Re: Hardware Question - Communications Cards

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you can convert the comm lines to multipoint you'd only need one of 
the existing comm ports and you'd probably save money on line charges as 
well.

Roger Harman wrote:
> Here's the deal.  We replaced our 270/2248 with a 520/7450 that a sister
> company was no longer using.  Tonight, I'm replacing our 720 with an
> E4A.  I still need to run a couple of devices from the 720 on 5294 (stop
> laughing now) controllers.  I'll run them off the 520 but I need a
> couple of more comm ports.  
>
> > From the config below, can someone tell me if any of the 270 cards will
> work in the 520 to run SDLC?  
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> 270 config.....
> CMB01           284D  Operational           Combined function IOP
>   LIN01         2771  Operational           Comm Adapter         
>     CMN01       2771  Operational           Comm Port            
>     CMN02       2771  Operational           Comm Port            
> CMB02           284B  Operational           Combined function IOP
>   LIN02         2838  Operational           LAN Adapter          
>     CMN03       2838  Operational           Ethernet Port        
>   LIN03         2745  Operational           Comm Adapter         
>     CMN04       2745  Operational           V.24 Port            
>     CMN05       2745  Operational           V.24 Port            
>
>
> 520 Config.....
> CMB01           2844  Operational           Combined function IOP 
>   LIN04         2793  Operational           Comm Adapter          
>     CMN03       2793  Operational           Comm Port             
>     CMN04       2793  Operational           Comm Port             
> CMB02           268C  Operational           Combined function IOP 
>   LIN01         6B03  Operational           Comm Adapter          
>     CMN01       6B03  Operational           Comm Port             
>   LIN02         6B03  Operational           Comm Adapter          
>     CMN02       6B03  Operational           Comm Port             
> CMB03           5706  Operational           Comm Processor        
>   LIN03         5706  Operational           LAN Adapter           
>     CMN05       5706  Operational           Ethernet Port         
>     CMN06       5706  Operational           Ethernet Port