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2. 3 x 64 bit channels 1 33GT sec 4 x 20 bit links 6 4GT sec Up to 10 6 GB sec per channel Up to 25 6 GB sec per link Figure 2 The micro architecture employed by the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series CPU offers significant innovations over previous designs The New Intel Core micro architecture is extremely modular enabling a range of implementations to meet a variety of application needs and price points The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are available with processors from the Advanced Standard and Low Power processor classes Processors in these servers feature four or six cores 12 MB of shared L3 cache and Turbo Boost and HT capabilities For more information on the latest Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series CPUs please visit Intel s website at http www intel com Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Platform The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers share the same motherboard and thus the same Intel Xeon 5500 Series chipset platform The processors interface to each other and to an Intel 5520 IOH over QuickPath Technology interconnects The IOH interfaces with an Intel 82801JR I O Controller Hub CH10R enabling expandability and high I O throughput Each Intel Xeon Series platform is designed to match processor performance with memory capacity I O expandability and interconnect bandwidth Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architectures The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are designed to prov
3. Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture e Six hot swappable variable speed fan modules for N 1 redundancy each with two fans operating under environmental monitoring and control Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Server Enclosure The Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 server enclosure is designed to occupy 2U in a standard 19 inch rack see Table 4 TABLE 4 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 12 SERVER DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DIMENSION UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL Height 3 34 in 2 RU 87 12 mm Width 16 75 in 425 5 mm Depth 30 0 in 762 0 mm Weight 65 Ib 29 54 kg Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Server Front and Rear Perspectives Figure 7 illustrates the front and rear panels of the Sun Fite X4270 Locator LED button Service Required LED Fault LEDs 2 USB Ports Power Button Power OK LED 2 Redundant Power Supplies 6 PCI Express 2 0 slots System Status LEDs Management Management 4 Gigabit NICs 2 USB Ports Video Serial NIC Figure 7 In these images of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 s front and rear panels you can see the server s external features and connections 16 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture External features and connections include Front and rear status indicator lights which report locator white service required amber and activity status green for the system and components As many as twelve 3 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs which insert through the
4. message based interface between the BMC and SMS and a common set of commands for operations such as accessing sensor values setting thresholds logging events and controlling a watchdog timer IPMI messages can be used to communicate with the BMC over serial and LAN interfaces so taking software designed for in band local management and reusing it for out of band remote management simply means changing the low level communications layer SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP provides remote access for monitoring and controlling network devices and for managing configurations statistics collection performance and security on a network SNMP is a network management protocol used almost exclusively in 38 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture TCP IP networks The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers provide SNMP Management Information Bases MIBs for managing and monitoring the servers with any SNMP capable network management system such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager NNM Tivoli CA Unicenter or IBM Director The MIB data describes the information being managed reflects current and recent server status and provides server statistics The ILOM service processor supports SNMP v1 v2c and v3 SNMP v3 is enabled by default v1 and v2c are disabled by default SNMP sets can be enabled and disabled and are disabled by default SNMP traps can be generated from within the servi
5. the four SAS links connect to the SAS expander which provides connections to individual disks in the drive cage DVD USB Assembly A slim form factor SATA DVD RW assembly is available as an option for the Sun Fire X4170 M2 servers The assembly provides an internal DVD RW device as well as two USB ports accessible from the front panel A locking handle enables the assembly to be safely secured and more easily extracted from the system chassis The Sun Fire X4170 M2 servers can also be ordered with an assembly that features two USB ports only and no DVD device Power Supplies Engineered for high availability as well as low energy consumption the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers can be configured with two highly efficient Gold standard redundant hot swappable AC PSUs each with separate power cords Configuring a system with a second power supply enables N 1 redundancy supplying continuous power to the system if a single power supply fails The PSUs differ between systems with the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server using 760 W PSUs and the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers requiring 1 200 W PSUs As shown in Table 7 the power supplies are highly efficient with an efficiency rating of at least 85 percent at 100 percent load TABLE 7 POWER SUPPLY UNIT COMPARISON SYSTEM MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER MAXIMUM AC INPUT POWER SUPPLY EFFICIENCY CURRENT Sun Fire X4170 M2 760 W At 100 V AC and 760 W At 760 W 100 load 87 output 9 0 A S
6. 2 HBA regardless of drive type installed in the disk chassis Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Tylers burg 36D 10H quai HD Managert 10 100 Bhemet 2xSATA Flash Modules TT Foti E Span gt SR 0 3 x USB2 0 UsSB201 2x USB2 0 3 x USB2 0 A i j Frot 7 Pad Rear Pand Figure 8 The Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server s new 2U chassis and disk enclosure design enable it to support 24 x 2 5 inch storage devices by use of a PCle SAS HBA card The Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server supports as many as 24 internal SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs that use a 2 5 inch form factor Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 Server Overview The Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server includes the following major components e One or two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors e Up to 144 GB of memory using 8 GB RDIMMs populated in 18 RDIMM slots 4 GB or 8 GB RDIMMs are supported e As many as 24 internal 2 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs using a PCIe SAS 2 HBA e Four onboard 10 100 1 000 Mb sec Ethernet ports e Six low profile PCIe 2 0 slots all eight lane e Three USB 2 0 ports e An onboard ILOM service processor e One or two hot swappable high efficiency PSUs for N 1 redundancy 18 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture e Six hot swappable variable speed fan modules for N 1 redundancy each with two fans operating unde
7. Solaris 10 is optimized for Oracle systems and supported on more than one thousand third party x86 systems In addition Oracle Solaris 10 is free for download without a requirement to purchase a support contract offering an economic advantage over other community based operating system offerings Oracle Solaris 10 also includes more than 180 applications from the free and open source software F OSS community and thousands of others are freely available for download over the internet The Oracle Solaris includes features not found in any other operating system including e Oracle Solaris DTrace This powerful tool provides a true system level view of application and kernel activities even those running in a Java Virtual Machine System administrators integrators and developers can use this dynamic instrumentation to reduce the time to diagnose problems from days and weeks to minutes and hours providing faster fixes e Oracle Solaris Containers Providing a powerful approach to virtualization and software partitioning this technology yields many private execution environments within a single instance of Oracle Solaris Using this technology organizations can improve resource utilization reduce downtime and lower solution costs e Oracle Solaris Predictive Self Healing This technology automatically diagnoses isolates and recovers from many hardware and application faults As a result business critical applications and essential sys
8. X4270 M2 servers firsthand please contact your Oracle account representative 43 ORACLE Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture January 2011 Oracle Corporation World Headquarters 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores CA 94065 U S A Worldwide Inquiries Phone 1 650 506 7000 Fax 1 650 506 7200 oracle com C es Oracle is committed eveloping practices 0 help p the environmer Copyright 2010 Oracle and or its affiliates All rights reserved This document is provided for information purposes only and the contents hereof are subject to change without notice This document is not warranted to be error free nor subject to any other warranties or conditions whether expressed orally or implied in law including implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose We specifically disclaim any liability with respect to this document and no contractual obligations are formed either directly or indirectly by this document This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without our prior written permission Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and or its affiliates Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners AMD Opteron the AMD logo and the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks
9. cost savings Enterprise Class Software Support To provide both flexibility and investment protection the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers support multiple 64 bit operating systems including Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle VM RedHat Linux SuSE Linux Microsoft Windows and VMware environments Qualification of multiple operating systems enables organizations to deploy a choice of application environments without having to shift hardware platforms when software requirements change This added flexibility enables enterprises to reduce cost and complexity when supporting and managing solutions from multiple vendors helping organizations reduce risk and increase ROI The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are certified to run a range of operating systems please check the Oracle product web pages for current lists of supported OS versions at http www oracle com Additional patches and drivers required to complete the installation of some these operating systems are available on the Tools and Drivers CD ROM this can be specified at order time for a nominal charge It is also possible to download the image for this CD ROM from the product web pages The Oracle Solaris Operating System Oracle and Intel have worked together to ensure that Oracle Solaris is optimized to unleash the power and capabilities of current and future Intel Xeon processors Since 2007 engineering teams from both companies have delive
10. flash technology in the form of SSDs Recent advances in the quality of flash technology have made SSDs an effective and reliable solution for enterprise storage enabling a new strategy for implementing tiered storage solutions Because Flash offers low latency these devices fall into a cost and performance sweet spot between mechanical drives and DRAM and thus can provide tremendous value in conjunction with I O intensive workloads SSDs use a drive form factor and are directly inserted into drive bays specific to the Sun Fite X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers The servers operating system and BIOS view SSDs as standard SATA drives Optimizing Performance with SSDs and FlashFire technology Taking advantage of the performance and cost characteristics of Flash technology requites an enabling technology that can transparently use it to drive better application and file system 28 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture performance Oracle Solaris Zettabyte File System ZFS enables data center architects to balance performance requirements against cost by using a variety of device types to store archive and access information Creating a Hybrid Storage Pool in Oracle Solaris ZFS leverages the strengths of both rotational and solid state storage media A Hybrid Storage Pool automatically places data on the most appropriate storage media to optimize performance and manage costs and Oracle Solaris ZFS can tran
11. for N 1 redundancy with integrated fans with each power supply having a single independent AC plug on the rear panel Rear power supply indicator lights showing the status of each hot swappable power supply Four 10 100 1000BASE T autosensing Ethernet ports accessible on the rear panel Six PCle 2 0 slots in which low profile cards can be installed from the rear panel Two management ports on the rear panel one 10 100BASE T Ethernet port one RJ45 serial port for default connections to the service processor with any one of the four onboard Ethernet ports also being configurable as the management port VGA video port with an analog HD 15 VGA connector on the rear panel Optional Rear Dual 2 5 SATA Disk Cage Customers using the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server in either 12 or 24 disk configurations can choose to install an optional replacement rear chassis panel that provides dual rear mounted 2 5 SATA disk slots This disk cage replaces two PCle slots at the rear of the 2RU chassis and is cabled to the internal ICH10R SATA controller Figure 10 is an illustration of the wiring and resulting architecture when the rear disk cage option is installed in a 2RU platform 20 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture PCle2 x8 PCle2 x8 J CA 2x USB2 0 L Figure 10 Example Disk controller wiring when using the optional Rear Dual SATA disk cage for the Sun Fire X4270 M2 Se
12. system dimensions and weight TABLE 3 SUN FIRE X4170 M2 SERVER DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DIMENSION UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL Height 1 71 in 1 RU 43 43 mm Width 16 75 in 425 5 mm Depth 27 0 in 685 8 mm Weight 36 Ib 16 36 kg maximum Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server Front and Rear Perspectives For views of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server s front and rear panels see Figure 5 Locator and System Status LED s Disk Slots DVD RW 2 USB Ports Serial Label Incorporates RFID Power Button Component Fault LEDs Disk Drive Map 2 Redundant Power Supplies 3 PCI Express 2 0 slots System Status LEDs Management Management 4 Gigabit NICs 2 USB Ports Video Serial NIC Figure 5 These views of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server s front and rear and rear panels spotlight the server s external features and connections The external features and connections include e Front and rear status indicator lights which report locator white service required amber and activity status green for the system and components e As many as eight 2 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs using a SAS HBA or four 2 5 inch SATA HDDs or SSDs when using the onboard SATA controller with all HDD and SSD devices inserted through the front panel e One slim line slot accessible SATA DVD RW accessible through the front panel 13 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Five USB ports
13. their balance between conventional storage capacity and high speed Flash based devices to best accommodate the demands of their applications This flexibility of configuration of storage mediums provides an ideal platform for optimizing storage performance intensive applications Improved energy efficiency Oracle offers eco responsible products and computing solutions to address customers need to reduce energy consumption In the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series CPU s incorporate new technologies that decrease power consumption when processing workloads are light When the workload is low the new Intel Core micro architecture adjusts power use reducing processor frequency limiting power to unused execution units in each core or temporarily disabling Turbo Boost features which together can help decrease power and cooling requirements High efficiency power supplies in the server chassis also lower overall power consumption Variable speed fans disk carrier design and front to back airflow all help cool the system and maintain appropriate processor and system ambient temperatures This in turn helps minimize the energy footprint Enterprise class high availability The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are designed with enterprise class RAS reliability availability and serviceability features To maximize uptime the systems include redundant hot swappable fans and are configurable wit
14. two on the front panel two on the rear panel and one internal for attaching internal boot devices One or two power supply units for N 1 redundancy with integrated fans with each power supply having a single independent AC plug on the rear panel Rear power supply indicator lights showing the status of each hot swappable power supply Four 10 100 1000BASE T autosensing Ethernet ports accessible on the rear panel Three PCIe 2 0 slots in which low profile cards can be installed from the rear panel Two management ports on the rear panel one 10 100BASE T Ethernet port one RJ45 serial port for default connections to the service processor with any one of the four onboard Ethernet ports also being configurable as a system management port VGA video port with an analog HD 15 VGA connector on the rear panel Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Disk System Level Architecture Figure 6 is a system level block diagram of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 disk server A PCIe SAS 2 HBA card is used to support internal 3 5 inch SAS or SATA storage devices and connects to the SAS expander daughter card mounted below the disk backplane The SAS expander does not interface to the ICH10R onboard disk controller In the 2RU platforms the onboard ICH10R SATA II controller is only used to provide direct SATA II connection to the rear mounted SATA disk cage if installed Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers with internal drives require a SAS 2 HBA for all front disk drive slots regard
15. 2 DISK SUN FIRE X4270 M2 24 DISK Memory capacity Up to 144 GB using 8 GB Up to 144 GB using 8 GB Up to 144 GB using 8 GB ECC registered dual inline ECC RDIMMs ECC RDIMMs memory modules RDIMMs Memory type DDR3 RDIMM DDR3 RDIMM DDR3 RDIMM Internal storage 2 5 inch 3 5 inch 2 5 inch supported device size Internal storage number of devices and types Up to 8 SAS SATA HDDs or SSD s SAS HBA required Up to 4 SATA HDD SSD s without an HBA Up to 12 SAS SATA HDD SSDs Optional Rear disk cage for 2 x 2 5 SATA drives replacing two PCle slots SAS HBA required for all configs Up to 24 SAS SATA HDD SSDs Optional Rear disk cage for 2 x 2 5 SATA drives replacing two PCle slots SAS HBA required for all configs Removable media Optional SATA DVD RW internal USB port for internal boot devices No DVD RW option Internal USB port for internal boot devices No DVD RW option Internal USB port for internal boot devices Number of PCle 2 0 slots 3 total 1 x16 2 x8 6 total all x8 6 total all x8 Number of Gigabit Ethernet ports 4 onboard 4 onboard 4 onboard Number of USB ports 2 front 2 rear 1 internal 2 front 2 rear 1 internal 2 front 2 rear 1 internal System management e Onboard ILOM service processor e Side band management via onboard Gigabit Ethernet port or through 10 100 Ethernet system managem
16. 70 M2 servers support the following options for disk controllers e Embedded SATA II controller on the motherboard Sun Fire X4170 server only This controller supports as many as four internal SATA HDDs or SSDs but it does not include any hardware RAID support Sun StorageTek SAS 2 HBA A low profile card the external version of this controller offers no RAID support and has two external four port SFF 8088 connectors The internal version of this HBA has two internal four port SFF 8087 connectors and enables hardware RAID levels 0 1 or 10 Sun StorageTek SAS 2 RAID HBA which supports 6 GB sec SAS 2 and hardware RAID levels 0 1 1E 5 5EE 6 10 50 and 60 Based on Adaptec and Intel technology this HBA is an eight channel low profile card with two four port SFF 8087 connectors The card is available in two versions one with internal connectors and one with external connectors 29 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture This HBA includes 256 MB of DDR2 memory onboard and a battery backed write cache for 72 hour backup which helps deliver protected high availability storage Two cables with four lanes each at 6 Gb sec each are wired from the SAS adapter to the disk backplane to control the internal HDD and SSD drives and provide high bandwidth For the Sun Fire X4170 M2 the four SAS links from the HBA connect directly to the SAS SATA devices In the case of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers
17. SS Ry Sun SUN FIRE aey X86 SERVERS An Oracle White Paper January 2011 Oracle s Sun Fire X4170 M2 and Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server Architecture ORACLE Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture IN OGUCTION EEEE EEE eae ae aias 2 Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers ceceeeseeecseeeeereeeeee 4 Comparing the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Serverts 6 The Intel Processor 5600 Series Advantage 9 Intel Core Micro architecture cccccccccccceeceeceececeeeceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeess 9 Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Platform cccccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 10 Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architectures 10 Sun Fire X4170 M2 System Level Architecture cccce 11 Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server Overview ccccccccccecceeceeeeeeeeeeeees 12 Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Disk System Level Architecture 14 Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Server Overview ccccceesessteeeeeeeeeeeees 15 Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 System Level Architecture ee 17 Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 Server Overview ccccccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeees 18 System RlAMOrM vaste acts ck th reas eee tro ceuecle tac hte ceeta Mawes aa 22 Memory Subsystem rhes a a S oedutuedeetaaseaute 22 EET Sy SU a E E cetera ee A A A 24 RAS Feature Sedea a a e E a A aaa E a aTa 32 ILOM Service Processor and System Management eeee 33 Sun ILOM Service ProCeSsor
18. The following options are available to simplify rack mounting e Rack mounting slide rail kit This is a four point mounted slide rail kit mounting points are located at the rack front and rear 31 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture e Tool less rack kit As the name implies this rack mounting kit snaps into certain Oracle and third party racks without requiring the use of any tools e Cable management arm The cable management arm supports and protects cables as the server slides in and out of the rack The slide rail kit includes hardware for mounting it to rack rails with either 6 mm threaded holes 10 32 threaded holes 10 clearance holes or square unthreaded holes per ANSI EIA 310 D 1992 or IEC 60927 standards Note that not all third party racks are compatible with the slide rail kit Rack density will vary widely depending on the systems installed power distribution in cabinet or external the power source single phase or three phase and whether redundant power is required RAS Features Corporate data and business information are critical business assets Enterprise computing technologies strive to furnish a high degree of data protection reliability provide virtually continuous application access availability and incorporate procedures and components that help resolve problems with minimal business impact serviceability Commonly referred to as RAS these capabi
19. VMware ESX ESXi As Table 2 shows the systems shate numerous features including One or two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors Integrated memory controller supporting up to 1 333 megatransfer per second MT sec registered DDR3 memory modules memory is organized in three channels per processor Multiple point to point Intel QuickPath Technology based interconnects Turbo Boost mode and HT capabilities Intel 5520 chipset and Intel 82801JR I O Controller Hub ICH10R Large capacity internal storage including support for SSDs and HDDs PCle 2 0 expandability Built in quad Gigabit Ethernet support An onboard ILOM service processor for system management Enterprise class RAS features including redundant hot swappable power supplies fans and drives Support for multiple operating systems 3 Please refer to http www oracle com for the most up to date information on supported versions of Operating Systems for each platform Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture A Choice of Operating Systems To optimize flexibility and investment protection the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers support a choice of operating systems including e Oracle Solaris e Oracle Enterprise Linux e Oracle VM e Red Hat Enterprise Linux e SuSE Linux Enterprise Server e Microsoft Windows Server e VMware ESX and ESXi The Intel Processor 5600 Series Advantage Oracle has worke
20. ce processor An IPMI specific trap called a platform event trap PET can also be generated The following SNMP MIBs are supported e The system group and the SNMP group from the RFC1213 MIB e SNMP FRAMEWORK MIB SNMP USER BASED SM MIB e SNMP MPD MIB e ENTITY MIB e SUN PLATFORM MIB Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center is a highly scalable data center management platform that provides organizations with fluid systems lifecycle management and automation process The capabilities of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can help organizations simplify management of data center requirements such as server consolidation compliance reporting and rapid provisioning This management platform helps provision and administer both physical and virtual data center assets in environments that include Sun Fite X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers as well as other Oracle and non Oracle hardware running Windows and Linux operating systems and Oracle Solaris Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center provides a single console to facilitate the following key capabilities within globally dispersed heterogeneous IT environments e Server discovery and inventory management Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center automatically scans and identifies servers across the network even when powered off enabling faster deployment and management of IT assets e Firmware and bare metal server provisioning Oracle Ops Center Provisioning a
21. connect the internal SATA DVD RW drive on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server System Network Interfaces The IOH has four PCle lanes that interface with two Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Kawela controllers Each controller supports two onboard 10 100 1 000 Mb sec Ethernet ports Multiple onboard Gigabit Ethernet connections promote flexibility and enable configurations that support network interface failover The four Gigabit Ethernet ports are numbered in sequence from left to right on the rear panel Each port autonegotiates its link connection and LEDs above the port indicate the speed of the established link green signifies that the established link is 1 000 Mb sec The Ethernet interfaces also support PXE boot for booting over the network The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers feature the ability to configure any one of the four onboard Ethernet ports for side band management see the TLOM Service Processor and System Management section When configured as a management port one of the onboard Ethernet interfaces has two MAC addresses and requires two IP addresses one for data and one for management 24 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Just like the AST2100 service processor on the motherboard the two Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet controllers are powered from a standby power source from system power supplies Even when power to the server is lost or turned off the
22. d closely with Intel Corporation to bring to market a broad server family based on the latest Intel Xeon processor technology In the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers system engineering expertise combines with processor design proficiency to emphasize performance quality reliability and eco responsibility Engineers have optimized system performance under Oracle Solaris as well as under other operating environments The Sun Fire X4170 and X4270 M2 servers incorporate Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors which include the revolutionary QuickPath interconnect and the Intel Xeon micro architecture Each server incorporates a common motherboard populated with one or two processors enabling the system to deliver short response times and high throughput for performance hungry applications Compatible with a legacy of IA 32 software these 64 bit processors support a large volume of existing 32 bit applications as well as emerging 64 bit applications Intel Core Micro architecture With this latest introduction Intel transitioned to a 32 nm manufacturing process that enabled smaller transistors enabling this newest processor generation to pack up to six processor cores and cache into a die that consumes the same space and power as the previous generation Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture 12 MB Last eval cache QuickPath Interconnects ChannelO Channel 1 Channel 2 QPI O QPI 1
23. d the ICH10R e Two serial ports one external one to the ICH10R e Two Ethernet interfaces for IP based management connections one external for out of band management one to the Intel NIC controllers for side band management e One SVGA video port for local video output e One 33 MHz 32 bit PCI connection to the ICH10R for video Management functions provided by the service processor are implemented by ILOM 3 0 system management software This software provides an Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 baseboard management controller platform control agents diagnostics software and RKVMS functionality Many other Oracle servers incorporate these features providing organizations with a single consistent and standards based management interface Secure access to the service processor and associated ILOM software functions takes several forms e Intuitive browser based user interface BUD over SSL e Distributed Management Task Force DMTF command line interface over Secure Shell SSH e Redirection of the platform console keyboard mouse and video to the ILOM Remote Console application e SNMP v3 interfaces providing easy integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center or third party applications from companies such as HP and IBM e IPMI 2 0 command interface for remote management with IPMI based tools such as IPMItool Optimizing Management Flexibility Although system management tools can play an impor
24. e processor access to management capabilities even when the host is disabled Management tasks do not consume host resources Increased security is a result of physically separating management traffic and server data compute or bandwidth intensive applications Projects with complex management requirements or high levels of administrative burden 35 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Side band e The host and service e It provides continuous e Cost sensitive processor share an access to management environments Ethernet port and are capabilities even when each assigned an the host is disabled independent MAC and IP e Management traffic uses address part of the server data e Management tasks bandwidth execute on an It requires only one switch independent service port lowering PrOCOSSON implementation costs e It minimizes processing overhead on the host The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers offer extensive flexibility in that they support all three of these strategies in band out of band and side band management Organizations can choose a single management method or use in band management in tandem with out of band or side band management approaches The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers provide out of band management across a dedicated 10 100 Mb Ethernet port or an RS 232 serial port on the ILOM service processor Side band management is s
25. e Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture MT sec DIMM per channel the use of QR DIMMs limits the number of DIMMs per channel to two and restricts the maximum memory access speed to 800 MT sec Optimizing Memory for Capacity If three DIMMs per channel are populated to optimize for memory capacity the memory access speed will be reduced to 800 MT sec regardless of the type of DIMMs 1 066 MT sec or 1 333 MT sec For this reason using 1 066 MT sec DIMMs is recommended to reduce the configuration cost With all 18 slots populated with 8 GB DIMMs it is possible to achieve a maximum system memory capacity of 144 GB I O Subsystem With built in headroom to expand systems and scale applications the Sun Fire X4170 X4270 and X4270 M2 servers feature expandability through a PCle 2 0 expansion bus internal storage options four onboard Intel gigabit network interface controllers NICs and integrated USB capabilities As shown in the block diagrams for the systems the ICH10R provides connectivity for system USB ports the internal USB port and the SATA DVD RW device available in the Sun Fire X4170 M2 servers only To enable USB 2 0 functionality on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers two USB ports go from the ICH10R to the rear panel and one USB link is routed to the internal USB port two additional USB ports are routed from the ICH10R to the front panel The ICH10R also includes a USB to SATA interface to
26. e introduction of SAS2 capable conventional Hard Disk Drives HDD s and Solid State Disk drives SSD s This combination of flexible high performance storage devices is further augmented by the introduction of a new 2 Rack Unit 2RU server configuration capable of holding up to twenty four 2 5 HDD s or SSD s The ability to choose a suitable configuration of processing capacity memory configuration and appropriate storage capacity together with the expandability offered by the high bandwidth PCle generation 2 I O subsystem in a 1RU or 2RU chassis provide extreme flexibility in the applications that can be comfortably hosted on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 These powerful systems are well suited for many common datacenter applications The Sun Fire X4170 M2 specifically addresses IT infrastructure services and application The Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series CPU s support up to 6 CPU Cores compared to the previous generation Intel Xeon Processors 5500 series CPU s 4 cores Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture development whereas the Sun Fire X4270 is well suited as a clustered database platform Table 1 provides additional details on the target application areas TABLE 1 TARGET APPLICATION AREAS FOR SUN FIRE X4170 M2 AND X4270 M2 SERVERS SUN FIRE X4170 M2 TARGET APPLICATIONS SUN FIRE X4270 M2 TARGET APPLICATIONS e IT Infrastructure Services serving roles
27. ement are fully functional even when the host is powered off For side band management to work even when the host is shut down the two dual Gigabit Ethernet Kawela controllers operate with standby power much like the service processor Although out of band and side band approaches differ with respect to network connectivity these methods offer comparable capabilities and benefits e Based on serial port redirection serial over LAN serial port connectivity to the ILOM service processor provides direct console access to the command line interface CLI and to the system console stream The CLI is designed to follow the DMTF Command Line Protocol e Utilizing Ethernet connectivity administrators can access a Web interface or a CLI An SSH session is required to access the CLI and the Web interface supports both secure https and nonsecure http access Secure access is the default configuration for Web based access Remote Keyboard Video Mouse and Storage The ILOM service processor provides access to keyboard video mouse and storage remotely over IP Remote video display is accomplished through the Java Web Start software known as ILOM Remote Console Setting up a system as a remote console means downloading ILOM Remote Console software from the ILOM service processor to the target machine From this point on the LOM Remote Console executes locally Because ILOM Remote Console does not run locally on the server it does not
28. ent RAID configurations 27 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Available Devices The following devices are available for the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers at the time of this writing e SAS HDDs e 2 5 inch SAS disks 146 GB and 300 GB 10K RPM e 3 5 inch SAS disks 300 GB 15K RPM and 2 TB 7 200 RPM e SATA HDDs e 2 5 inch SATA disks 500 GB 7 200 RPM for use in X4270 M2 tear disk cage only e SATA SSDs e 2 5 inch SFF SATA SSDs 32 GB e 3 5 inch SATA SSDs 32 GB Solid State Drives SSDs Modern servers are driving throughput levels that rapidly outpace the throughput capabilities of typical storage solutions Although many servers can achieve processing capabilities in excess of a million I O operations per second OPS today s fastest hard disk drives are capable of only 300 IOPS to 400 IOPS To match throughput more closely to server performance and meet the challenging demands of data intensive applications many data centers implement large pools of high speed disk drives In some cases a large buffer of expensive DRAM is also deployed so that the application s working set can be stored in memory to reduce latency Flash technology provides a more economical alternative that can dramatically enhance application I O performance while also operating with significantly better energy efficiency than conventional rotational HDDs The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers support
29. ent port e Onboard ILOM service processor e Side band management via onboard Gigabit Ethernet port or through 10 100 Ethernet system management port e Onboard ILOM service processor e Side band management via onboard Gigabit Ethernet port or through 10 100 Ethernet system management port Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture TABLE 2 SUN FIRE X4170 M2 X4270 M2 12 AND X4270 M2 24 FEATURE COMPARISON FEATURE SUN FIRE X4170 M2 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 12 DISK SUN FIRE X4270 M2 24 DISK RAS components e Hot swappable and redundant power supplies fans disk drives RAID 0 1 10 1E 5 6 50 5EE 60 provided via optional SAS 2 RAID HBA e Hot swappable and redundant power supplies fans disk drives e RAID O 1 10 1E 5 6 50 5EE 60 provided via optional SAS 2 RAID HBA Hot swappable and redundant power supplies fans disk drives RAID 0 1 10 1E 5 6 50 5EE 60 provided via optional SAS 2 RAID HBA OS support Oracle Solaris Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle VM Red Hat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Microsoft Windows Server VMware ESX ESXi Oracle Solaris Oracle Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Microsoft Windows Server VMware ESX ESXi Oracle Solaris Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle VM Red Hat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Microsoft Windows Server
30. front panel and interface with a PCle SAS 2 HBA card Five USB ports two on the front panel two on the tear panel and one internal to attach internal boot devices One ot two power supply units for N 1 redundancy with integrated fans with each power supply having a single independent AC plug on the rear panel Rear power supply indicator lights showing the status of each hot swappable power supply Four 10 100 1000BASE T autosensing Ethernet ports accessible on the rear panel Six PCle 2 0 slots in which low profile cards can be installed from the rear panel Two management ports on the rear panel one 10 100BASE T Ethernet port and one RJ45 serial port for default connections to the service processor with any one of the four onboard Ethernet ports also being configurable as a system management port VGA video port with an analog HD 15 VGA connector on the rear panel Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 System Level Architecture Figure 8 is a system level block diagram of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 disk server With the new 2U chassis and disk enclosure design this server can support up to twenty four 2 5 inch storage devices by use of a PCIe SAS 2 HBA card The SAS expander does not interface to the ICH10R onboard disk controller In the 2RU platforms the onboard ICH10R SATA II controller is only used to provide direct SATA II connection to the rear mounted SATA disk cage if installed Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers with internal drives require a SAS
31. h redundant hot swappable power supplies With a Sun StorageTek SAS 2 RAID host bus adapter HBA internal SAS or SATA disk drives can be configured for RAID 0 1 1E 10 5 5EE 50 6 or 60 When mirroring is implemented drives are also hot swappable Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports enhance network availability without consuming a PCle 2 0 slot and can be arranged in failover configurations Onboard system management tools encourage remote proactive monitoring and intervention Simplified system management To support remote management the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers incorporate an independent service processor that features robust integrated lights out management ILOM capabilities This built in functionality enables administrators to monitor and manage systems remotely facilitating corrective action and minimizing unplanned downtime A dedicated network port is provided for ILOM or alternately side band management capabilities of the servers main Ethernet ports enable any one of the four onboard Ethernet ports to be configured as an alternate for system management which can reduce the number of network switches and port connections needed thus reducing cost to deploy remote management technologies in a datacenter Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture ROPe OD Figure 1 The Sun Fire X4170 M2 X4270 M2 12 Disk and X4270 M2 24 Disk servers are de
32. he ICH10R See the system block diagrams in the earlier Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture section The Sun ILOM service processor provides lights out management which can help organizations simplify system management The service processor runs independently of the host platform executing a robust security hardened operating system The capabilities of the Sun ILOM service processor include the following e Pull local and remote keyboard video mouse and storage RK VMS access via redirection over IP eliminating the need for KVM e Monitoring and reporting of environmental power hardware BIOS and operating system events e Remote power control diagnostics virtual media attachment and upgrades of the system BIOS and service processor software e System configuration information retrieval e User configurable serial console access through a physical port or redirected over IP e Java enabled remote console access across a secure Web connection 33 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture e Multilevel role based access with support for RADIUS LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory Service lookup of authentication data e Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP V1 V2c and V3 support For system management operations the Aspeed AST2100 uses these connections e Two USB ports for virtual devices both ports are routed directly on the motherboard between the AST2100 an
33. ia a PCIe SAS HBA card as shown in Figure 4 11 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Bremt O81 Managaret 10100 cCDDVD IxIntemal ss XxFrot ees a USB20 3x USB2 0 3 x USB2 0 1 Figure 4 This block diagram depicts the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server with a SAS HBA Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server Overview The Sun Fire X4170 M2 server includes the following major components One or two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors Up to 144 GB of memory using 8 GB registered dual inline memory modules RDIMMs populated in 18 registered RDIMM slots 4 GB or 8 GB RDIMMsS are supported Four onboard 10 100 1 000 Mb sec Ethernet ports Three low profile PCIe 2 0 slots one 16 lane slot and two 8 lane slots As many as eight internal 2 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs with a SAS HBA or four 2 5 inch SATA HDDs or SSDs without a SAS HBA card Five USB 2 0 ports An onboard ILOM service processor One or two hot swappable high efficiency power supply units PSUs for N 1 redundancy Seven hot swappable variable speed fan modules for N 1 redundancy each containing two contra rotating low vibration fans operating under environmental monitoring Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server Enclosure The Sun Fire X4170 M2 server enclosure is designed to occupy 1U in a standard 19 inch rack Table 3 provides
34. ide best in class performance along with unprecedented expandability and low power consumption This section details physical and architectural aspects of the systems highlighting similarities and differences among the server designs The three server models share a common motherboard architecture one ot two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors connect to an Intel 5520 IOH over multiple Intel QuickPath 10 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Technology interconnects The LOH provides PCI 2 0 expandability and interfaces with an Intel 82801JR I O Controller Hub CH10R Details of the individual servers are provided in the following section of this document Sun Fire X4170 M2 System Level Architecture To gain an understanding of the architecture of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 see the following system level block diagrams Figure 3 and Figure 4 PCle2x8 2 PCle2x8 1 PCle2x8 0 Tylers burg 36D _IOH ES PClex CDDVD 3x USB2 0 Figure 3 This block diagram depicts a Sun Fire X4170 M2 server using an internal controller to connect SATA devices Figure 3 shows a direct connection for as many as four SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs from the ICH10R which features an integrated SATA II disk controller Figure 4 depicts a configuration with a SAS HBA card that supports as many as eight internal SAS or SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs Note that RAID configurations are supported only v
35. less of drive type installed in the disk chassis The Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 server supports as many as 12 internal SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs all in a 3 5 inch form factor Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture PCle2 x8 co PCle2 x8 PCle2 x8 Tylers PCle2x8 burg 36D 5 R a i i i i R 1 1 1 i 1 i i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 i 1 Managerert H 10100 1 1 1 1 1 i i i i 1 i 1 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ixintemal se sy EBD O 3x USB 0 E Rew 2x USB2 0 ma 3x USB2 0 ES usezn Tre m m m e e lowwes rot i E Rear Pare Perel Figure 6 This block diagram provides a system level view of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 server with a SAS 2 HBA Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 Server Overview The Sun Fire X4270 M2 12 server includes the following major components e One or two Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors e Up to 144 GB of memory using 8 GB RDIMMs populated in 18 RDIMM slots 4 GB or 8 GB RDIMMs are supported e As many as twelve internal 3 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs using a PCIe SAS 2 HBA e Four onboard 10 100 1 000 Mb sec Ethernet ports e Six low profile PCIe 2 0 slots all eight lane e Five USB 2 0 ports e An onboard ILOM service processor e One or two hot swappable high efficiency PSUs for N 1 redundancy 15 Oracle White Paper
36. lities are a standard part of Oracle s mission critical computing solutions The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are engineered for hardware failure prevention neat continuous operation fast recovery and easy serviceability RAS features for these systems include e High CPU density Multiple Intel Xeon processors in 1U and 2U form factors enable density that increases overall availability Hot swappable redundant components Mirrored disks redundant fan modules and redundant PSUs can be quickly and easily changed out increasing system uptime Accessible components for improved serviceability Front accessible hot swappable disk drives can be replaced quickly The optional DVD RW drive can also be removed without the top cover of the chassis being open and fan modules and power supply units can be replaced even if a system has not been completely removed from the rack A variety of RAID options These options enable customers to balance storage capacity availability and cost The LSI based Sun StorageTek SAS 2 HBA with internal connectors supports RAID 0 1 1E and 10E and the Sun StorageTek SAS 2 RAID host bus adapter supports RAID 0 1 10 1E 5 50 5EE 6 and 60 and also features a battery backed disk write cache Indicator LEDs on the front and back of the chassis Easily visible LEDs enable problems to be identified and isolated easily Diagnostic LEDs are also included on the motherboard ILOM capabilitie
37. n drive Maximum number of internal SAS HDDs 8 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 146 GB 10K 300 GB 10K 24 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 146 GB 10K 300 GB 10K 12 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 300 GB 15K 2 TB 7K2 Maximum number of internal SATA HDDs 8 SATA HDDs with PCle SAS RAID HBA or 4 with embedded SATA controller 24 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 12 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA Maximum number of internal SATA SSDs 4 SSDs using embedded SATA controller 8 SSD s with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 24 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA 12 with PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA As Table 6 shows the 1U Sun Fire X4170 M2 server can support as many as eight internal 2 5 inch HDDs or SSD s and the 2U Sun Fire X4270 M2 server can house as many as twenty four 2 5 inch internal HDDs or SSD s In the Sun Fire X4170 M2 the onboard SATA controller supports as many as four directly attached SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs although these configurations do not provide any RAID capabilities A PCIe SAS 2 RAID HBA card is required to fully populate all eight slots with SATA or SAS devices and to implement RAID In the 2U Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers the PCle SAS 2 RAID HBA is needed in all configurations to support internal storage options Internal mixing of SATA and SAS devices is supported but not within a RAID volume 5 The onboard SATA controller provides no RAID functionality Use the PCIe SAS 2 RAID HBA catd to implem
38. nd Patch Automation delivers automatic hands off installation of bare metal operating systems RPMs and firmware bringing new efficiencies to IT departments e Patch management and updating Oracle Ops Center Provisioning and Patch Automation provides up to date patch management tools for Red Hat SUSE and the Solaris OS offering 39 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture organizations greater control over data center plans and minimizing downtime In addition unique patch simulation capabilities remove uncertainty from the software update process e Management and monitoring Oracle Ops Center Provisioning and Patch Automation securely and remotely manages users and heterogeneous data center assets and proactively resolves problems by monitoring critical parameters improving the security and stability of systems e Compliance reporting Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center provides an up to date view into the system state patch status and software portfolio helping improve the speed and accuracy of report and compliance validation These automation capabilities can be used in conjunction with configuration management investments to achieve knowledge based change management Taking advantage of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can help organizations create a more compliant Oracle Solaris environment that requires less maintenance and recovery downtime and can lead to considerable
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40. ontain any additional components Fan status LED s are located at the side of the chassis A green status light for a fan module indicates proper operation whereas an amber light indicates a fan fault Fan modules on these systems are designed for redundancy a backup fan enables system continuity in the event of a fan failure The fans are also hot swappable which means that it is possible to remove a module with a failed fan and insert a new fan module without shutting down the system On the top of the chassis a fan access door enables servicing of the fans with the chassis pulled only partially out of the rack This simplifies cable management during fan replacement Rack Mounting The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers can be mounted in the following racks e Third party ANSI EIA 310 D 1992 or IEC 60927 compliant racks in 19 in 482 6 mm panel width series e Sun Rack II 1042 and 1242 The Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers are best rack mounted in the Sun Rack I 1242 due to the extra depth available in this rack They can also be rack mounted in the Sun Rack II 1042 with some limitations due to the depth of the chassis particularly with the cable management arm see the documentation for more details As a part of its chassis the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers feature slide rail release levers see Figure 9 Pulling down on these levers unlocks the rails sliding mechanism so the chassis can be pulled out of the rack for easier servicing
41. put overhead on the host A single instance of ILOM Remote Console can open multiple sessions enabling management of several remote servers simultaneously ILOM Remote Console software can be used to redirect the BIOS and setup screens as well as all other platform video output A true remote video view of the management console is provided by handling of the input and output to and from virtual devices and the server With 8 and 16 bit support and 8 MB of video memory the SVGA display provides resolutions as high as 1 280 x 1 024 pixels The two USB 2 0 ports connected to the ILOM service processor enable the remote keyboard mouse and storage functions The ILOM Remote Console software captures keyboard mouse and floppy CD DVD input on the management console and redirects it over IP to the LOM service processor Keyboard mouse and storage inputs are then transmitted over the USB ports 6 TLOM Remote Console requires the installation of Java Runtime Environment 5 0 on the management console 37 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture to the server The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers interpret these inputs as originating from locally connected USB devices which are referred to as virtual devices ILOM Remote Console can also be used to boot the remote server from a local device A virtual device can be a local physical device or an image file ILOM Remote Console can redirect se
42. r environmental monitoring and control Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 Server Enclosure The Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server enclosure occupies 2U in a new 19 inch rack see Table 5 TABLE 5 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 24 SERVER DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DIMENSION UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL Height 3 43 in 2 RU 87 12 mm Width 16 75 in 425 45 mm Depth 30 0 in 762 0 mm Weight 65 Ib maximum 29 54 kg Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 Server Front and Rear Perspectives Figure 9 illustrates the front and rear panels of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server Locator LED button Service Required LED 2 USB Ports Power Button Power OK LED Fault LEDs 2 Redundant Power Supplies 6 PCI Express 2 0 slots System Status LEDs Management Management 4 Gigabit NICs 2USB Ports Video Serial NIC Figure 9 These front and rear panel views of the Sun Fire X4270 M2 24 server reveal its external features and connections 19 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture External features include Front and rear status indicator lights which report locator white service required amber and activity status green for the system and components As many as twenty four 2 5 inch SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs which insert through the front panel and interface with a PCIe SAS 2 HBA card Three USB ports two on the rear panel and one internal to attach internal boot devices One or two power supply units
43. red a range of enhancements for Oracle Solaris on Xeon processors optimizing the manner in which Oracle Solaris and the new Intel Core micro 40 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture architecture work together on Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series processors The results have been compelling e Improved performance Oracle OS takes advantage of Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series features including Intel Hyper Threading Technology Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel QuickPath Technology to deliver significant performance improvements e Automated power efficiency and utilization Optimized to leverage Intel s power management functions Oracle Solaris delivers improved energy efficiency and performance pet watt through integrated power gates and automated power states e Increased reliability availability and serviceability The Oracle Solaris Fault Management Architecture FMA infrastructure takes advantage of the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series RAS features to provide an even stronger enterprise computing solution e Virtualization enhancements Oracle Solaris delivers cost effective virtualization through Intel Virtualization Technology features Distributed under a commercial and open source licensing model Oracle Solaris 10 offers many innovative technologies that change the equation for organizations that need to reduce costs minimize complexity and eliminate risk Oracle
44. rmance and energy efficiency The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers offer e Advanced levels of performance The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers share a common motherboard that contains two sockets for Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series CPU s With the Intel Hyper Threading HT Technology these CPUs can provide 50 more compute threads as previous generation processors They also support enhanced power management features the QuickPath Interconnect and Intel Turbo Boost technology which help them deliver new levels of performance while lowering power consumption e Remarkable density Density is the cornerstone of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 server designs When populated in a 42 rack unit 42U enclosure the 1U Sun Fire X4170 M2 server facilitates a single rack with as many as 84 processors 756 DIMM slots and 126 PCI Express PCIe 2 0 slots In a single 2U chassis the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server supports up to 24 TB of internal storage based on 12 x 2GB 3 5 inch SATA disk devices or up to 24 x 300GB SATA 2 5 disks Providing the density needed for clustered database consolidation and virtualization initiatives or as standalone administrative or development servers these systems provide excellent flexibility for a wide variety of deployment scenarios The result a consistent deployment platform throughout the datacenter conserved space lower energy costs and less need for costly administrative talent Suppo
45. rt for multiple operating systems helps streamline consolidation simplify virtualization and reduce server sprawl Extensive system expandability The ability to expand a server over time reduces the need for additional capital acquisitions and lowers application lifecycle costs The 1U Sun Fire X4170 M2 server enables a maximum of eight internal 2 5 inch hard disk devices HDDs and the two variants of the 2U Sun Fire X4270 M2 server provides as many as 24 2 5 inch devices and as many as six eight lane PCle 2 0 slots With an two new innovative 2U chassis enclosures that can house either 12 x 3 5 inch disk devices or 24 x 2 5 disk devices the Sun Fite X4270 M2 server supports as many as 24 internal HDDs or as much as 24T Bytes of storage capacity and as many as six PCle 2 0 slots Further customers can choose to configure two additional 2 Intel Xeon Processos 5600 series platforms offer 4 or 6 cores pet socket previous Intel Xeon Processor 5500 series platforms provide up to 4 cores Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture rear panel mounted 2 5 SATA drives in 2RU platforms in place of two PCIe slots All three server variants are available with four onboard Gigabit Ethernet ports and can be configured with either SAS or SATA hard disk drives The ability to support a full complement 8 12 or 24 of low latency SSDs in each chassis alongside conventional HDD technology allows customers to tailor
46. rver The Optional Rear dual disk cage replaces the rear panel of the server and replaces the two right most PCIe slots of the conventional rear panel This is illustrated in Figure 11 21 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture 2 Redundant Power Supplies 4 PCI Express 2 0 slots 2 Rear 2 5 SATA Disk Slots System Status LEDs Management Management 4 Gigabit NICs 2 USB Ports Video Serial NIC Figure 11 Example Disk controller wiring when using the optional Rear Dual SATA disk cage for the Sun Fire X4270 M2 Server System Platform The Sun Fite X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers are based on the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series platform which includes Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors The motherboard of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers includes two processor sockets The section entitled The Intel Advantage describes the processor micro architecture Intel 5520 I O Handler IOH The IOH code named Tylersburg 36D features two QuickPath interconnects and 36 PCIe 2 0 lanes Of the 36 PCIe 2 0 lanes 32 connect to PCIe risers to enable PCIe 2 0 expandability The remaining four lanes connect to two Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Kawela controllers to support the four onboard Ethernet ports Intel 82801JR I O Controller Hub ICH10R The ICH10R is interconnected to the IOH via one Enterprise South Bridge Interface EST link which is based on a four lane PCIe interconnect
47. s Standard on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers with basic functionality and can be augmented by purchasing ILOM Professional edition licenses to 32 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture obtain more capability The integrated ILOM service processor provides powerful tools for local or remote system management simplifying administrative tasks reducing the number of onsite personnel needed and lowering overall operational costs See the next section ILOM Service Processor and System Management for more on the servers system management capabilities ILOM Service Processor and System Management The need for high availability in business critical systems calls for robust and proactive system management Like many other Oracle servers the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers feature a built in hardware based service processor that enables remote server monitoring system management and task automation capabilities that are consistent across much of the Oracle server product line Sun ILOM Service Processor The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers embed an Aspeed AST2100 chip as the onboard service processor that is the baseboard management controller or BMC The Aspeed AST2100 combines a graphics controller and a service processor into a single chip saving space and power It uses two USB ports for virtual devices and one 32 bit 33 MHz PCI bus for video to connect to t
48. side band management interface remains active to enable remote management PCle 2 0 Expansion Bus The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers include a PCIe 2 0 expansion bus that can accommodate low profile cards rated at 25 W maximum PCle 2 0 doubles the interconnect bit rate increasing the aggregated bidirectional bandwidth of a 16 lane link to approximately 16 GB sec On each server model three right angle risers plug directly in to the motherboard to enable PCI 2 0 expansion Single slot 1U risers are used on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 versus dual slot 2U risers on the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers Cards can be compliant with Revision 1 0a or 2 0 of the PCle Card Electromechanical Specification and are installed with a horizontal orientation On the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server the three PCIe 2 0 slots are numbered left to right see Figure 5 Slot 0 uses an x16 mechanical riser see Figure 12 and has 16 electrical lanes to the IOH Slots 1 and 2 are located on x8 mechanical risers with eight electrical lanes The risers are keyed to insert correctly into the motherboard x8 electrical x16 mechanical Figure 12 Slot O one of three PCle 2 0 slots on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 uses an x16 mechanical riser The six slots on the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers are numbered left to right across the bottom Slots 0 to 2 and then left to right across the top of the rear panel Slots 3 to 5 See Figures 7 and 9 which shows the rear panel of the S
49. signed to scale up scale out and scale within which means they can be implemented in a wide range of application architectures Comparing the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Integrating and optimizing open compute storage networking and software technologies from across Oracle s portfolio to deliver high performing efficient and scalable systems the open network system approach has become the de facto standard for system design Following the same design approach the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers leverage earlier chassis design work and further improve system effectiveness by delivering improved operational efficiencies and optimized data center value The three models are described in Table 2 TABLE 2 SUN FIRE X4170 M2 X4270 M2 12 AND X4270 M2 24 FEATURE COMPARISON FEATURE SUN FIRE X4170 M2 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 12 DISK SUN FIRE X4270 M2 24 DISK Chassis 1U 2U 2U Number of CPU 2 2 2 sockets Supported Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Intel Xeon Processor 5600 processor type Series Series Series Processor system interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Number of memory slots 18 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture TABLE 2 SUN FIRE X4170 M2 X4270 M2 12 AND X4270 M2 24 FEATURE COMPARISON FEATURE SUN FIRE X4170 M2 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 1
50. sparently cache data on Flash without requiring applications to be modified Oracle Solaris ZFS recognizes different media types and optimizes data placement to maximize system throughput Drive Cage Design The impressive storage density of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers is attributable partly to innovative drive carrier designs that facilitate effective airflow above and below each drive Drives insert into a disk tray and cable free disk backplane that increases reliability and serviceability The carrier includes an ejection handle that simplifies drive removal drives are hot pluggable when disk mirroring is configured Drive status lights indicate Ready to Remove Fault and Status In all three systems the disks plug in to a server specific backplane board In the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers an LSI SAS 2 expander device facilitates large internal storage capacities On the Sun Fire X4270 M2 s eight ports on the SAS expander connect to the SAS HBA supporting switched connections for as many as 24 SAS or SATA devices To minimize the effects of drive or fan vibration dampening material was added to the servet s drive cages and the fan modules and deck were designed with a floating spring mechanism that helps isolate fan vibration In addition fan modules containing two contra rotating fans were specified that help reduce the amplitude of fan vibration Disk Controller and I O RAID Options The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X42
51. such as Administration hubs Authentication and identity servers via Oracle Identity manager as well as LDAP Active Directory and associated services Key to these services are reliability and responsiveness requirements directly contributing to customer satisfaction Application Development platforms developers requiring standalone of even virtualized development platforms capable of reflecting real workload performance and capabilities while providing reliability and remote manageability and recoverability e Clustered Database platforms clustering takes advantage of high performance reliable nodes with large memory capacity and excellent IO bandwidth By taking advantage of Flash storage acceleration options as well as high local storage capacity whether requiring large disk counts or achievable disk capacity users can provide significant application performance improvements in both responsiveness and capacity compared to earlier generations of servers Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Designed to help customers optimize value and reduce complexity in their infrastructures Oracle s Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series based systems the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers blend cost effective industry standard components with innovative technologies this approach yields compact new 1U and 2U servers with unprecedented density high perfo
52. switch helps support PCIe applications that demand high throughput and low latency such as high throughput 10 Gb I O cards SATA controllers and Fibre Channel HBAs However inserting more than one high bandwidth and latency sensitive PCle card into slots managed by a single switch at the same time for example in Slots 1 and 4 or in Slots 2 and 5 is not recommended By default Slot 0 on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 server is used for the HBA that connects to internal SAS SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs On the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server the SAS HBA can be moved to Slot 2 if desired On the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers it can be moved to Slots 2 3 or 5 On all three server models a heat sink interferes with internal cabling to the HBA if the HBA is installed in a center PCIe 2 0 slot Integrated Storage The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers offer large internal storage capacities for SAS or SATA HDDs and can also accommodate SATA SSDs The servers differ however in the number and type of internal storage devices supported Table 6 summarizes the differences 26 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture TABLE 6 STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUN FIRE X4170 M2 AND X4270 M2 SERVERS SUN FIRE X4170 M2 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 24 SUN FIRE X4270 M2 12 Number of device slots 8 24 2x optional rear 2 5 12 2x optional rear 2 5 SATA SATA Device form factor 2 5 in drive 2 5 in drive 3 5 i
53. t startup and all memory channels will run at the fastest common frequency Memory Population Guidelines Each processor features three memory channels each of which supports three RDIMM slots enabling as many as 18 RDIMMs per system in a fully populated system Memory slots in each channel are color coded to simplify identification e Black represents slot 0 e White represents slot 1 e Blue represents slot 2 As a general rule for optimizing memory performance DIMMs should be populated in sets of three one per channel per CPU starting with the slot farthest from the CPU socket in Slot 0 the blue slot Ideally each channel should be populated with equal capacity DIMMs and if possible with the same number of identical DIMMs which helps make memory performance more consistent In a server with a single processor the DIMM slots next to the empty CPU socket should not be populated In general it is better to populate quad rank QR DIMMs first followed by dual rank DR DIMMs and or single rank SR DIMMs Optimizing Memory for Bandwidth Configurations with optimal memory bandwidth can be achieved with the Performance class of Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series processors and memory components that run at 1 333 MT sec To optimize a configuration for bandwidth populate one or two SR or DR DDR3 1 333 4 Rank refers to the number of memory chips a DIMM module has connected on any given data line 23 Oracle Whit
54. tant role in streamlining operations organizations must consider the best approach for each environment Executing management software directly on the host with or without use of a service processor is known as in band management Using a dedicated Ethernet or serial port to execute administrative tasks independently of the host is known as out of band management Sharing a single Ethernet port for host and service processor network connectivity is called side band management which is enabled in these servers through a connection between the Ethernet controllers and the service processor see Figure 14 Table 8 presents a comparison of these management strategies 34 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Figure 14 The Sun ILOM service processor supports side band management TABLE 8 COMPARISON OF IN BAND OUT OF BAND AND SIDE BAND MANAGEMENT Aheret STRATEGY CHARACTERISTICS BENEFITS IDEAL USE CASES In band e It relies on operating e Use of a single network e Heterogeneous system resident software connection and switch environments to provide a Management tasks utilize port minimizes cost and common administrative platform compute complexity tool across all platforms resources Out of band e It utilizes a dedicated It provides continuous Environments with Ethernet or serial port for administrative traffic e Management tasks execute on an independent servic
55. tem services can continue uninterrupted in the event of software failures major hardware component breakdowns and software misconfiguration problems e Resource management The built in resource management facilities in Oracle Solaris 10 enable computing resources to be allocated among individual tasks and users in a structured 41 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture policy driven fashion Using the Oracle Solaris resource management facilities to proactively allocate control and monitor systems it s easy to provide fine grained management of resources such as CPU time processes virtual memory connect time and logins The result is more predictable service levels Linux Environments Oracle has qualified the leading Linux variants on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and Sun Fire X4270 M2 including Oracle Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle is one of the largest contributors to the open source community Areas of contribution include OpenOffice org Mozilla GNOME and X org In addition Oracle provides key software offerings for Linux including the following e Lustre parallel file system e Sun Ray Software e Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center e Oracle Open Office e Java Desktop System e Oracle Solaris Studio Java Studio Creator and NetBeans e MySQL database Microsoft Windows Environments Organizations strive to reduce
56. the variety of platforms present in their data centers even in the face of a wide range of workloads To assist in this effort the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers can all run the Microsoft Windows operating environment and have in fact passed stringent Microsoft compatibility test suites VMware Environments Virtualization solutions from VMware help improve asset utilization operational efficiency and business agility VMware virtualization technology also combines with key Oracle Solaris 10 features such as DTrace Oracle Solaris Containers and Oracle Solaris Predictive SelfHealing software As a result organizations can create powerful IT solutions through virtualization In fact utilizing VMware virtual infrastructure software with Oracle Solaris 10 for consolidation projects can increase system utilization as much as tenfold By taking advantage of technology from VMware enterprises can further capitalize on the high performance scalability and energy efficiency of the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers 42 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture Conclusion The Sun Fire X4170 M2 server is the most versatile IT infrastructure building block system available from Oracle today The Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers are the ideal platform for clustered database and virtualized wotkloads To experience the flexibility density and power of Oracle s Sun Fire X4170 M2 and Sun Fire
57. un Fire X4270 M2 1 200 W At 100 V AC and 1 200 W At 1 200 W 100 load output 12 4 A 85 Each PSU features a non removable internal fan that supplies independent PSU cooling Three light indicators display power supply status information AC Fault and Ok The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers use a power distribution board PDB that provides connections between the power supplies and major system components The PDB 30 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture contains a single 12 volt to 5 volt DC to DC supply used to power the disk subsystem and the optional DVD RW device Fan Assemblies The server enclosures are designed for efficient front to back airflow Variable speed fans run under the control of the onboard service processor which monitors processor temperatures and system ambient ait temperature Based on these readings the fans operate at the lowest speeds possible to provide sufficient cooling conserving power use prolonging fan life and reducing acoustical noise Fan assemblies differ between the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers The Sun Fire X4170 M2 server houses seven fan modules with each module containing two 40 mm 10 000 RPM fans In the Sun Fire X4270 M2 servers there are six fan modules with each module accommodating two hot swappable 60 mm fans Each Fan module consists of two fans configured to contra rotate to reduce vibration modes and do not c
58. un Fire X4270 M2 servers respectively Both 2U servers incorporate one passive riser for Slots 0 and 3 and two active risers for Slots 1 and 4 and Slots 2 and 5 see Figure 13 Each 2U riser supports two PCIe 2 0 slots for I O expandability and is keyed to correctly insert into the motherboard Each 2U riser provides two eight lane electrical and mechanical slots for a total of six x8 PCIe 2 0 slots in each 2U server 25 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture x8 mechanical x8 electrical PCle 2 0 switch Figure 13 This image shows the PCle 2 0 active riser for the 2U Sun Fire X4270 M2 server Slots 1 and 4 2 and 5 The passive riser splits 16 PCIe 2 0 lanes from the IOH into two sets of eight lanes one set for each riser slot The active riser see Figure 11 uses an IDT PES24T6G2 PCIe 2 0 switch to expand eight PCle lanes from the IOH into two x8 slots The PES24T6G2 switch features six ports and twenty four 5 Gb sec PCle 2 0 lanes supporting 5 Gb sec 2 5 Gb sec and mixed 5 Gb sec and 2 5 Gb sec modes As implemented in these servers the switch provides high performance I O connectivity and switching functions between the riser s x8 PCIe 2 0 upstream port and the two x8 downstream ports It supports eight traffic classes TCs and one virtual channel VC with sophisticated resource management algorithms including round robin weighted round robin and strict priority schemes The
59. upported over one of the four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces shared between the host and the service processor With a side band management approach both the platform and the service processor get a unique MAC address and IP address for the shared physical Ethernet port When configured side band management can provide all the benefits of out of band management at a considerable cost savings by eliminating the need to consume a switch port for both management and platform connections In Band Server Management In band server management enables organizations to take advantage of industry standard protocols and applications across all data center platforms The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 servers facilitate in band server management by supporting IPMI 2 0 and SNMP v1 v2c and v3 standards One of the following two options enables these OS resident platform management functions e IPMI with a keyboard controller style KCS interface and an IPMI kernel driver e SNMP agents Out of Band and Side Band Management Out of band and side band management approaches support the completion of administrative tasks without placing an unnecessary burden on the host This administrative strategy is desirable for performance intensive environments Although in band management works only as long as 36 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture the host operating system is up and running out of band and side band manag
60. veral types of devices as virtual devices e CD DVD ROM e Floppy e USB flash disk drives e CD DVD ROM image iso files e Floppy image img files Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI platform management refers to the autonomous monitoring logging recovery and inventory control features implemented in hardware and firmware The key differentiation of intelligent platform management is that these functions are independent of the main CPU BIOS and OS There are two major components of platform management the baseboard management controller BMC and system management software SMS Intelligent platform management facilitates enterprise class management for high availability systems The ILOM service processor provides autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging Typical sensotr related events include out of range temperatures or voltage and fan failures When an event occurs it is noted in the system event log and made available to the system management controller The system management controller is powered by power supply standby voltage and will function even when the server is powered down or the operating system has crashed As a result the platform status can be obtained and recovery initiated even in situations in which in band delivery mechanisms are unavailable In modern systems IPMI provides a hardware level interface specification for monitoring and control functions It defines a standard abstract
61. with proprietary extensions and offers a 2 GB sec transfer rate The ICH10R enables additional I O functionality including support for system USB ports the internal USB port and the SATA DVD RW device available on the Sun Fire X4170 M2 server only The ICH10R connects to the Aspeed AST2100 Service Processor via USB for virtual devices PCI for video and LPC serial port Memory Subsystem The integrated memory controller and multiple DDR3 memory channels per processor help provide high bandwidth for memotry intensive applications The Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 22 Oracle White Paper Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Server Architecture M2 servers can be populated with DDR3 Registered ECC DIMM modules in 4 GB or 8 GB capacities Each processor features an integrated memory controller which means that the systems adhere to a NUMA memory architecture in which the memory controller on one processor can access local as well as remote memory The integrated memory controller supports DDR3 memories in three speeds 800 MT sec 1 066 MT sec and 1 333 MT sec although Oracle qualifies and offers only 1 066 MT sec and 1 333 MT sec RDIMMs When configuring system memory it s important to note that DIMMs may run at speeds slower than individually rated speeds depending on the CPU type the number of DIMMs per channel and the type of memory speed rank and so on The speed at which memory is actually running is set by system BIOS a

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