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1. Copyright 2007 2014 Fujitsu Limited Tous droits r serv s Entr e et revue tecnical fournies par Oracle et ou ses affili s sur des parties de ce mat riel 2 Understanding an Overview of the System This section describes the lineup features external view system configuration and system specifications of SPARC M10 Systems SSS eee oo SPARC M10 Systems are UNIX server systems designed with a building block BB configuration You can flexibly configure a system to meet the purpose and scale of your business by combining a number of SPARC M10 Systems chassis You can use SPARC M10 Systems for a wide variety of purposes including database servers that are suitable for data centers in the cloud computing age and Web servers or application servers that have to meet high throughput requirements Lineup Server main unit The SPARC M10 Systems lineup consists of the following models that meet various requirements SPARC M10 1 This compact model which uses a single 1 CPU chassis combines both space saving and high performance External Views of the Chassis and System Configuration Examples SPARC M10 1 SPARC M10 4 This model uses a single 4 or 2 CPU chassis External Views of the Chassis and System Configuration Examples SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S This model employs a building block system to interconnect 4 or 2 CPU chassis You can increase or de2. On board interface 4 GbE LAN ports 4 GbE LAN ports 4 GbE LAN ports 1 SAS port 1 SAS port 1 SAS port 2 USB ports 2 USB ports 2 USB ports PCle slot 3 slots 11 slots 8 slots I O slot Maximum number of 58 slots for one when PCle slots SPARC M10 4S unit using PCI built in PCI expan expansion sion unit unit Maximum number of 6 in four CPU 5 PCI expansion units connected PCI expan configuration for one SPARC M10 4S sion units 3 in two CPU unit in four CPU configuration configuration 3 PCI expansion units for one SPARC M10 4S unit in two CPU configuration Redundant configuration Built in disk drive fan Built in disk drive fan Built in disk drive fan unit power supply unit unit power supply unit unit power supply unit power cord 2 power cord 2 2 power cord 2 PCle card in multi PCle card in multi path configuration path configuration LLC water LLC water cooling pump cooling pump Active replacement Built in disk drive fan Built in disk drive fan Chassis for 1 partition unit power supply unit unit power supply unit with a 2 BB configura power cord 2 power cord 2 tion or larger 4 built PCle card 3 in disk drive fan unit power supply unit 2 power cord 2 PCle card 3 Supported operating systems 5 Oracle Solaris 11 1 Oracle Solaris 11 1 Oracle Solaris 11 1 and later and later and later Oracle Solaris 10 1 13 Oracle Solaris 10 1 13 Oracle Sola
3. Activation SPARC M10 Systems provide a function called CPU Activation that allows you to purchase CPU resources in CPU core units that have finer granularity than CPU chip units The CPU Activation feature allows you to purchase CPU resources in units of two CPU cores These CPU cores can be activated at any time not only when the server is initially installed but also while the production system is running With the CPU Activation feature you can always add and register CPU resources in units of one set two core or more In addition you can also migrate unused CPU Activations to another system If you use mul tiple instances of SPARC M10 Systems you can export unused CPU Activations from one instance of SPARC M10 Systems and register them with another instance In this case the model of the migration source and target servers needs to be the same Oracle Solaris ZFS SPARC M10 Systems provide a storage virtualization function called Oracle Solaris ZFS as a standard feature Oracle Solaris ZFS manages multiple physical storage devices by using a storage pool By allocating a required area from the storage pool you can create a virtualized volume Dynamic reconfiguration DR of physical partitions In SPARC M10 4S a single physical hardware partition can be configured with one or more chassis Dynamic reconfiguration DR of physical partitions is a function that allows you to dynamically add or remove CPUs memory I O devices and oth
4. cover Rear view XSCF LAN port XSCF BB control port Serial port XSCF LEDs XSCF DUAL control port XSCF USB port Power supply units al i PEY 7 x Crossbar unit SAS port USB port PCI Express slot Crossbar cable GbE LAN ports ports 18 SPARC M10 45 2 External views of the crossbar box The crossbar box is a switch used to logically connect the CPU and SPARC M10 45 There are two types of crossbar boxes one has two mounted crossbar units and the other has three mounted crossbar units Front view common to both types which have two three mounted crossbar units Front cover Fan unit 1 Operation panel 2p i TS Power switch Panel LEDs BB ID switch Mode switch 1 You can see the fan unit by removing the front cover Rear view type containing two crossbar units This type is used in 2 BB to 8 BB con figurations the building blocks are connected through crossbar boxes XSCF interface unit XSCF LAN port XSCF LEDs XSCF DUAL control port XSCF BB control port XSCF unit XSCF USB port Serial port Crossbar units Power supply units wer supply uni Crossbar cable ports Rear view type containing three crossbar units This type is used in 9 BB to 16 BB configurations the building blocks are connected through crossbar boxes XSCF interface unit XSCF LAN port XSCF LEDs XSCF DUAL control port XSCF BB control port XSCF unit XSCF USB port Serial port Cros
5. is installed in the initial system state For detailed software requirements see the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Product Notes 6 Firmware is built into the eXtended System Control Facility This firmware is installed on the service proces sor in the XSCF unit in the initial system state For details see the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide 25 Crossbar box specifications tom Crossbar External Height amen Height x width x depth 174 mm x 440 mm x 750 mm sions 1 6 9 in x 17 3 in x 29 5 in Weight 40 kg eXtended External interface 2 XSCF LAN ports System 1 serial port Control 1 USB port Facility 19 XSCF BB control ports 1 XSCF DUAL control port Redundant Available only between SPARC M10 4S units configuration Active replacement Available Crossbar connection interface 2 crossbar units mounted 32 crossbar cable ports 3 crossbar units mounted 48 crossbar cable ports Redundant configuration Power supply unit fan unit Active replacement Power supply unit fan unit XSCF unit 1 None of the dimensions includes the sizes of protrusions PCI expansion unit specifications dimensions Height x width x depth 86 mm x 440 mm x 750 mm 1 3 4 in x 17 3 in x 29 5 in Power supply unit fan unit PCle card 2 link board 3 1 None of the dimensions includes the sizes of protrusions 2 Some PCle card types do not support active replacemen
6. remove PCle endpoint devices without having to reboot the root domain or stop the I O domain This function is supported only for SPARC M10 For the procedure for using the dynamic reconfiguration function for PCle endpoint devices see 15 3 Dynamic Reconfiguration Function for PCle Endpoint Devices in the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Guest domain A guest domain is a logical domain that is managed by a control domain and uses the vir tual device services of I O domains Generally middleware or an application program runs on a guest domain An independent instance of Oracle Solaris runs on a guest domain Therefore you can start and stop a guest domain without affecting other guest domains You can dynamically add or delete virtual CPUs virtual memory and virtual I Os to or from a guest domain Service domain Service domain is a generic term for a domain that is used by a guest domain The service domain includes an I O domain and root domain The following figure is a conceptual illustration of the relationship between logical domains Physical partition Execution of application programs resource assignment i resource assignment of logical domain Creation Guest domain Guest domain Creation management management se services Control domain Creation management TESO O 1 0 domain Root domain Provide virtual device services 10 Resource Management CPU
7. system controllers and crossbar units within the system Also since the system bus is unidirectional you can transfer data streams without contention You can thus have a bandwidth of up to 6 553 GB s XSCF eXtended System Control Facility This facility is the heart of the remote monitoring and management functions of SPARC M10 Systems It consists of a dedicated processor that is independent of the server system and runs an XSCF control package The XSCF is placed in each chassis of SPARC M10 1 M10 4 and M10 45 to interact with a logical domain manage the entire system and perform other operations If the system consists of multiple SPARC M10 4S chassis mounted on an expansion rack one service pro cessor is placed in each SPARC M10 4S chassis and in each crossbar box connecting these chassis The XSCF runs on the service processor In a building block configuration where multiple SPARC M10 4S units are connected one XSCF works as a master and one of the other XSCFs is in standby mode so that the two monitor each other If an error occurs on the master XSCF the standby XSCF takes over the role of the master so that system operation and management can continue without interrupt ing the business operation System Configuration by Virtualization Function SPARC M10 Systems can achieve server virtualization and system integration by using Oracle VM Server for SPARC or Oracle Solaris Zones For SPARC M10 4S in a building block confi
8. to achieve high serviceability E Installation of status LEDs for components that can be actively replaced E XSCF based functions for remote recognition of server operation status and remote maintenance E Function that indicates the maintenance target by flashing an LED The CHECK LED indicates the target It is sometimes called a locator LED E Indication of notes and items to keep in mind for system administrators and field engineers on various types of labels E SNMP function that enables centralized monitoring from SNMP manager 13 Power saving Functions SPARC M10 Systems provide power saving functions that suppress wasteful power consump tion by unused or low utilization hardware components Lower power consumption of hardware components In designing SPARC M10 Systems consideration is given to low power consumption when selecting hardware components Reduction in the power consumption of unused hardware components CPUs and memory that are not assigned to any physical partition or logical domain in the system are automatically placed in the power saving state Reduction in the power consumption of low utilization hardware components In some physical partition configurations there may be internal controllers that are not used by the processor System clock for these internal controllers is reduced and they are switched to power saving mode In addition the CPU core freguency is adjusted according to the utilization ra
9. to configure logical domains in which Oracle Solaris environ ments run independently It allocates CPUs memory and I O devices using Logical Domain Manager that can run in Oracle Solaris 11 or 10 To use Oracle VM Server for SPARC install it in an Oracle Solaris environment Logical domains A domain is a virtual machine that is configured on SPARC M10 Systems and works as an independent system You can configure multiple virtual machines of the required sizes by appropriately allocating hardware resources to SPARC M10 Systems The benefits of domains are as follows E Easy operation and management of many servers By configuring servers as domains you can manage many servers on SPARC M10 Systems in a unified manner E Maintenance of independence of individual services Each domain works as an independent virtual machine separated from other domains Therefore system failure in one domain does not affect other domains E Effective use of hardware resources Hardware resources in SPARC M10 Systems can be flexibly allocated to domains accord ing to the processing load This means that you can use hardware resources effectively The following figure shows the architecture of SPARC M10 Systems Logical domains are configured on a physical partition PPAR Oracle Solaris runs on each configured logical domain To users a logical domain appears as an independent computer system SPARC M10 Systems Logical domain ji ii Logical domain Lo
10. Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Quick Guide FUJITSU Manual Code C120 E677 07EN usb t ORACLE Preface This document describes the basic specifications and system configurations that users need to be familiar with when using Oracle or Fujitsu SPARC M10 Systems The document also provides an overview of the SPARC M10 Systems and indicates the refer ence manuals for different work phases or purposes The SPARC M10 Systems are equipped with the high performance high reliability SPARC64 X or SPARC64 X processor SPARCG TE The preface includes the following sections m Text Conventions m Document Feedback Text Conventions This manual uses the following fonts and symbols to express specific types of information i Indicates the name of a reference manual a See the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Italic variable or user replaceable text Installation Guide aa Indicates the name of a chapter section item See Chapter 2 Network Connection button or menu Document Feedback If you have any comments or requests regarding this document please go to one of the following URLs Japanese site http jp fujitsu com platform server sparc manuall Global site http www fujitsu com global services computing server sparc downloads manual Copyright 2007 2014 Fujitsu Limited All rights reserved Oracle and or its affiliates provided technical input and review on portions of this material
11. crease the number of connected SPARC M10 4S units according to your required processing capacity SPARC M10 4S units can be directly connected for a configura tion of up to four building blocks Also connecting SPARC M10 4S units via a crossbar box XBBOX allows a configuration of up to 16 building blocks thereby ensuring scalability of up to 64 CPUs External Views of the Chassis and System Configuration Examples SPARC M10 4S Options PCI expansion unit The SPARC M10 Systems offer a PCI expansion unit for I O slot expansion The above three models support the PCI expansion unit which supports PCI Express PCle External Views of the Chassis and System Configuration Examples PCI expansion unit Features of SPARC M10 Systems Hardware CPU The SPARC M10 Systems CPU is a SPARC64 X or SPARC64 X multi core multi threaded processor that was developed by Fujitsu to provide high performance One CPU includes 16 cores and each CPU core provides two threads thereby ensuring high memory throughput performance The SPARC64 X and SPARC64 X processors have inherited the highly reliable technolo gies of former generations of SPARC64 processor Furthermore they include a number of functional enhancements The processor includes a CPU to CPU interface a memory con troller and PCI Express 3 0 and uses System on Chip SoC technology featuring reduced inter LSI distances Also Software on Chip SWoC technology which allows a part of so
12. e protected by ECC or CRC If an error cannot be corrected occurrence of permanent failure the faulty lane is degraded so that business continues with a half bandwidth 12 Availability SPARC M10 Systems provide the following functions to achieve high availability The use of these functions in combination with clustering software or operation management software ensures further improved availability E Redundant configuration and active hot replacement of power supply units and fan units E Redundant configuration and active hot replacement of hard disk drives based on hard ware RAID technology E Expansion of the automatic correction range of temporary failures found in memory inter connects LSI internal data etc E Enhanced retry and degradation functions used at failure detection m Automatic system restart for downtime reduction E Failure information collection by the XSCF and preventive maintenance initiated by various warning message notifications E Continuous processing by using extended ECC for memory subsystem to correct 1 bit errors E Memory mirroring Even when a permanent failure occurs in a DIMM on one memory bus normal data pro cessing is possible on the other memory bus This helps prevent system failures E The memory patrol function installed on the hardware that can detect and correct memory errors without affecting software processing Serviceability SPARC M10 Systems provide the following functions
13. er hardware resources with out stopping the logical domains With this function you can add resources timely active addition as required to add new business or expand business or to perform active mainte nance for hardware E When you need to expand business or deal with increasing system loads you can add system boards without stopping Oracle Solaris in the physical partition E f a system board is degraded due to a failure it can be temporarily disconnected so that the faulty component can be replaced without stopping Oracle Solaris in the physical partition E You can move a resource from one physical partition to another while the physical parti tions are active without physically removing inserting the system board This helps ensure that multiple physical partitions have loads balanced or share common I O resources 11 PCI Hot Plug The PCI Hot Plug function allows you to install or remove PCle cards in or from the Oracle Solaris without restarting the system You can use this function for the following purposes E Replacing or removing a PCle card that has become or may become faulty during system operation m Adding a new PCle card during system operation RAS RAS is a term that refers to functions concerning reliability availability and serviceability The features of RAS functions include providing error checking facilities at appropriate loca tions and monitoring controlling these facilities in a centralized man
14. ft ware processes to be incorporated into hardware is used to achieve high speed processing The decimal floating point arithmetic unit which performs high speed arithmetic processing is based on the typical floating point arithmetic standard IEEE 754 and Oracle Number types It is therefore possible to increase the speeds of various database processes In addi tion an encryption decryption arithmetic unit is implemented through the High Performance Computing Arithmetic Computational Extension HPC ACE architecture enhanced for supercomputers Memory subsystem SPARC M10 Systems achieve high speed memory access by supporting DDR3 DIMMs and using memory interleaving configurations up to four ways The memory subsystem of SPARC M10 Systems is designed with consideration given to both performance and reliability Memory data is protected by ECC and extended ECC functions Also memory is duplicated to support memory mirroring for data protection I O subsystem SPARC M10 Systems achieve high speed data transfer within the I O subsystem via the PCI Express bus by using a PCI Express 3 0 protocol implemented in each processor This proto col makes it possible to transfer data at up to 8 GB s unidirectional By using PCI expansion units you can extend the PCI Express 3 0 bus and increase the number of PCI Express slots System interconnect SPARC M10 Systems maintain low latency by interconnecting CPUs memory and I O sub systems via multiple
15. gical domain Guest domain i Control domain ii Guest domain primary Idom00 primary ldomt0 Idom11 ldom12 Application Applicaton licati Application Application Application Application Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle Oracle le Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris Solaris System board System board System board System board PSB 00 PSB 01 PSB 02 PSB 03 CPU CPU CPU Physical partition PPAR 00 Physical partition PPAR 01 A logical domain consists of virtual CPUs virtual memory and virtual I Os E Virtual CPUs CPU resources can be allocated to a logical domain in units of virtual CPUs threads In SPARC M10 Systems one physical CPU one socket has multiple cores each of which has threads This means that one physical CPU includes as many virtual CPUs as there are threads You can allocate these virtual CPUs to a logical domain E Virtual memory Memory can be allocated to a logical domain in units of 256 MB 8 E Virtual I Os I Os can be allocated to a logical domain in units of virtual I Os For example you can use the following entities as virtual devices which are virtual I Os Physical disk Physical disk slice File in a ZFS UFS or other file system Volumes clipped from ZFS Logical domains are divided into the following types according to the
16. guration that includes high speed interconnect connection physical partitions can be configured in each chassis For SPARC M10 1 or M10 4 one chassis works as a physical partition Physical partitions and the virtualization function of Oracle VM Server for SPARC are made available by using the XSCF firmware Hypervisor and Oracle VM Server for SPARC Oracle Solaris Zones is an Oracle Solaris virtualization function used by SPARC M10 Systems XSCF firmware On the XSCF this firmware runs on a dedicated processor that is independent of the server processor It monitors and manages the entire system The XSCF firmware referred to below as the XSCF has two user interfaces a command line interface and a Web browser based interface These interfaces help system administrators with their daily tasks For SPARC M10 4S in a building block configuration you can configure physical partitions in each chassis using the XSCF In conjunction with Hypervisor the XSCF controls the start and stop of physical partitions and manages the physical partition status Hypervisor The Hypervisor firmware which is placed between the XSCF and Oracle Solaris provides an interface that transfers the setting information from the XSCF to the logical domains and reports the status of the logical domains to the XSCF Oracle VM Server for SPARC Oracle VM Server for SPARC is software that divides a physical server into virtual servers via Hypervisor in the firmware layer
17. he system These basic operations are reguired for system operation and management and for daily management work items such as backup Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 2 Logging In Out of the XSCF Chapter 6 Starting Stopping the System Chapter 9 Managing the SPARC M10 Systems Daily Chapter 13 Switching to Locked Service Mode b Customizing eXtended System Control Facility XSCF settings From the initial setup of the eXtended System Control Facility you can customize the configuration according to your use environment Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 3 Configuring the System l c Configuring the system Configure the entire system including power control The green IT function mini mizes the power consumption of the system Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 4 Configuring the System to Suit the Usage Type d Configuring a virtual environment You can configure a virtual environment by dividing the system into physical parti tions or logical domains You can run a standalone operating system in each logical domain Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Domain Configuration Guide 1 4 Physical Partition Configuration Example Chapter 5 Logical Domain Configuration Example 29 2 Operation and Administration 2 e Configuring a highly reliable system Y
18. ing a System with a Building Block Configuration Chapter 10 Removing a System with a Building Block Configuration Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Domain Configuration Guide Chapter 6 Physical Partition Reconfiguration Example d Expanding resources according to the load You can use the CPU Activation function for CPU expansion in units of two cores when the load increases Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 5 CPU Activation 31 3 Expansion and Maintenance 2 e Diagnosing a failure If an error message appears on the console or the CHECK LED on the chassis goes on diagnose whether a failure has occurred Fujitsu M10 1 SPARC M10 1 Service Manual Fujitsu M10 4 Fujitsu M10 4S SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Service Manual Crossbar Box for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual PCI Expansion Unit for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual f Replacing faulty components Replace faulty components The maintenance method varies with the component Our service engineers should perform the maintenance work Fujitsu M10 1 SPARC M10 1 Service Manual Fujitsu M10 4 Fujitsu M10 4S SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Service Manual Crossbar Box for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual PCI Expansion Unit for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual g Updating firmware software Update the firmware for Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle Sola
19. ir roles E Control domain A control domain is a logical domain that creates and manages other logical domains and allocates resources to other logical domains Only one control domain exists in each physical partition In a control domain Oracle VM Server for SPARC is installed and Logical Domains Manager which is management soft ware runs E Root domain A root domain is an I O domain to which a PCle root complex is assigned The PCle root complex means the entire PCle bus It consists of a PCle bus all PCI switches and devices The root domain owns the physical I O devices and directly accesses them E I O domain An I O domain is a domain that can directly access physical I O devices such as network cards for the PCI Express PCle controller It uses the direct I O DIO function or the Single Root I O Virtualization SR IOV function of Oracle VM Server for SPARC For the direct I O function see whichever of the following documents applies For Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3 1 Creating an I O Domain by Assigning PCle Endpoint Devices in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3 1 Administration Guide For Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3 0 Assigning PCle Endpoint Devices in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3 0 Administration Guide For virtualization of single root I Os see SR IOV Overview in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Administration Guide With the dynamic reconfiguration function for PCle endpoint devices you can assign and
20. n BB configuration 9 BBs to 16 BBs Up to sixteen SPARC M10 4S units can be connected through four crossbar boxes containing crossbar units three units per box BB 00 _ XBBOX 80 _ BB 08 BB 01 i O00 Th 0 BB 09 BB O2 XEBOXA61 Uebk mo BB OS oog Gee BB 04 XBBOX482 J BB 12 ss 050 OOO a O86 13 BB OG 4 xBBox s3 H CJ BB 14 XBBOX Crossbar box Crossbar unit BB 07 OOO 866 15 Optical cable Each number shown after BB or XBBOX is an ID BB ID used for identification Building block numbering begins with 00 and crossbar box numbering begins with 80 For the connection procedure see the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide Crossbar boxes are shipped mounted in a dedicated rack expansion rack together with a dedicated power distribution unit PDU and crossbar cables An 8 BB configuration 2 BBs to 8 BBs uses expansion rack 1 and a 16 BB configu ration 9 BBs to 16 BBs uses expansion racks 1 and 2 21 PCI expansion unit Option The optional PCI expansion unit can be connected to either the SPARC M10 1 chassis or the SPARC M10 4 M10 4S chassis External views of the PCI expansion unit Front view Front cover Fan unit 1 LED 1 You can see the fan unit by removing the front cover Rear view Link board Power supply units PCI Express slot 22 System Specifications This sectio
21. n mainly describes the hardware specifications of Fujitsu SPARC M10 Systems For details on firmware and software see Chapter 1 Understanding an Overview of the SPARC M10 Systems in the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Model specifications 1 3 a Ges SPARC M10 1 SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S External v Height x width x depth ram mm x 431 mm x a mm x 440 mm x a mm x 440 mm x 721 mm 746 mm 810 mm 1 7 in x 17 0 in x 6 9 in x 17 3 in x 6 9 in x 17 3 in x 31 9 in Maximum number of connected 16 when using units Number of chassis crossbar box 4 when not using crossbar box Maximum number of CPUs Number of cores per CPU Number of threads per core Primary cache 64 KB 64 KB 64 KB per core Secondary cache 22 MB 24 MB 24 MB me chip Memory Te sd DDR3 DIMM DIMM DDR3 DIMM DIMM DDR3 DIMM si DIMM Maximum size Japan 1 TB Japan 4 TB Japan 4 TB per unit Outside Japan Outside Japan 2 TB Outside Japan 912 GB 2 TB per unit Maximum number of mounted memory modules Unit of expansion 4 8 when memory mirroring is enabled 23 Model specifications 2 3 ra SPARC M10 1 SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Built in O Built in disk SAS 8 HDD SSD 8 HDD SSD 8 HDD SSD Built in disk hardware Mounted Mounted Mounted RAID Built in CD RW Not mounted Not mounted Not mounted DVD RW drive Built in tape drive Not mounted Not mounted Not mounted
22. ner to minimize business downtime RAS functions also minimize system downtime by appropriately identifying failure locations so that faulty components can be replaced during operation SPARC M10 Systems allow their RAS functions to be used in combination with clustering soft ware or centralized management software to increase the effectiveness of RAS functions You can thus ensure that business can continue more securely In addition because you can maintain the system periodically or change the system con figuration without affecting the system while it is running you can ensure improved service uptime Reliability SPARC M10 Systems provide the following functions to achieve high reliability E Periodic diagnostics heartbeat function host watchdog performed in conjunction with the XSCF to judge whether the software including Oracle Solaris is operating in the domain E Periodic memory patrol which is performed to detect memory software errors and perma nent failures even in memory areas that are not usually used This prevents the system from failing by avoiding the use of faulty memory areas E A hardware error correction function implemented by automatic data resending upon CRC error detection bit data error occurrence on an interconnect that connects the processor memory and I O of SPARC M10 Systems or connects SPARC M10 4S units Data in arithmetic units registers cache memory and other data important for system functions ar
23. nts After confirmation install and connect the chassis required for the system configuration Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide 1 1 Workflow for the SPARC M10 1 1 2 Workflow for the SPARC M10 4 1 3 Workflow for the SPARC M10 4S 1 4 Workflow when Connecting the PCI Expansion Unit c Adding an optional component If you have ordered any option such as a memory module or PCle card mount the additional component during installation Fujitsu M10 1 SPARC M10 1 Service Manual Fujitsu M10 4 Fujitsu M10 4S SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Service Manual Crossbar Box for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual PCI Expansion Unit for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual d Configuring the initial system settings Before starting the system configure the initial settings of the eXtended System Control Facility XSCF Use the CPU Activation function to also configure the use of resources according to the number of purchased CPU cores activated Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide Chapter 6 Performing an Initial System Diagnosis Chapter 7 Making the Initial System Settings In addition configure operation in for example a virtual environment configuration as necessary 28 2 Operation and Administration 1 a Conducting daily management You should understand the basic operations which include logging in out from the management console and starting stopping t
24. ou can use memory mirroring or the hardware RAID function to improve system reliability Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 14 Configuring a Highly Reliable System f Changing the resource configuration You can use the dynamic reconfiguration function of Oracle VM Server for SPARC to change the CPU or memory configuration Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Domain Configuration Guide Chapter 6 Physical Partition Reconfiguration Example 30 3 Expansion and Maintenance 1 a Adding a PCI expansion unit You can use a PCI expansion unit to increase the number of PCle slots Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide 1 4 Workflow when Connecting the PCI Expansion Unit l b Adding an optional component You can expand the system by adding an optional component such as a memory module or PCI card Fujitsu M10 1 SPARC M10 1 Service Manual Fujitsu M10 4 Fujitsu M10 4S SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Service Manual Crossbar Box for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual PCI Expansion Unit for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual l c Adding Removing a system in a building block configuration You can flexibly expand or reduce the system by adding or removing a SPARC M10 4S in the building block system Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide Chapter 8 Before Installing Removing a System with a Building Block Configuration Chapter 9 Install
25. ris Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide Chapter 16 Updating Firmware Software PCI Expansion Unit for Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual Appendix C Updating the Firmware of the PCI Expansion Unit 32
26. ris 10 1 13 24 Model specifications 3 3 A SPARC M10 1 SPARC M10 4 SPARC M10 4S Virtuali Physical partition None Supported zation Number of partitions a ae Ct oe Up to 16 partitions ae Logical domains Supported Supported Supported Maximum number of 32 128 128 for 1 partition with domains a 1 BB configuration 256 for 1 partition with a 2 BB configuration or larger Granularity CPU In units of threads In units of threads In units of threads Granularity Memory In units of 256 MB In units of 256 MB In units of 256 MB Granularity I O In virtual I O units In virtual I O units In virtual I O units eXtended External interface 2 XSCF LAN ports 2 XSCF LAN ports 2 XSCF LAN ports System 1 serial port 1 serial port 1 serial port Control 1 USB port 1 USB port 1 USB port Facility 6 3 XSCF BB control ports 1 XSCF DUAL control port Redundant Not available Not available Supported 2 BB con configuration figuration or larger Active replacement Not available Not available Supported 2 BB con figuration or larger 1 None of the dimensions includes the sizes of protrusions 2 Aredundant configuration applies only when 200 VAC is used 3 Some PCle card types do not support active replacement 4 See the Notes and restrictions on dynamic reconfiguration of physical partitions in the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Product Notes for the latest XCP version 5 The operating system
27. sbar units P it ia a ad Crossbar cable ports 19 SPARC M10 45 3 System configuration example building block configuration directly connected chassis In this configuration the SPARC M10 4S units are directly connected with electric cables without using crossbar boxes Four BB configuration 1 BB to 4 BBs Up to four SPARC M10 4S units can be connected BB 00 _ JBB 02 a U Crossbar unit BB 01 _ _ BB 03 Power cable Building block numbers are identifiers BB IDs that are numbered sequentially starting with 00 For the connection procedure see the Fujitsu M10 SPARC M10 Systems Installation Guide System configuration example building block configuration connected through crossbar boxes In this configuration building blocks are connected with optical cables through crossbar boxes XBBOXs Up to 16 SPARC M10 4S units can be connected The number of SPARC M10 4S units that can be connected depends on the number of crossbar boxes and the number of crossbar units mounted in the crossbar boxes Eight BB configuration 2 BBs to 8 BBs Up to eight SPARC M10 4S units can be connected through two crossbar boxes containing crossbar units two units per box XBBOX 80 r LJ BB 04 J BB 05 BB 00 _ BB 01 Mi ii m o XBBOX Crossbar box BB 02 M A Pr Ep o6 C Crossbar unit 4 B os OOO 7 BB 07 Optical cable 20 SPARC M10 4S 4 Sixtee
28. t 3 You can replace these units after disconnecting the link card when it is connected to a PCI expansion unit by using a PCI Hot Plug or after disconnecting the physical partition with the link card mounted when it is connected to a PCI expansion unit by using the physical partition dynamic reconfiguration DR 26 What Do I Do Now Reference Guide by Phase Purpose This section describes the work for each phase from system installation to expansion and main tenance and the reference manuals for each work item 2 Operation and 3 Expansion and Administration Maintenance 3 b Adding optional component 1 3 c Adding Removing system in building block configuration 2 d Configuring virtual environment 1 12 c Configuring system 1 Power supply setting 2 e Configuring reliability 1 Mirror configuration RAID configuration etc 3 g Updating firmware software 1 Mirror configuration RAID configuration etc 1 You can configure these items as required when configuring the initial system settings You can also change the settings and set values after starting operation 27 1 Installation a Understanding an overview of the system Check the SPARC M10 Systems overview Understanding an Overview of the System This document b Installing the system Connecting a chassis Before installing the system confirm that the installation location meets the requireme
29. t is used not as a building block in this configuration Up to six in four CPU configuration or three in two CPU configuration PCI expansion units can be connected to it External views of the SPARC M10 4 chassis Front view Front cover Fan unit 1 Operation panel r a A Power switch Disk drive Panel LEDs Mode switch Power supply unit 1 1 You can see the fan unit and the power supply unit by removing the front cover Rear view XSCF USB port XSCF LAN port Serial port XSCF LED RANAN Power supply units SB port PCI Express slot A SASiport GbE LAN ports 17 SPARC M10 45 1 Multiple SPARC M10 4S units are connected in a building block configuration This model can start with a single BB configuration and then be expanded to a multi BB configuration with the addition of individual chassis The model contains a crossbar unit for logically switching the connections of CPU memory units and I O units System configuration example building block configuration connected through crossbar boxes Up to five in four CPU configuration or three in two CPU configuration PCI expansion units can be connected to one SPARC M10 4S External views of the SPARC M10 4S chassis Front view Front cover Fan unit 1 Operation panel Power switch Disk drive Panel LEDs Mode switch Power supply unit 1 BB ID switch 1 You can see the fan unit and the power unit by removing the front
30. te to reduce the power consumption The memory access controller is also automatically controlled to enable or disable the low power level setting according to the utilization rate Sensor monitoring function This function monitors and records the power consumption and air flow The collected actual power consumption data can be used to optimize the power capacitance design of the data center Similarly the collected air flow data can be used to optimize the cooling facility design of the data center Power capping function You can set an upper limit of system power consumption The CPU freguency is automati cally controlled so that the specified upper limit will not be exceeded The system power consumption is thus controlled so that it is suitable for the data center facilities 14 External Views of the Chassis and System Configuration Examples The following pages show external views of the chassis and system configuration examples for different models SPARC M10 1 A single SPARC M10 1 is used in this configuration Up to two PCI expansion units can be connected to it External views of the SPARC M10 1 chassis Front view Panel LEDs Operation panel i USB port Power switch Disk drive Mode switch Rear view PCI Express slots Power supply units XSCF LAN port gt Bin os AT USB port USB port GbE LAN ports XSCF LED Locator LED Serial port 16 SPARC M10 4 A single SPARC M10 4 uni
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