Is a 3C905-TX (Rev A) or 3C905-TX (Rev B) usable?

[ElgisRamon]

I have a little 7048 RS/6000... it's NIC is only 10Mb/s, now I want 100Mb/s, can I put a PCI 3C905-TX NIC (The PC compatible one) Rev A or Rev B and use it for AIX 4.3.3?

TIA
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.

 

[Riaan]

We have tried a number of PC-flavour 3COM (including the one you have, I think) and a DEC21040 card in AIX 4.3.2, but upon reboot, AIX asks for a package name which does not exist. If you do not mind voiding the maintenance (if it is still on maintenance), try the card and try to find the fileset it asks for on the media. I have also heard rumours about drivers on IBM's site for PC 3COM NICs, but did not investigate further.

Riaan van Niekerk


UNIX sysadmin

Potchefstroom University

South Africa

 

[aixqueen]

this was the only 3 com card that IBM supported originally...

3Com 3C905 Fast EtherLink XL PCI 10/100 Ethernet Adapter #2986
7025-F40 RETAIN tip H161079 Must be installed in slot 1-3
Supported on all RS/6000 machines that use the PCI bus
except the Model 43P Series 7248-100, 120 and 132

Supported on the 7248:
(#2981) Ethernet Adapter, ISA (Short)
(#2985) PCI Ethernet BNC/RJ-45 Adapter
(#2987) PCI Ethernet AUI/RJ-45 Adapter
Independent hardware vendor options are available on IBM RS/6000 43P Series machine type 7248.
After configuring the required components the customer may select additional build to order components based on customer need from the following list:

3Com Ethernet ISA TP only (#8240)
3Com Ethernet ISA BNC/AUI (#8241)
3Com Ethernet PCI 10/100 MB (#8242)

Not sure what card that 3 COM is the 8242...but I know it is not a pc card.......

Hope it helps