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DEGXA GbE NIC Support?

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The Question is:

 
Why isn&#8217;t VMS seeing the DEGXA-SA as a NIC card?
 
We purchased 2 DEGXA-SA gigabit Ethernet boards for our Alphas.  When the Alpha
 turned on you can see the board as a EGA0 device at the console level
 (isn&#8217;t EG a Fiber channel?).   When VMS 7.3-1 is booted you can't see
 the device at all with the $
SHOW DEVICE.
 
CONSOLE COMMAND:
P00>>>sh dev
dka0.0.0.3.1    DKA0   COMPAQ BF03664664  3B07
dka100.1.0.3.1  DKA100 COMPAQ BF03664664  3B07
dqa0.0.0.15.0   DQA0   ATAPI CDRW 52X32  Y.AS
dva0.0.0.1000.0 DVA0
mka400.4.0.3.1  MKA400 HP Ultrium 2-SCSI  F48D
ega0.0.0.6.1    EGA0   00-08-02-91-3E-50
pka0.7.0.3.1    PKA0   SCSI Bus ID 7
pya0.0.0.4.1    PYA0
 
In SYSMAN we can see the board on the PCI bus but no device driver is loaded
 against it and no UCBs are created for it.
 
       Without DEGXA
_Bus_____Node_TR#__Name_______Base CSR_
  PCI     16   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BD7000
  PCI     24   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BDB800
  PCI     32   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BDE000
  PCI     24   3    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BE3800
 
	With DEGXA
_Bus_____Node_TR#__Name_______Base CSR_
  PCI     16   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BD7000
  PCI     24   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BDB800
  PCI     32   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BDE000
  PCI     48   2    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BE1000
  PCI     24   3    Unknown   FFFFFFFF92BE7800
 
Tom Heany
206-655-9848
thomas.a.heany@boeing.com

The Answer is :

 
  The DEXGA series gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapters are supported on
  various recent Alpha product lines; on a subset of the entire Alpha
  product line.  Accordingly, please contact the support center, as
  information on the particular Alpha system(s) involved is required.
 
  If this is one of the supported Alpha platforms, you will want to
  have the LAN, PCSI, and UPDATE ECO kits applied, as well.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 24-JUN-2004 )
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