Need help with my E250

On the back of my E250 there is a bottom pullout power supply but above it is a blank plate where on the servers with dual power supply's would have the 2nd one.

I am wondering if all E250 are ready for 2 redundant power supply's and the original owner of my server just didnt want to pay the extra $$ for 2 power supply's , My ? is am I able to remove the plate and buy another power supply off ebay and just slip it in or is there a different boards inside that need to change like a dual backplane that they plug into ?

Thanks again

Chris

DJCHRIZMa at 2007-7-9 5:31:22 >

Ok just ordered a mouse & keyboard now I think im going to need something else to hook up the monitor

I dont believe that it has a VGA card installed , wont know till it arrives during the week , can i buy just a simple converter plug (SUN to VGA) or is the signal different that I cant use a regular pc monitor.

Also can I use any SUN VGA card or do I need a certain one for the E250

Thanks Again

Chris

DJCHRIZMa at 2007-7-9 5:31:22 >

Hello Chris,

until the keyboard and mouse arrives you should review the E250 User's Guide and Service Manual (see under Related Documentation).

The (optional) graphics boards (frame buffer) use either a VGA (HD-15) or 13W3 (larger connector with 3 big contacts and 10 smaller ones, in sum 13 contacts) connector. Boards with a VGA connector work with most monitors (CRT and flat-panel), the ones with 13W3 connector are likely to cause problems with most non-Sun monitors.

The least expensive graphics card for the E250 is the PGX-32 ("Raptor").

Another item you should get is a null-modem cable. These cables are very useful for troubleshooting and to use the system in a headless configuration (w/o graphics card, directly attached keyboard/mouse).

After installation of Solaris and the RSC (Remote System Control) software, you can access the system from the network after adding users.

Michael

MAALATFTa at 2007-7-9 5:31:22 >