20:52 GMT, Huge wrote:

>On 2006-11-28, Barry OGrady wrote:
>> Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1,
>
>Yes. I can see a Netra T1 105 from where I'm sitting which has
>Sol10 on it.
>
>> and what sort of hardware is needed for
>> keyboard and monitor?
>
>I use the cable which came with a Cisco router (rj45 to db25) then
>a db25 to db9 adaptor to plug it into the back of a PC and used
>Teraterm to talk to the box to install it (I Jumpstarted it -
>no CDROM) and once it was up on the network, you don't need
>a console.

I just bought a Netra at an auction. It sounds like I should be able to use it.
I presume it needs the SPARC version of Solaris. I have the X86 version running
on a Duron 1.3 Ghz with 512 megs RAM.
Thank you.

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Barry OGrady wrote:

> I just bought a Netra at an auction. It sounds like I should be able to use it.

Provided it has sufficient RAM, yes.

> I presume it needs the SPARC version of Solaris. I have the X86 version running

Yep, you need the SPARC version.

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> Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1

Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.

> and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?

A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.

As for video there are no graphics cards listed under the Netra T1 AC200 or
DC200.
However, it does have a single PCI slot and from what I can tell it's
basically a Sun Blade 100 in a server configuration.
Looking at what works in a Sun Blade 100, something low end like a PGX32 or
PGX64 should work.

Trinean

Trinean wrote:
> > Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1

> Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
> Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.

> > and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?

> A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.

> As for video there are no graphics cards listed under the Netra T1 AC200 or
> DC200.
> However, it does have a single PCI slot and from what I can tell it's
> basically a Sun Blade 100 in a server configuration.
> Looking at what works in a Sun Blade 100, something low end like a PGX32 or
> PGX64 should work.

Or he could have a t105 which is based on the compact PCI Sun
systems. This has no keyboard port or USB port unless you count the
keyboard port that's hidden inside and no way accessible. The T1 are
nothing like the Blade 100 either, maybe you're thinking about the X1
which is a really cheaped down rack mount machine. Nothing like the
t10x etc machines which are well built NEBS compliant telco grade
machines. The Blade 100 is a cheap cheap desktop machine that doesn't
even have SCSI.

If he has a machine without the keyboard or USB ports then the
only practical way to use it as a desktop would be: 1) Use a SunRay or
other machine for the console over the network or 2) try to find a third
party PCI framebuffer with a built in keyboard port. There were some
Sbus boards that had a standard 15 pin VGA connector and a keyboard
port, I don't know about PCI though. The other problem you might find
is that these boards may or may not have any software support for later
Solaris versions.

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:40:00 GMT, Rich Teer wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Barry OGrady wrote:
>
>> I just bought a Netra at an auction. It sounds like I should be able to use it.
>
>Provided it has sufficient RAM, yes.

It has 1 gig, and two 18 gig HDs.

>> I presume it needs the SPARC version of Solaris. I have the X86 version running
>
>Yep, you need the SPARC version.

Thanks. Would it be easy to install from the CDROM?
I had no problems with the X86 version.

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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:12:11 -0500, "Trinean" wrote:

>> Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1
>
>Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
>Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.

I had in mind to download the CD images.

>> and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?
>
>A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.

Standard as in Sun standard? Will a PC type USB keyboard and mouse work,
or can I hook a terminal to a serial port?

>As for video there are no graphics cards listed under the Netra T1 AC200 or
>DC200.
>However, it does have a single PCI slot and from what I can tell it's
>basically a Sun Blade 100 in a server configuration.
>Looking at what works in a Sun Blade 100, something low end like a PGX32 or
>PGX64 should work.

Sounds a bit involved but doable.
I don't have the unit yet so I can't see if it has a video card.

>Trinean

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On 2006-11-28, Trinean wrote:
>> Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1
>
> Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
> Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.
>
>> and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?
>
> A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.

I'll be interested to see where you would plug it in.


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Huge wrote:
> On 2006-11-28, Trinean wrote:
>
>>>Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1
>>
>>Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
>>Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.
>>
>>
>>>and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?
>>
>>A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.
>
>
> I'll be interested to see where you would plug it in.
>
>
For sure.

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Barry OGrady wrote:

> It has 1 gig, and two 18 gig HDs.

OK, that's plenty.

> Thanks. Would it be easy to install from the CDROM?
> I had no problems with the X86 version.

Yes; if anything, SPARC is even easier than x86 to install.
Just put the first CD in, and type "boot cdrom" at the OK
prompt.

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President,
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On 2006-11-29, Rich Teer wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Barry OGrady wrote:
>
>> It has 1 gig, and two 18 gig HDs.
>
> OK, that's plenty.
>
>> Thanks. Would it be easy to install from the CDROM?
>> I had no problems with the X86 version.
>
> Yes; if anything, SPARC is even easier than x86 to install.
> Just put the first CD in,

In what? Is the CD-ROM an option? My T1 105 has no CD. No
KB port. No graphics. Two network ports and a serial. That's
it.


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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Huge wrote:

> In what? Is the CD-ROM an option? My T1 105 has no CD. No

Yes, the CD-ROM drive was optional on the Netra T1s (mine has one).
You can attach a CD-ROM drive to the extrenal SCSI port, or set
up an install server (if you have other SOlaris machines available
to you).

> KB port. No graphics. Two network ports and a serial. That's
> it.

Yep; one of the serial ports can be used from LOM. Keyboard and
graphics are not required (nor, arguably, desirable) on a server.

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President,
Rite Online Inc.

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:39:28 GMT, Rich Teer wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Barry OGrady wrote:
>
>> It has 1 gig, and two 18 gig HDs.
>
>OK, that's plenty.
>
>> Thanks. Would it be easy to install from the CDROM?
>> I had no problems with the X86 version.
>
>Yes; if anything, SPARC is even easier than x86 to install.
>Just put the first CD in, and type "boot cdrom" at the OK
>prompt.

Thanks. I did that and it installed just fine, although the CDROM drive
tray sticks and has to be pulled out manually. Is that easy to fix?

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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:55:09 +0000 (UTC), "B. Wright" wrote:

>Trinean wrote:
>> > Can I ran Solraris 10 on a Sun Netra T1
>
>> Solaris 8, 9 and 10 will run on a Netra T1.
>> Although for Solaris 8 certain minimum releases may be required.
>
>> > and what sort of hardware is needed for keyboard and monitor?
>
>> A standard Type-6 USB keyboard and mouse should work.
>
>> As for video there are no graphics cards listed under the Netra T1 AC200 or
>> DC200.
>> However, it does have a single PCI slot and from what I can tell it's
>> basically a Sun Blade 100 in a server configuration.
>> Looking at what works in a Sun Blade 100, something low end like a PGX32 or
>> PGX64 should work.
>
> Or he could have a t105 which is based on the compact PCI Sun
>systems. This has no keyboard port or USB port unless you count the
>keyboard port that's hidden inside and no way accessible. The T1 are
>nothing like the Blade 100 either, maybe you're thinking about the X1
>which is a really cheaped down rack mount machine. Nothing like the
>t10x etc machines which are well built NEBS compliant telco grade
>machines. The Blade 100 is a cheap cheap desktop machine that doesn't
>even have SCSI.
>
> If he has a machine without the keyboard or USB ports then the
>only practical way to use it as a desktop would be: 1) Use a SunRay or
>other machine for the console over the network or 2) try to find a third
>party PCI framebuffer with a built in keyboard port. There were some
>Sbus boards that had a standard 15 pin VGA connector and a keyboard
>port, I don't know about PCI though. The other problem you might find
>is that these boards may or may not have any software support for later
>Solaris versions.

I have an AC200 on which I have installed Solaris 10 from CDs, using a laptop
hooked up to the lom port.
My machine has two USB ports and I noticed it said no keyboard detected
when I fired it up, but it found a USB keyboard which I later connected.
I also have a Sunray 1 and plan to install the Sunray server and Windows connector.

Barry
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Hi,

I've got a Netra T1 105 with a CDROM, 512MB RAM, and it's running Solaris 10.

I just freshly installed it; it was running Solaris 8... I connected the rj45 end a Cisco rollover cable to "Serial A" and the db9 end to a Windows laptop, running Secure CRT.

I put the Solaris 10 CDROM into the CDROM drive and booted the machine from "lom" by typing 'poweron' . Once into Solaris 8 I issued a 'halt' and that dropped me to the "ok" prompt, from there I typed 'boot cdrom' and away she roared.


Regards,
Julian Breen