bonnetf@apo.esiee.fr (bonnet-franck) (04/02/91)
Hi, We just received our 12 new 400t and as everytime there is no network cable inside the box ...!!! Since APOLLO is a subsidary of HP it is the same story we have to BUY ( 530 FF ) the network cable ! So I would like to know how a diskless node is supposed to work without this cable ? It seems a little bit stingy. Is it the same in USA or other countries ??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| bonnetf@apo.esiee.fr | | Frank Bonnet | Surfing ... | E.S.I.E.E | | BP99 93162 Noisy le Grand cedex.FRANCE. | the rest is details ! | Fax : 33 1 45 92 66 99 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson) (04/02/91)
> We just received our 12 new 400t and as everytime there > is no network cable inside the box ...!!! > Since APOLLO is a subsidary of HP it is the same story > we have to BUY ( 530 FF ) the network cable ! > So I would like to know how a diskless node is supposed > to work without this cable ? Did you buy a 400t without a disk or a 400dl? The 400dl specifically _can_ _not_ take a ring controller -- it's native ethernet only. For the 400t, you need to make _sure_ that you order option AL3 : a 0-cost option that adds the Apollo Token Ring controller. This is very different from the pure-Apollo days, when you had to order a network option with every node. I believe that, if you forgot to, Apollo would just ship you token-ring. That may be what some people are encountering; <Nothing> now gives you ethernet. > It seems a little bit stingy. Only if you didn't forget to order AL3. Heck, if you want to look at stingy, they're including _2_ controllers if you ask for it!!! Every one of our 400t nodes is a potential gateway node -- for free! I seem to remember that Apollo wanted about $1000 for the second controller... (the fact that it's actually cheaper to put ethernet on the motherboard doesn't count). > Is it the same in USA or other countries ??? All the Mentor nodes we ordered came with the ring controller. Now, this may be because Mentor is a very big Apollo (not HP) vendor, and so they knew what their customers would need. The HP/Apollo nodes we ordered didn't come with the token ring. I listed it in the description, but (looking back) I think I forgot to explicitly order Option AL3. The local office was great, and called in the correction for us. We got our ring controllers about 5 days later. (Somebody at the factory _did_ try and tell our rep that he'd need to "be sure they send in the ethernet controller before you give them the ring controller"! I refused to turn in the motherboard in exchange for a ring controller. :-) -- jt -- John Thompson Honeywell, SSEC Plymouth, MN 55441 thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com Me? Represent Honeywell? You've GOT to be kidding!!!