Frequently Asked Questions
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1. How is the new 1.4-GHz SunPCi III coprocessor card different from the 733-MHz SunPCi IIpro card?
Other new features include:
2. Which Sun systems does the SunPCi III coprocessor card support? The SunPCi III coprocessor card supports the following Sun systems:
See the SunPCi III installation guide for more information. The SunPCi III coprocessor card is compatible with Solaris Operating Environment 7, 8, 9 4. Which versions of MS Windows are supported by the SunPCi III coprocessor card? The SunPCi III coprocessor card supports:
Installation media must support generic hardware configurations. Windows may not install properly if the media is BIOS-locked to another OEM configuration (this is typical with media supplied by OEM PC vendors). 5. Can I use an OEM version of Windows with the SunPCi III coprocessor card? No, your OEM version may not work. You should use a retail version of Microsoft Windows. 6. Why isn't a Microsoft operating system license included with the SunPCi III coprocessor card? Sun does not resell Microsoft software. In order to run Microsoft operating systems on the SunPCi III coprocessor card, licenses must be purchased separately. 7. How do I purchase Microsoft Windows licenses to run on the SunPCi III coprocessor card? You can contact your reseller or channel ally who can integrate and sell OEM licenses of Microsoft software along with the SunPCi III coprocessor card. 8. Which PC applications are compatible with the SunPCi III coprocessor card? Applications that run under Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, and Microsoft Windows 98 SE are compatible with the SunPCi III coprocessor card. Sun included in its test matrices both the latest and previons versions of MS Office and most of the high-volume business applications. Note: Microsoft Windows license(s) not included. 9. Are MS Windows applications supported on the SunPCi III coprocessor card? All applications that run on PCs without specialized hardware (3-D graphics adapters, etc.) should run on the SunPCi III card. 10. How much disk space is required to run the SunPCi III coprocessor card? 60 MB for SunPCi and DOS software. Additional required space on the C: drive for:
11. How many PCI slots does the SunPCi III coprocessor card require? The SunPCi III coprocessor card physically fits into a single PCI slot inside a workstation. All PCI cards (both full and half length) that abide by the PCI 2.1 mechanical specifications can be installed adjacent to the SunPCi III coprocessor card. Please refer to individual system specifications for their allowable configurations and any limitations. Three full-size, 32-bit or 64-bit PCI slots are required for full installation. If the serial/parallel port or second PCI backplate daughtercard (included with the SunPCi III) is installed, access to the adjacent PCI slot will be obstructed. 12. How much memory does the SunPCi III coprocessor card support? The SunPCi III coprocessor card ships with one 256-MB SODIMM and one available SODIMM slot. The SunPCi III coprocessor card supports up to 1GB of RAM with additional 256-MB or 512-MB SODIMMs. (1 GB SODIMMs will be available in the future, increasing card capacity to 2 GB of RAM.) No. The SunPCi II and IIpro cards use PC100 memory (memory running at 100 MHz). The SunPCi III card uses PC2100 memory (memory running at 266 MHz). 14. Can I use non-Sun memory in the SunPCi III coprocessor card? As with any Sun product with memory options, we strongly recommend the use of Sun-supported memory. While Sun has begun to use PC industry memory types, Sun specifications and testing ensure high quality. Additionally, the SunPCi III coprocessor card is a high-performance, tightly-toleranced product for which only a few memory manufacturers are qualified. 15. Can I run more than one SunPCi III coprocessor card in a workstation? In a majority of our systems you can run multiple cards. Please refer to the platform specifications section above for more details. To help answer this question it's useful to think of the SunPCi III coprocessor card as a diskless, headless, networkless PC with a high-speed connection to the system bus. It uses the disk from the host system to store and access its files, and the system CPU must be involved with access to the disk. When operating in virtual networking mode, the SunPCi III card uses the network facilities of the system (hardware and software) to access the network. Thus, large amounts of network activity when using the shared networking feature will affect system performance. However, if the separate Ethernet port on the SunPCi III card is used, there will be no related performance impact to the system. Heavy graphics use will affect performance just as heavy graphics use on a normal X11 client would. This is true with heavy disk or network access as well. All of these things combined will have some effect on system performance. How much depends on what, exactly, is being done. A single image will work for both cards. However, you should note two things. First, drives created for one speed processor and used on a different speed processor may cause Windows to "find" new hardware and update the disk image. Second, drives created on one card and used on another card will display a warning at boot time. This warning indicates that devices configured on the SunPCi card (printers, etc.) may not have the proper software installed. This message is only a warning and is overrideable. Yes. Please refer to the ordering section for the appropriate Upgrade Allowance code and requirements. 19. Where can I get additional information on the SunPCi III coprocessor card? General product information can be found on the Web at http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/sunpci/index.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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