Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!geac!alias!alias.com!ktureski From: ktureski@alias.com (Kevin Tureski) Subject: Re: 90 degree Enet cables (Was Re: SUMMARY: Second Etherboard in PI) Message-ID: <1991Jun13.010454.15888@alias.com> Sender: news@alias.com (0000-news(0000)) Reply-To: ktureski@alias.com (Kevin Tureski) Organization: Alias Research, Inc. Toronto Canada References: <9106082201.AA10957@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca> <1991Jun10.192757.13212@odin.corp.sgi.com> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 01:04:54 GMT In article <1991Jun10.192757.13212@odin.corp.sgi.com>, jweldon@sgi.com (Jack P. Weldon) writes: > In article <9106082201.AA10957@nazgul.physics.mcgill.ca> loki@NAZGUL.PHYSICS.MCGILL.CA (Loki Jorgenson) writes: | | [discussion about second ethernet board in a PI] | | The physical design of the board is lacking. The surface of the | board, as it rises above the connector backplane, extends 1.5" closer to | the back of the cabinet than normal. Consequently, once the standard SGI Ether | cable is installed, you don't have a hope in hell of closing the box | again. . > I also have to agree with Dave Olson about the ENP-10 board in a PI. > I've never (yet) seen it stick out further than any other VME board. Loki originally stated that he was adding this board into a 4D/25 -- from the description it sure sounds an awful lot like the board changes that happened with the 35; because of the increased width of the memory simm slots, the VME cage was moved back towards the rear of the cabinet by an amount that I can't recall offhand (half an inch to an inch, I think; 1.5 sounds excessive). Anyway, the net result was that it became physically impossible to put the side panel back on with the VideoFramer board with cables installed; the diagonal supporting ribs jammed up against the cables/connectors. Removing a few of these ribs from the side panel provides the clearance required. I wouldn't suggest running out and snapping these off yourself though; SGI was investigating the manufacture of a side panel minus a few or all of these ribs. Oh, I also wouldn't suggest running your PI without the side panel; I was told that if it overheated as a result, the warranty would be void. -- Kevin Tureski Director, Systems Integration Alias Research Inc. 110 Richmond St E. Toronto Canada M5C 1P1 416 362-9181 ktureski@alias.com