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1. S Motorola Power Supply Sid MPC8248 IS ep 550W Managed SAS 1064 Power Supply IDE CD DVD 2 Front USB Ports USB Hub AMD 8111 1 0 Hub Super 1 0 2 Rear USB Ports Fj Controller DVI Video Video Video VGA Connector AMER over LAN C XL Output Redirect Redirection Serial Port 10 100 Ethernet Connector Figure 1 2 Sun Fire X4200 Server Architecture Block Diagram 9 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 2 CPU Architecture The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers support one boot and one optional Single Core or Dual Core AMD Opteron Series 200 processor The base processor is inserted in physical position CPUO the right side socket on the motherboard when viewed from the front of the system In a dual processor configuration the CPUs must be of the same model speed and stepping version Each processor contains an integrated memory controller supporting a 128 bit wide path to memory and three 16x16 bit HyperTransport links Each HyperTransport link runs at speeds up to 1 GHz and is clocked on both edges of the clock pulse allowing for a maximum of 4 GB sec 2 gigatransfers sec 2 bytes wide throughput in each direction 8 GB sec aggregate data rate bidirectionally Memory support is for registered DDR400 184 pin SDRAM DIMMs four DIMM slots per CPU accessed in pairs with an available memory bandwidth up to 6 4 GB sec with PC3200 per processor Memory capacity scales wit
2. 44EP Figure 4 2 Sun Fire X4200 Motherboard Block Diagram 27 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 5 Cooling and Power Typical heat dissipation and power consumption metrics for a Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server equipped with 2 Dual core AMD Opteron processors and 4 GB RAM are as follows e UL Maximum Power 800 W e Typical Power Consumption 450 W e Heat Dissipation 1500 BTU hr e Ambient Temperature 5 35 C Cooling The chassis of the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are segregated by an air divider into two distinct chambers the motherboard PCI and fan chamber and the Power Supply Unit PSU and storage chamber Both areas are front to back air cooled The PSU and storage chamber is cooled by individual fans on the back of each power supply Air is drawn through the front of the server by these rear located fans The motherboard PCl and fan chamber is cooled by redundant rows of fans mounted in front of the server behind the bezel 1 fan per PSU pulls air out Air flow for HDDs DVD and PSUs Air flow for motherbaord CPUs RAM PCI 12 redundant hot plug fans push air in Figure 5 1 Airflow Diagram of Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Servers 28 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Fans Cooling fans in the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are positioned in two rows for redundancy just behind the front bezel They are hot swappable and each fan module has an LED fault indicator The fans are accessible from the top h
3. then PCI 0 should only be populated with a 100 MHz expansion card PCI 1 is on a non shared bus and has a maximum operational speed of 133 MHz It supports both 33 and 66 MHz PCI expansion cards and 66 100 and 133 MHz PCI X expansion cards Sun Fire X4200 Server PCI Expansion Slots The Sun Fire X4200 server has 5 PCI X expansion slots When viewing the server from the rear the PCI slots are present in numeric order from left to right and numbered from 0 to 4 All 5 slots are capable of 32 or 64 bit operation and support low profile MD2 PCI or PCI X expansion slots PCI 0 is identical to that in the Sun Fire X4100 server PCI 0 is on a shared bus with the LSI SAS1064 disk controller connecting to the AMD 8131 PCI X Tunnel This slot has a maximum operational speed of 100 MHz It is important to note that if an expansion card that operates at speeds less than 100 MHz is inserted into this slot then the transfer speed along the entire bus will be degraded As a result embedded disk performance can be affected Since the shared bus speed will be lowered to the lowest common denominator the performance degradation will be greater if using a 33 MHz expansion card than a 66 MHz expansion card For best disk performance results the PCI 0 slot should not be populated However is there is a need to use it then PCI 0 should only be populated with a 100 MHz expansion card PCI 1 is identical to that in the Sun Fire X4100 server PCI 1 is on a non shared
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5. 41 1 lbs 18 6 Kg maximum w rack kit 52 1 lbs 23 7 Kg maximum w rack kit Height 1 72 in 43 8 mm 3 44 in 87 6 mm Width 17 5 in 445 mm 17 5 in 445 mm Depth 25 2 in 640 mm 25 2 in 640 mm Sun Microsystems Inc 50 of 52 Appendix D Sun Microsystems Inc Environmental and Regulatory Compliance The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers meet or exceed the following environmental and regulatory specifications Table C 1 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Servers Environmental Specifications Type Operating temperature single non rack system Non operating temperature single non rack system Operating altitude single non rack system Non operating altitude single non rack system Acoustic noise single non rack system Specification 102 C to 352 C 412 F to 952 F 10 to 90 relative humidity non condensing 272 C max wet bulb 402 Cto 652 C 402 F to 1492 F up to 93 relative humidity non condensing 38 C max wet bulb 352 C up to 900 meters and a derating of 1 C for every 300 m in altitude up to 3048 m maximum Up to 12000 meters Less than 69 dB sound power in ambient temperature of up to 242 C Table C 2 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Servers Regulatory Specifications Type Safety RFIZEMI Immunity Related Certifications Safety Related Certifications EMC Other Specification 1EC60950 UL CSA60950 01 EN60950 CB Scheme with all country differences FCC Class A Part 15 47 CFR EN55022 CISPR
6. AMD 8131 AMD 8131 1 GB Ethernet Connector PP GB NIC PCI X 1 64 133 MHz PCI X Tunnel PCI X Tunnel 1 GB Ethernet Connector Eh INTEL FWB 82540 1 GB Ethernet Connector TH GB NIC ae SE 2 FS 3 USB ports PCI X 0 64 100 MHz E 8 Remote KMS 550W Managed S Motorola Power Supply aye MPC8248 LSI SAS 1064 550W Managed SP Power Supply WwIdas IDE CD DVD AMD 8111 1 Front USB Port pe 1 0 Hub Di m 2 D gt 2 Rear USB Ports Super 1 0 K BCM a Controller 5221 DVI Video Video Video VGA Connector ULE over LAN See a x XL Output Redirect Redirection Serial Port 10 100 Ethernet Connector Figure 1 1 Sun Fire X4100 Server Architecture Block Diagram Sun Fire X4200 Server The Sun Fire X4200 measures 2 rack unit RU high or 3 449 inches 87 6 mm 17 5 inches 445 mm wide and 25 2 inches 640 mm deep It is a rack optimized x64 based system with a symmetric multiprocessor Cooling is accomplished with internal fans which direct airflow from the front to the back of the chassis 1 0 ports are located on the rear panel with an additional two USB on the front panel Access to the power connection is at the rear of the server Hard drives and optical storage are accessible from the front of the server The Sun Fire X4200 server also provides following system architectural features e Embedded single channel DDR memory controllers on each CPU to provide maximum memory capacity and bandwidt
7. DC Converters Opteron VRM DDR DIMM x4 AMD Sledge 12C Hammer 1 QS Switch DC HUB AMD Sledge Hammer 0 12C DDR DDR DIMM x4 Opteron VRM Sys Mon Fan Control IBM Power PC ID PROM l2 Figure 4 1 Sun Fire X4100 Motherboard Block Diagram 26 of 52 PCI X Slot 5 66 MHz IRQ C D A B IDSEL AD19 PCI X Slot 4 66 MHz IRQ C D A B IDSEL AD18 PCI X Slot 3 66 MHz Sun Microsystems Inc SAS 3 0Gbs LSI 4 port SAS Controller IDE IRQ C D A B IDSEL AD17 PCI X Slot 2 133 MHz IRQ C D A B IDSEL AD17 wn a 4 Transformer RJ45 Transformer RJ45 Transformer RJ45 Transformer PCI X Slot 1 100 MHz DCH Dual 1 GigE MAC PHY IRQ C amp D IDSEL AD18 Dual 1 GigE MAC PHY D IRQ C amp D IDSEL AD17 1 USB x VGA Buf Serial XCVR 10 100 PHY QS Switch ATI Rage XL Video Redirect Add in card IDSEL AD19 IDSEL AD20 usg DC DC Converters PCI X Opteron VRM SM PCI X Soa DDR DIMM x4 35 SS D VK EE G 2a 22 AMD Sledge 12C Hammer PCI X E o S ov D GG Pa A A Pax 25 E AMD Sledge AMD lac Hammer Southbridge HUB o IRQA 12C DDR DDR DIMM x4 ID Sys Mon PROM Fan Control la Opteron VRM c IRQ B QS Switch IBM Power PC
8. DRM systems e Require real time encryption and decryption for enhanced security including e commerce and protection of private or classified data e Require mathematical precision and floating point performance including modeling simulation statistics and financial analysis imaging video signal processing physics medical research telecommunications encryption and compression e Require large high power database performance including decision support searching and indexing document and content management and voice recognition e Require x86 compatibility or the economies of scale of x86 as well as the large memory addressing capabilities of 64 bit computing including many high performance computing HPC cluster applications e Provide digital content creation capabilities such as computer aided design CAD computer aided manufacturing CAM and computer aided engineering CAE digital music production and video editing and real time media streaming solutions e Require maximum performance for realistic and cinematic consumer experiences including computer games digital video and real time collaboration 14 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc x64 processors are designed to maintain full compatibility with x86 while providing the architectural enhancements that provide world class 64 bit performance With the x64 ISA relevant instructions and encodings have evolved to sup port 64 bits increasing the resources available to hardware
9. Fan Module O Fan Module 1 Fan Module 2 E gt AZ fano fant Fano Fan 1 Figure 5 2 Sun Fire X4100 Server Cooling Fan Layout 29 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Fan Tray 0 Fan Module o Fan Module 1 Fan Module 2 Fan Tray 1 Fan Module 0 Fan Module 1 Fan Module 2 Figure 5 3 Sun Fire X4200 Server Cooling Fan Layout Power Supplies Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are powered by dual redundant hot swappable power supplies The power supplies have the following features 550 Watts e 120 240 Volt 50 60 Hz Autodetect e 140mm fan in rear e Power sharing 30 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 6 ILOM Integrated Lights Out Management Integrated Lights Out Management ILOM is the Service Processor ILOM enables multiple in band and out of band management solutions In band management through the host operating system or platform is enabled by IPMI and SNMP OS resident agents Out of band management is enabled through the serial port or dedicated Ethernet There is a command line interface CLI provided when out of band serial port conenctivity is used The dedicated Ethernet connectivity to out of band management features includes e Web interface e CLI via SSH e IPMI 2 0 e SNMP vi v2c and v3 ILOM Architecture The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers leverage the same ILOM design and part ILOM is a Sun designed Field Replaceable Unit FRU daughtercard The ILOM daughtercard has the following features e
10. HyperTransport link from the boot processor The I O subsystem consists of the following components e Two tunneling HyperTransport bridges AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnels e A HyperTransport attached Southbridge component AMD 8111 HyperTransport I O Hub e Flash memory for the BIOS e Additional motherboard embedded peripheral 1 0 consisting of e One quad channel SAS RAID controller LSI SAS1064 attached to one of the AMD 8131 PCI X Tunnels on a shared bus with the PCI X slot O e Two 10 100 1000 dual Gigabit Ethernet MAC PHY devices Intel FW82546 GB NIC e Avideo controller device attached to the PCI bus of the Southbridge ATI Rage XL e A Super I O device connecting the Service Processor to the AMD 8111 chip AMD 8000 Series Chipset The AMD 8000 series chipset consists of e HyperTransport interconnects previously discussed AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel e AMD 8111 HyperTransport I O Hub AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel The AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel chip includes two 64 bit PCI X bridges bridge A and bridge B Each independently supports conventional PCI mode with clock speeds of 33 and 66 MHz or PCI X mode with clock speeds of 66 100 and 133 MHz Each supports 64 bit addressing in PCI X or PCI 2 2 and a 64 bit data bus Each includes an IOAPIC register set for legacy interrupt modes The upstream bi directional HyperTransport tunnel link supports receive and transmit frequencies of up to 600 MHz of 16
11. Motorola MPC8248 PowerPC processor e 32 bit 266 MHz e 16 Kb 4 way associative data cache e 16 Kb 4 way associative instruction cache e 64 bit data bus e 66 MHz PCI bridge e 64 MB PC 133 MHz SDRAM e 16 bit 32 MB Flash ROM e DVI output e USB connections to AMD 8111 I O Hub e LPC Low Pin Count connection to AMD 8111 I O Hub 10 100 Mb Integrated LAN e 3 serial ports Debug RS485 external e Half size standard PCI form factor The ILOM daughtercard is a standalone system with no dependencies on the operating system It has availability to physical interfaces through the connections listed above The actual devices however are located on the main system board The DVI output port is connected to the ATI Rage XL via FPGA to enable remote graphics redirection from ILOM with a maximum VGA resolution of 1024 x 768 Three USB connections to the AMD 8111 1 0 Hub are used to provide remote keyboard mouse and storage functionality There is an LPC connection to the AMD 8111 I O Hub via FPGA The 10 100 Mb Ethernet is connected to the onboard Broadcom BCM5221 10 100 Ethernet controller which automatically 31 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc detects straight or cross over Ethernet cables The external serial port is multiplexed with the main system serial port for access to the ILOM CLI and system console using serial port redirection S o L Serial over LAN Figure 6 1 LOM Daughtercard Top and Bottom Views 32 of 52 Sun Micro
12. Mounting Specifications ssscccssssccsssescessssssssecceseesssssssssceesessessssssnssees 49 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Server DiMensions sssssccccccsssscscccccessssncccccccssssscceece coccccececeececescecescesceesceeeees 50 Environmental and Regulatory Compliance ccccccsssssscceesssssssssssscssssssssssscsssssssesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesess 51 4 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Introduction The Sun Fire x64 servers are the fastest most reliable and energy efficient x64 enterprise servers in the industry They are a family of modular rack mounted servers designed by Sun Microsystems from the ground up to take full advan tage of the exceptional power and performance of AMD Opteron processors The Sun Fire x64 server line is composed of the industry s premier x64 servers delivering highest reliability and greater than one and a half times the perform ance while providing 500 per year in power and cooling savings over comparable Intel Xeon based servers These new Sun servers are based on a simplified management system and fast and reliable performance resulting in better serv ice levels lower operational costs and better asset utilization The Sun Fire x64 family of servers feature x64 x86 64 bit performance with 32 bit x86 compatibility large memory support 1 0 capability to support low latency high band width interconnects for compute clusters Integrated Lights Out Management with in band
13. The key features of the Sun N1 System Manager software are e Bare metal discovery e Grouping e Bare metal provisioning e Hardware monitoring e OS provisioning 38 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 7 Software Operating Environment The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers support multiple 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems including Solaris Linux and Windows The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are also VMware ESX Server compatibility certified Table 7 1 lists the different operating systems supported on the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers Table 7 1 Supported Operating Systems Operating System Sun Supported Solaris 10 on x64 64 bit Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 32 bit Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 64 bit Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 64 bit Yes SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64 bit Yes Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32 bit Yes Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64 bit Yes VMware ESX Server 32 bit No VMware HCL Support Solaris 10 on x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and VMware ESX Server operating systems can be ordered from Sun Support contracts are also available for these operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Advanced Server Editions 32 64 bit from Sun for the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers have been qualified by VMware and are listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility Li
14. a new version of the Solaris Operating System As a result downtime for upgrades is reduced to the time needed for a reboot When installation is complete a simple reboot enables the Solaris 10 OS to take control Since Solaris LIVE Upgrade software includes a version migration and fallback feature organizations can also fall back to the previous release again through a simple reboot without losing administration information Real Time Video Creation and Broadcast Support A Java Media Framework JMF technology player provides access to the latest industry standard audio and video files including MPEG1 2 QuickTime VIVO AVI AIFF GSM WAV RMF AU and MIDI Solaris 10 OS Bundled Desktop Environments Common Desktop Environment CDE Enhancements The latest generation of the Common Desktop Environment CDE comes standard providing workstation users with an easy to use open secure platform Personal Digital Assistant PDA support synchronizes data from most Palm computing devices with the CDE calendar mail memo and address book CDE now features streaming video using MPEG1 MPEG2 QuickTime and AVI formats as well as MIDI audio using Java Media Framework technology 42 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc GNOME 2 0 Desktop Environment GNOME 2 0 the modern desktop for the Solaris 10 Operating System OS provides applications and tools that are designed to enhance business productivity in a networked world GNOME 2 0 helps org
15. and out of band control and a wide range of peripheral and ISV support This is the only family of x64 industry standard servers with application portability across the entire family through binary compatibility on Solaris Linux or Windows operating systems Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are primarily designed for customers running workloads such as Web and application serv ices IT infrastructure DNS proxy caching horizontally scalable databases and high performance technical comput ing HPTC grid computing Sun Fire X4100 Sun Fire X4200 O Es Reg i 2 Figure Intro 1 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Servers Customers seeking a business edge can look to Sun to provide smarter options for building a simple secure standardized IT infrastructure The Sun Fire x64 family of servers are smart solution enablers for standardizing the datacenter a high performance set of servers that offer the unity of vertical scaling with the economies of horizontal scaling while running any major OS and 32 bit 64 bit application Sun continues its efforts to provide customers with solutions to help them realize the benefits of a horizontal infrastructure lower incremental CPU cost OS flexibility while reducing the hidden costs and complexities There are initially two members of the Sun Fire x64 family Sun Fire X4100 1RU and Sun Fire X4200 2RU These servers are the first in a new line of Sun x64 servers designed to improve the economics
16. and software Major enhancements over legacy x86 include e Sixteen 64 bit general purpose integer registers that quadruple the general purpose register space available to applications and device drivers as compared to x86 systems e Sixteen 128 bit XMM registers for enhanced multimedia performance to double the register space of any current SSE SSE2 implementation e Full 64 bit virtual address space with 40 bits of physical memory addressing that can support systems with up to 4 petabytes of physical memory 65535 times the amount of RAM supported by 32 bit x86 systems e 64 bit operating systems to provide full transparent and simultaneous 32 bit and 64 bit platform application multitasking x64 processors include HyperTransport Technology and are designed for flexibility and scalability HyperTransport Technology provides links based multiprocessing simplifying the design of multiprocessor workstations and servers Compatibility with x86 makes the x64 computing platform the first 64 bit platform designed to be compatible with mainstream PC applications while offering world class performance making it suitable for solutions ranging from consumer client PCs to high performance clusters The combination of flexibility and scalability reconciles the broad range of capability and performance requirements IT professionals face today AMD Direct Connect Architecture AMD Direct Connect Architecture helps eliminate the bottlenecks inherent in a front sid
17. bits The downstream bi directional HyperTransport tunnel link supports receive and transmit frequencies of up to 200 MHz of 8 bits These links also support independent transfer rates and bit width selection The AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel provides high speed PCI X capability and offers the following features e Two HyperTransport PCI X bridges supporting 64 bit 33 66 100 and 133 MHz operation e 4 8 GB sec maximum bandwidth 16 x 16 600 MHz upstream HyperTransport link 1 6 GB sec maximum bandwidth 8 x 8 200 MHz downstream HyperTransport link e 37 5 X 37 5 mm 829 pin BGA package e 3 3 volt PCI X signaling 1 2 volt link signaling 1 8 volt core 19 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc AMD 8131 Device Side A Side B HyperTransport Link HyperTransport Link Downstream Device Host Tunnel L 16 bits upstream 8 bits upstream 16 bits downstream f 8 bits downstream PCLX POR slots Bridge A Bridge B slots Figure 3 1 AMD 8131 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel Architecture Block Diagram AMD 8111 HyperTransport 1 0 Hub The AMD 8111 HyperTransport I O Hub is a HyperTransport attached Southbridge device that provides several 1 0 blocks supporting basic peripherals and support functions to the system It supports total bandwidth up to 800 MB sec using 8 bit HyperTransport input and output links running simultaneously with a 200 MHz double pumped clock Multiple bit wid
18. bus and has a maximum operational speed of 133 MHz It supports both 33 and 66 MHz PCI expansion cards and 66 100 and 133 MHz PCI X expansion cards PCI 2 PCI 3 and PCI 4 are on a shared bus with each other Each expansion slot has a maximum operational speed of 66 MHz These slots support both 33 and 66 MHz PCI expansion cards and 66 MHz PCI X expansion cards 25 of 52 Chapter 4 Mother board Sun Microsystems Inc All control and datapath functionality with the exception of the disk connectors reside on the motherboard There are two sockets for AMD Opteron processors interconnected through AMD s HyperTransport technology There are also HyperTransport links to the PCI X bridges and the Southbridge All external connections with the exception of power disks and front panel I O come into the motherboard PCI X Slot 2 133 MHz IRQ C D A B IDSEL AD17 USB VGA x d y f X Slot 1 100 MHz ZCR SAS 3 0Gbs LSI 4 port SAS Controller IDE USB VGA A A PCI X Dual 1 GigE MAC PHY 1 IRQ C amp D IDSEL AD18 Dual 1 GigE PCLX MAC PHY 0 IRQ C amp D IDSEL AD17 ZCR A PCI X Buf Serial XCVR 10 100 PHY Qs Switch ATI Rage XL Video Redirect Add in card Southbridge IRQA IDSEL AD19 IRQB IDSEL AD20 HyperTransport PCI X Bridge 1 to Gen aD co E3 E 2 Q gt fe DC
19. e Add on components such as the JES middleware stack 45 of 52 Appendix A Connector Pinouts USB Table A 1 USB Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description 1 5V 5V supply 2 Data Negative side of differential pair for data 3 Data Positive side of differential pair for data 4 Gnd Ground Serial Table A 2 Serial Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description 1 CTS Clear to Send 2 DCD Data Carrier Detect 3 TXD Transmit Data 4 GND Ground 5 GND Ground 6 RXD Receive Data 7 DTR Data Terminal Ready 8 RTS Ready to Send 10 100 BaseT Table A 3 10 100 BaseT Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description 1 TX Positive Side of Transmit Data 2 TX Negative Side of Transmit Data 3 RX Positive Side of Receive Data 4 NC No Connect 5 NC No Connect 6 RX Negative Side of Receive Data 7 NC No Connect 8 NC No Connect Sun Microsystems Inc krasa Figure A 1 USB Pinouts Figure A 2 Serial Pinouts Figure A 3 10 100 BaseT Pinouts 46 of 52 10 100 1000 BaseT Table A 4 10 100 1000 BaseT Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description Signal Segment S1 GND 2 mate S2 TX Transmit from PHY to hard drive S3 TX Transmit from PHY to hard drive S4 GND 2 mate S5 RX Receive from hard drive to PHY S6 RX Receive from hard drive to PHY S7 GND 2 mate Backside Signal S8 GND 2 mate S9 S10 S11 GND 2 mate S12 S13 S14 GND 2 mate Power Segment P1 3 3V Not supported P2 3 3V Not supported P3 3 3V Not su
20. ee geg Stegen e DEE ENEE 37 SO 37 SUMINDSystem Manager ito cass geed EAR ENEE EN eegen deu EN EEN EE ENEE Ne 38 Software Operating Environmennt ccssssccsssssccsssnsccessssssscceccesesssssssscscesesessssnsecseesecesessssensnsoesesessesssesses 39 Solaris Operating System TEE EE 39 Key Productivity Featuress ccseisisccscdveeits coscusevsccieveudesstecuedseadeyieateodcovwahdacued soveesaededespansccceuussesnveateuswassveedoacbowsss 40 InteroperabilV sis a caceeusevssevacudsessievecac vensdauectecterwuncecusneedeuses 41 CHE UE 41 Sun Microsystems Inc Advanced NetWorkIO Osdia iaa AAA AA Sa e 41 ell lee Berg ELE EE 41 Sun Studio 90 Day Trial Version 41 Solaris Re 42 Solaris MVE Upgrade A EE 42 Real Time Video Creation and Broadcast Support 42 Solaris 10 OS Bundled Desktop ENVironMent sssscccccssssseececcceesseeccccceesseeccceceusecceecsecuaeceeeeseaaseeeecseuesmesseeaees 43 Common Desktop Environment CDE Enhancements ccccsssssscceccccssseeecccecensececceceeansececceeeeaseeeeceseeaeseemaneeees 43 GNOME 2 0 Desktop Environment 43 Solaris OS Licensing and Usa Ge iii it A cada 43 Additional Software Included cosicic nicnn ntoronci siosasidiccdia caca n odio de isi cn coi ccecscccescecedeceodescececeoed cecescadccecceceeds 45 SUN sta Ad dao das 45 A sassoeuees sass seviseaieetisesvesenteusseeites 46 NR 46 Saa as 46 NA 46 oo EE 47 Serial REI EE EEN 48 VGA EE 48 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Rack
21. that are color coded white and black to indicate population order white 0 1 and black 2 3 white pair first LED fault indicators controlled by the ILOM Service Processor provide the ability to easily identify failed DIMM modules Memory capacity scales with the number of processors Therefore memory attached to an unpopulated processor slot is unaddressable As a result a single processor machine can support a maximum of four DIMMs A dual CPU server supports a maximum of eight DIMMS or 16 GB 8 x 2 GB of memory Other features of the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers memory architecture include e Dedicated on die 128 bit wide DDR memory controller e Memory bandwidth up to 6 4 GB sec DDR400 e Under 80 ns latency e Registered ECC DDR400 PC3200 supported e 256 MB to 2 GB low profile 1 2 inch 3 05 cm DIMM support e Upto 16 GB per CPU in with 4 GB DIMMs in 4 DIMM slots per CPU e Single supply 2 50 VDC e Standard SPD VCC SPD 3 3V Note The 32 bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 is not capable of using more than 4 GB of physical memory even if more 13 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc than 4 GB is installed This is a limitation of the default kernel not the hardware x64 Architecture The x64 architecture is an x86 compatible architecture that enables simultaneous 32 and 64 bit computing It enables end users to run their existing installed base of 32 bit applications and operating systems at peak performance while pro
22. to L1 caches e 256 TB of memory address space 10 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc 1MB L2 Cache System Request Interface Crossbar Switch Memory Controller Coro oma or Figure 2 1 Single Core AMD Opteron Processor Architecture The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers support both Single Core and Dual Core AMD Opteron 200 Series processors From the start AMD64 processors were designed to add a second core the port already existed on the crossbar SRI Dual core AMD Opteron processors have unique instances of L1 cache I cache and D cache and L2 cache for each CPU core Features of the Dual Core AMD Opteron processor include Socket compatibility with existing 940 pin sockets that are compatible with 90nm single core processor architectures One die with 2 CPU cores Same power requirements as single core CPUs Individual L1 Instruction cache per CPU core Individual L1 Data cache per CPU core Individual 1 MB L2 cache per CPU core Shared memory controller and HyperTransport interconnects for 2 cores Fully utilized memory and HyperTransport bandwidths 11 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc 1MB L2 Cache 12 Cache System Request Interface Crossbar Switch Memory Controller Hio HTa ata Figure 2 2 Dual Core AMD Opteron Processor Architecture Note Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers support 95W and 120W 90nm technology package infrastructure AM
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24. 0BaseT Ethernet remote management port For further expansion the Sun Fire X4100 provides two 2 low profile PCI X slots and the Sun Fire X4200 provides five 5 low profile PCI X slots for high performance application 1 0 Single and dual core AMD Opteron CPUs are supported to provide a flexible high performance growth path and investment protection 32 bit applications are protected while still enabling seamless migration to 64 bit applications The Sun Fire x64 server family also includes an extensive set of RAS Reliability Availability and Serviceability features which reduce hidden serviceability costs by dramatically simplifying system maintenance In addition the Sun Fire x64 family of servers provides remote lights out server management including remote keyboard video mouse and storage RKVMS remote boot and remote software upgrades using the Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM Service Processor 6 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 1 Architecture Overview Sun Fire X4100 Server The Sun Fire X4100 server measures 1 rack unit RU high or 1 72 inches 43 8 mm 17 5 inches 445 mm wide and 25 2 inches 640 mm deep It is a rack optimized x64 based system with a symmetric multiprocessor Cooling is accomplished with internal fans that direct airflow from the front to the back of the chassis 1 0 ports are located on the rear panel with an additional USB on the front panel Access to the power connections is at the re
25. Console JavaRConsole then accesses the virtual disk content from the management console s physical CD DVD ROM drive physical floppy drive or from a disk image on the hard drive ILOM virtualizes this remote storage to the Sun Fire server using the USB ports connected to the AMD 8111 I O Hub The Virtualized storage is recognized by the Sun Fire server as local USB connected storage and enables remote operating system boot up and installation 35 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Java RConsole display remote video in App Window Graphics redirect over Ethernet Video up to 1024 x 768 60Hz TS Management Local Mbuse and keyboard AC Console 3 FO wh Keyboard Mbuse CDTOM and floppy are seen as USB devices by BIOS and OS Java RConsole connected to ILOM over management Ethernet Floppy disk or Cr floppy image i CDROM DVDROM or ISO image Remote keyboard mouse and storage emulated as USB devices by ILOM Figure 6 2 Illustration of RKVMS Functionality Lights Out Management LOM Lights Out Management is performed on the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers through IPMItool a command line utility for controlling IPMl enabled devices Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPM Platform management refers to the autonomous monitoring logging recovery and inventory control features implemented in hardware and firmware The key differentiator of Intelligent Platform Management is that these
26. D Opteron Rev E processors only CPU Packaging AMD Opteron processor packaging specifications include e 940 pin lidded organic micro PGA e 1 27 mm pin pitch e 31x 31 row pin array e 40mm x 40 mm organic substrate e Organic C4 die attachment e 16 5mmx11 3 mm die size Processor VRM Each processor receives core voltage input from an individual voltage regulator module VRM The VRMs regulate the system current and voltage according to the VID code output by the CPU package The VRM is a DC to DC point of load convertor specified for 12 Volt input and programmable 100 Amp output Memory Architecture Each CPU includes a low latency high bandwidth integrated memory controller that reduces latencies during memory access over traditional Intel front side bus based memory controllers Up to four ECC Registered DDR400 memory modules per CPU are supported The AMD Opteron processor s memory controller works in 64 bit or 128 bit mode ECC 12 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc operation For best performance results it is recommended to run 128 bit ECC operation mode To run in 128 bit mode DIMMs should be populated in pairs such that they occupy one half of the AMD Opteron processor s 128 bit controller interface The controller supports 1 bit per byte ECC and supports DDR400 PC3200 registered DDR SDRAM modules Figure 2 3 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Memory DIMM Slot The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers have 4 DDR DIMM slots per CPU
27. FORM MIB Sun N1 System Manager As the number of systems grow in any organization the complexities of managing this infrastructure through its lifecycle becomes increasingly apparent A server could see many re provisions applied to it in its lifetime Once provisioned organizations must continuously monitor and manage the infrastructure to ensure that systems are running at desired levels Managing each step of the infrastructure lifecycle is challenging for even the most sophisticated IT organizations Sun N1 System Manager helps customers address these problems with its new infrastructure lifecycle management software Designed specifically to address the problems associated with managing infrastructure throughout its lifecycle N1 System Manager helps customers provision monitor and manage Sun x64 servers N1 System Manager will expand in breadth of HW coverage over time to encompass current and future Sun systems Sun N1 System Manager enables the provisioning monitoring patching and management of hundreds of Sun s AMD Opteron based x64 servers Management tasks are executed through a hybrid UI that integrates the GUI and CLI in one console The ability to create logical groups of systems and perform actions across a group of systems as easily as per forming actions on a single system is possible with N1 System Manager Additionally a central console is provided to rapidly deploy Solaris or Red Hat Linux to multiple Sun x64 servers
28. SAS1064 include Four fully independent phys Support for 3 0 Gbits sec SAS data transfers for each phys High performance serial point to point enterprise level storage interface Simplified cabling between devices Data transfers using SCSI information units 133 MHz 64 bit PCI X interface shared bus with PCI X 0 100 MHz slot Integrated RAID solution provides Integrated Mirroring technology and Integrated Striping technology Although the LSI SAS1064 controller is capable of supporting both SAS and SATA drive types the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers will only support SAS hard disk drives 21 of 52 TX Rx SAS Device A TX Rx SAS Device LSI SAS1064 64 Bit 133 MHz TX Rx PCI X i eem SE Sail Controller TX Rx SAS Device PCI PCLX Interface 32 Bit Memory Address Date Bus 12C Interface Figure 3 3 LSI SAS1064 Architecture Block Diagram Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers Sun Microsystems Inc Flash ROM PSBRAM NVSRAM 12C Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers are equipped with two Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet controllers that provide quad Gigabit ethernet interfaces to the server platform These servers are the first x64 rack optimized servers available with four on board Gigabit Ethernet ports for reducing network complexity The Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet controller provides two 64 bit fully integrated Gigabit Ethernet Me
29. a clustered file system scalable data services and built in load balancing Sun Studio 90 Day Trial Version Sun Studio 10 software is Sun s latest and best developer tool suite for C C and Fortran application development It continues to provide corporate developers and ISVs with a comprehensive integrated suite of tools for the develop ment debugging tuning and deployment of enterprise applications on Sun platforms With this release Sun Studio 10 software extends its world class development environment to the AMD64 architecture and delivers reliable scalable and high performance applications for the Solaris 10 Operating System Additionally Sun Studio 10 software provides a common debugger that can visually debug single and multi threaded C C and Fortran code It can even handle intermixed Java and native code an industry first All of these powerful tools are presented within a NetBeans based Integrated Development Environment Sun Studio 10 software also provides an integrated development environment IDE performance analysis tools and intuitive debugger for Linux operating systems These components are compatible with GCC 3 2 software Note that Sun 41 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc is not supplying or providing support for the gcc compiler Customers using prior software versions including Forte Developer 6 Update 2 Sun ONE Studio 7 Enterprise Edition Sun Studio 8 and Sun Studio 9 releases can easily upgrade to Su
30. able from vendors thus impacting cost and availability 17 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc e The functionality would have to be integrated into one of the core logic components This solution is the least flexible as a wide range of components would have to be created for each desired combination of feature set buses HyperTransport Technology an industry standard provides system designers a high speed daisy chained interconnect between system components Specific components can be connected in a building block fashion to achieve a platform with specific feature set and performance objectives Figure 2 5 shows a sample HyperTransport technology architecture block diagram Device 0 AMD Opteron DDR Memory HyperTransport 1 0 links Processor e Up to 8 GB sec total bandwidth per link bi directional at 16 x 16 bits A 1 GHz operation e Extensive data protection management PCI X lt 4 HyperTransport PCI X e Integrated power management 1 0 Pp Tunnel 1 0 e Building block structure e Up to 5 devices supported in chain Device HN EIDE AC A 97 Ethernet HyperTransport USB 1 0 Hub SM Bus LPC IEEE 1394 gt ch SE PCI Bus 33MHz 32 bit Figure 2 5 Sample HyperTransport Technology Architecture Block Diagram 18 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 3 1 0 Subsystem Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 1 0 Subsystem Overview The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 1 0 subsystem is connected to the CPU complex through a
31. and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry Sun holds a non exclusive license from Xerox to the Xerox Graphical User Interface which license also covers Sun s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun s written license agreements RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restrictions of FAR 52 227 14 g 2 6 87 and FAR 52 227 19 6 87 or DFAR 252 227 7015 b 6 95 and DFAR 227 7202 3 a DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID 2 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Table of Contents tee He e BE 5 Architecture Overview EE 7 SOTAR aiaa ERO OITA EE 7 SHEET ENEE eu AE E EEE is aa deene 8 CPUArchite TE 10 DS EE 10 CPUNPackag e it asa 12 Processor VR EE 12 ME soducc aeseesiGedcudesdunsu svbeddevsebeusc8gsussescdddateecdese 12 AR Le le TEE 14 AMD Difect Conectar dec ed ENEE 15 HyperTransport tM Technolog yi cocer debacle da ative See E Dia anida cdi 15 Memory tera cua fait bt A EE 16 Chipta Chp IN er el EE 16 1 0 Expansion Capability to High Speed Industry Busgs NEEN 17 TO E 19 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 1 0 Subsystem Overnlew ENEE 19 AMD 8000 Series Egeter gee
32. anizations achieve their business goals by offering a unified modern open networked and cost effective desktop solution Key features of GNOME 2 0 include e Personalization capabilities that allow users to change settings to suit their preferences e Built in applications and assistive technology solutions for users with disabilities e Removes complexity of supporting disparate desktop user environments and provides a richer common unified desktop Open file standards provide transparent file and data interchange e Built in accessibility support enables all users to interact with the GNOME 2 0 desktop environment running on any UNIX platform Flexibility and choice to run GNOME CDE Motif and Java technology based applications unmodified preserving existing software investments Support for key open standards to facilitate interoperability compatibility and collaboration in today s highly networked heterogeneous world including support for XML DOM HTTP HTML CORBA MIME Unicode MPEG JPEG AVI MIDI XDnD drag amp drop X11 NFS and TCP IP GNOME 2 0 for the Solaris OS is open source free software with no upgrade or licensing fees More information about GNOME 2 0 is available at http www sun com gnome Solaris OS Licensing and Usage Under the Free Solaris Binary License Program Sun is making the binary runtime version of its Solaris 10 OS available to anyone who accepts the terms of the Solaris OS Binary Code Lice
33. ar of the server Hard drives and optical storage are accessible from the front of the server The Sun Fire X4100 server also provides the following system architecture features Embedded single channel DDR memory controllers on each CPU to provide maximum memory capacity and bandwidth scaling delivering up to 16 GB of capacity and 12 8 GB sec of aggregated bandwidth with 2 CPUs populated and 4 GB DIMMs 3 4x faster than typical x86 servers that use the Intel Northbridge architecture AMD Direct Connect Architecture that directly connects CPU to CPU with Coherent HyperTransport links delivering 8 GB sec aggregate bandwidth per link CPU to I O with non Coherent HyperTransport links delivering 4 8 GB sec aggregate bandwidth per link CPU to memory using the integrated DDR controller and CPU cores to each other on the same die in dual core processors Two PCI X slots to deliver high performance I O with over 1 5 GB sec of I O plug in bandwidth Embedded quad Gigabit Ethernet and a SAS disk controller to leave the two PCI slots available for expansion needs Embedded management and legacy I O to offer maximum operational flexibility without compromising PCI X slots for optional features 7 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc 1 GHz 8 GB Sec ECC DDR SDRAM 4 slots ECC DDR SDRAM 4 slots AMD AMD 6 4 GB sec Opteron Opteron 6 4 GB sec 600 MHz 4 8 GB sec 600 MHz 4 8 GB sec 1 GB Ethernet Connector INTEL FWB 82540
34. ased platform seldom has a certified set of drivers already in a current Linux distribution Typically the result is that an administrator will be required to generate driver disks for each of the supported Linux distributions that they plan to install Additionally Linux distributions do not contain support for non platform drivers such as the Service Processor A complete Linux installation on a Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server can be easily performed using the Sun Installation Assistant CD ROM either locally or remotely using the remote KVMS features provided by ILOM and the JavaRConsole Once the system has been booted from the media or image a boot kernel is loaded and probes the platform configuration Upon recognition that the server is a supported platform a list of the currently supported Linux distributions is displayed and the user is prompted to insert disk 1 of the supported Linux distribution of their choice Disk 1 can be either a physical CD ROM disk or a JavaRConsole redirected iso disk image The Linux distribution installation continues as usual until completion Following installation completion the certified platform and device drivers are installed and the complete installation is completed without necessitating cumbersome driver installation procedures The Sun Installation Assistant manages the software installation of e Supported Linux operating systems e Platform specific software e Diagnostic and fault management software
35. based networking Improved systems installation and management tools Enterprise class directory services Enhanced desktop tools I O standards and security Other key features include 100 binary compatibility Reliability availability and serviceability Java 2 SDK IPv6 IPsec Mobile IP LDAP directory services System management tools Desktop management and productivity tools Observability Internationalization Data management Real time application support Enhanced security features Manageability Features The Solaris 10 Operating System dramatically improves the way system administrators and developers can identify the reasons for suboptimal system and application performance Solaris Dynamic Tracing DTrace technology makes it possible to delve deeply into today s complex systems to troubleshoot problems in real time and quickly eliminate bottlenecks Additional Solaris 10 features provide enhanced system insight enabling a system administrator to quickly identify and resolve hardware problems and streamline and automate patch management Solaris Containers can also consolidate multiple applications onto a single system to increase utilization rates and cut system and licensing costs Existing applications that adhere to the Solaris x64 OS application binary interface ABI and that are compiled with the same APIs will run unmodified on x64 platforms In addition Sun provides an easy to use AppCert testing to
36. d MD2 MD1 defines the shortest 32 bit card length available 4 721 inches 119 91 mm MD2 defines the maximum length of low profile PCI card available 6 600 inches 167 64 mm Any low profile PCI card that is longer that the MD1 definition but shorter that the MD2 definition is considered to be MD2 form factor The two card lengths enable system designers to support either all low profile PCI cards which includes MD1 and MD2 or limit their design to support only MD1 cards Sun Fire X4100 Server PCI Expansion Slots The Sun Fire X4100 server has 2 PCI X expansion slots When viewing the server from the rear PCI O is the lefthand slot and PCI 1 is the righthand slot Both slots are capable of 32 or 64 bit operation and support low profile MD2 PCI or PCI X expansion cards PCI O is on a shared bus with the LSI SAS1064 disk controller connecting to the AMD 8131 PCI X Tunnel This slot has a maximum operational speed of 100 MHz It is important to note that if an expansion card that operates at speeds less than 100 MHz is inserted into this slot then the transfer speed along the entire bus will be degraded As a result embedded disk performance can be affected Since the shared bus speed will be lowered to the lowest common denominator the performance degradation will be greater if using a 33 MHz expansion card than a 66 MHz expansion card For best disk performance results the PCI O slot should not be populated However is there is a need to use it
37. dia Access Control MAC and physical layer PHY functions It is capable of transmitting and receiving data at 10 100 1000 Mb sec data rate with half or full duplex capability Additional features of the Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet controller include 802 3ab PHY compliance and compatibility CAT 5 use 802 3ab auto negotiation 802 3x full duplex flow control 802 9q VLAN tag insertion stripping and packet filtering Preboot eXecution Environment PXE Flash Interface support 32 and 64 bit 22 of 52 MDI interface A MDI Interface B 1000 Base T PHY Interface Design for Test Interface 10 100 1000 PHY External TBI Interface GMI Nil MDIO Device Function 0 LED s MAC Controlier LAN A S W Defined Pins 10 100 1000 PHY OMI Me MDIO Device Function 1 MAC Controller LAN B PCI 64 Bit 33 66 MHz PCI X 133 MHz Sun Microsystems Inc 5M Bus Interface EEPROM Interface Flash Interface LED s S W Defined Pins Figure 3 4 Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller Architecture Block Diagram ATI Rage XL Video The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers use the ATI Rage XL graphics controller to deliver 2D and 3D graphics acceleration The DVI port is connected to the service processor for remote graphics redirection The ATI Rage XL has the following features 64 bit 125 MHz memory clock 8 MB external memory 64 bit SDR SDRAM SGRAM memory path 64 bit AGP PCI bus Integra
38. e bus by directly connecting the processors the memory controller and the 1 0 to the CPU to enable overall system performance and efficiency Directly connected CPUs provide more linear symmetrical multiprocessing A memory controller directly connected to a CPU optimizes memory performance I O directly connected to a CPU provides more balanced throughput and performance Dual core processors extend the benefits of the AMD Direct Connect Architecture by connecting two CPU cores to each other on one die to reduce latencies between those cores HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport Technology is a high speed high performance point to point link for directly connecting integrated circuits HyperTransport Technology also directly connects the 1 0 to the processors at a rate of 4 8 GB sec Aggregate bandwidth per link enabling a peak bandwidth of 24 GB sec per processor The AMD Opteron processor with HyperTransport Technology provides a scalable direct connection between processors I O subsystems and other chipsets HyperTransport technology helps reduce the number of buses in a system which can reduce system bottlenecks and enable today s faster microprocessors to use system memory more efficiently in high end multiprocessor systems Memory Interface 15 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc In traditional x86 Northbridge Southbridge architectures processors share a memory controller and are not directly connected to one another Memory t
39. erties gt Not all commands require options a target or properties to be specified The core of the model for the DMTF CLP is a hierarchical objects namespace where an object in the namespace Is a target to a command There are two namespaces that an SP can reference its own namespace whose root is SP and the overall system namespace whose root is SYS The purpose of the SP namespace Is to represent configuration and state for the SP The primary purpose of the SYS namespace for the SP is to allow access to sensors and other information about system hardware by the SP Web Interface The Web interface to the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 ILOM Web interface supports both secure https and non secure http access Secure access will be enabled by default The Web interface provides the same functionality as the CLI It is divided into five main sections e System Information e System Monitoring e Configuration e Remote Controller e Maintenance Remote Keyboard Video Mouse and Storage RKVMS Remote Keyboard Video Mouse and Storage RKVMS features are accessible through the ILOM Web interface Remote video display is accomplished through the JavaRConsole which is a Java Web Start application JavaRConsole is downloaded from ILOM to the management console machine and executed locally It does not run on the server and therefore does not put overhead on the host JavaRConsole is used to redirect the BIOS and setup screens as well a
40. functions are independent of the main CPU BIOS and OS There are two major components of platform management the Service Processor or BMC and System Management Software SMS Intelligent Platform Management capabilities are a key component in providing enterprise class management for high availability systems Platform status information can be obtained and recovery actions initiated under situations where system management software and normal in band management mechanisms are unavailable The Service Processor is the brain behind platform management and its primary purpose is to provide autonomous sensor monitoring and event logging features Typical sensor related events are out of range temperature or voltage and fan failure When an event occurs it is noted in the system event log and made available to SMS The Service Processor is powered by the power supply stand by voltage and will function even when the server is powered down or the operating system has crashed This allows platform status to be obtained and recovery initiated under situations in which in band delivery mechanisms are unavailable In modern systems the Intelligent Platform Management Interface provides a hardware level interface specification for monitoring and control functions It defines a standard 36 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc abstract message based interface between the BMC and SMS and a common set of commands for operations such as accessing sensor values setti
41. h scaling delivering up to 32 GB of capacity and 12 8 GB sec of aggregated bandwidth with 2 CPUs populated and 4 GB DIMMs 3 4x faster than typical x86 servers that use the Intel Northbridge architecture e Direct Connect Architecture that directly connects CPU to CPU with Coherent HyperTransport links delivering 8 GB sec aggregate bandwidth per link CPU to 1 0 with non Coherent HyperTransport links delivering 4 8 GB sec aggregate bandwidth per link CPU to memory using the integrated DDR controller and CPU cores to each other 8 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc on the same die in Dual core processors Five PCI X slots deliver high performance I O over 1 5 GB sec of I O plug in bandwidth Embedded quad Gigabit Ethernet and a SAS disk controller to leave the five PCI slots available for expansion needs Embedded management and legacy I O to offer maximum operational flexibility without compromising PCI X slots for optional features 1 GHz 8 GB Sec ECC DDR SDRAM 4 slots ECC DDR SDRAM 4 slots Lh ano amo a Cy 6 4 GB sec by Ge E 600 MHz 4 8 GB sec 600 MHz 4 8 GB sec 1 GB Ethernet Connector ae PCIX 1 64 133 MHz AMD 8131 AMD 8131 1 GB Ethernet Connector GB NIC PCI X 2 64 133 MHz PCI X Tunnel PCI X Tunnel 1 GB Ethernet Connector NTEL EE FWB 82540 PCI X 4 64 133 MHz 1 GB Ethernet Connector GB NIC EJES z z S LH 3 USB ports AA PCI X 0 64 100 MHz 5 8 Remote KMS 550W Managed
42. h the number of processors Therefore memory attached to an unpopulated processor socket is unaddressable As a result a single processor machine can support a maximum of four DIMMs A dual CPU server supports a maximum of eight DIMMS or 32 GB 8 x 4 GB of memory Note 4 GB DIMM support is anticipated in 2006 to enable 16 GB of memory per CPU and a maximum memory configuration of 32 GB in a 2 CPU configuration At release 2 GB DIMMs will be the largest DIMMs supported enabling a maximum memory configuration of 16 GB in a 2 CPU configuration AMD Opteron Processor Features of the AMD Opteron processor in the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers include 1or 2 Single Core or Dual Core AMD Opteron 200 Series processors e x64 architecture 64 bit extensions with AMD Direct Connect Architecture using HyperTransport Technology e Native support for 32 bit x86 ISA SSE SSE2 MMX and 3DNow e Three HyperTransport links supporting up to 8 GB sec of direct inter processor bandwidth and up to 4 8 GB sec of bandwidth to PCI X bridges e ECC protection for L1 data cache L2 unified cache and DRAM with hardware scrubbing of all ECC protected arrays e CPU L1 Instruction cache 64KB 2 way associative parity protected with advanced branch prediction e CPU D Data cache 64KB 2 way associative ECC protected e Two 64 bit operations per cycle 3 cycle latency e CPU L2 cache 1MB 16 way associative ECC protected e Exclusive cache architecture storage in addition
43. inged hatch door in the front left side of the server when facing the server from the front This enables the fans to be accessed without interrupting system operation Additionally it makes it possible to service fans by only partially removing the server from the rack allowing all cabling to remain in place Fan speed is modulated by the Service Processor with Pulse Width Modulation by an ADM 1026 sensor chip All fans are controlled with the same PWM frequency so they all operate at the same speed The ADM 1026 device uses readings from 3 sensors to control the fan speed Front Panel Ambient Temperature CPU o Die Temperature CPU 1 Die Temperature The Service Processor reads the fan speeds and turns the fan fault LED on if the RPM is under a threshold The fan modules in Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 differ from each other The layout however is very similar in both servers In the front of the motherboard compartment beneath the hinged hatch door there are 2 redundant rows of fan trays Each row of fan trays is occupied by 3 fan modules In a Sun Fire X4100 server the fan modules are populated by pairs of 40 mm 15 000 RPM Delta TFBO412EHN fans In a Sun Fire X4200 server the fan modules are populated by single 80 mm 7 500 RPM Delta FFBO812UHE fans The Sun Fire X4100 server contains a total of 12 cooling fans and the Sun Fire X4200 server contains a total of 6 cooling fans Fan Tray 0 Fan Module O Fan Module 1 Fan Module 2 Fan Tray 1
44. microsystems Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Server Architectures A Technical White Paper September 2005 SunWIN Token 447327 Sun Microsystems Inc O 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara CA 95054 USA All rights reserved This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo and Sun Fire are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching
45. n Studio 10 software since it is fully compatible with these previous releases The software is full of productivity enhancements feature improvements and expanded platform support to make Solaris and Linux application development more productive Solaris Flash Software To improve utilization of the systems that make up today s data centers administrators are turning to tools such as Solaris Flash software Solaris Flash software provides new provisioning functionality that allows administrators to capture a snapshot image of a complete system including the Solaris OS the applications stack and the system configuration into a new Flash Archive format Using this system image administrators can then rapidly replicate a reference system configuration onto many target systems Solaris Flash images can be deployed via standard media or over the network via HTTP and NFS protocols Solaris Flash software images can be installed using custom Solaris JumpStart software scripts the Solaris Web Start software graphical interface or through interactive installation of the Solaris Operating System Solaris LIVE Upgrade Software Solaris LIVE Upgrade software allows Solaris OS software to be installed on a separate partition from the currently running version of the operating environment In particular Solaris LIVE Upgrade software enables systems to run uninterrupted while a system administrator installs a Solaris Flash archive or upgrades to
46. ng thresholds logging events and controlling a watchdog timer IPMI messages can be used to communicate with the BMC over serial and LAN interfaces so software designed for in band local management can be re used for out of band remote management simply by changing the low level communications layer IPMitool IPMItool is a simple command line interface to systems that support the IPMI v2 0 specification IPMItool provides the ability to read the sensor data repository and print sensor values display the contents of the system event log print field replaceable unit information read and set LAN configuration parameters and perform remote chassis power control IPMItool was originally written to take advantage of IPMI over LAN interfaces but is also capable of using the system interface as provided by a Linux kernel device driver such as OpenIPMI or a Solaris driver called BMC which is included in Solaris 10 IPMItool is available under a BSD compatible license System Management Software is generally complex and makes platform management only part of a much larger management picture However many system administrators and developers rely on command line tools that can be scripted and systems that can be micro managed IPMitool takes a different approach to SMS and provides a completely command line oriented tool Therefore it is not designed to replace the OpenIPMI library Where possible IPMItool supports printing comma separated values f
47. nology provides a high speed chip to chip interconnect that virtually eliminates the 1 0 performance bottleneck while providing ample performance headroom for future growth 16 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Opteron CPU Architecture vs Intel PAT Northbridge aka ka memory memory Southbridge Sun Fire V20z Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 5 3 GB sec 5 3 GB sec 6 4 GB sec 6 4 GB sec 8 0 GB sec 6 4 GB sec memory memory memory memory 4 8 GB sec aun 19980 PCI X PC Hub Hub 1 6 GB sec 1 6 GB sec Figure 2 4 Intel vs Opteron Architectures 1 0 Expansion Capability to High Speed Industry Buses The traditional Northbridge Southbridge architecture is not intended to support more than two core logic elements Adding additional high speed functionality such as Gigabit Ethernet PCI X the InfiniBand Architecture or any combination thereof would have to occur in one of three ways The functionality would have to be attached to an existing bus interface such as the PCI bus However an existing bus may not have sufficient bandwidth to support high speed technologies especially in instances in which multiple buses or combinations of buses must be supported simultaneously The functionality would have to be directly attached to the higher speed proprietary chip to chip interconnect bus via a bridging device However the proprietary nature of this solution may limit the number of components avail
48. nse BCL and the Free Solaris Binary License Program There are no fees for the right to use the software on computers with a capacity of eight or fewer processors There is a small charge for the media kit Refer to http www sun com software solaris for current licensing details 43 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Features of the Solaris OS license include the following No distinction between desktop and server licenses Free binary runtime license for all systems with eight or fewer CPUs for users who accept the terms of the Solaris 10 OS Binary Code License and the Free Solaris Binary License Program Solaris 10 OS software is provided via the Solaris 10 Media Kit available for purchase at http www sun com solaris binaries Single Solaris Media Kit for installing multiple systems Solaris Media Kit contains additional bundled software Solaris Supplemental CD of bundled user and system management tools Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition with development license StarOffice 7 0 productivity suite Solaris Software Companion CD of popular freeware 44 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Chapter 8 Additional Software Included Sun Installation Assistant The Sun Installation Assistant software on CD ROM is included in the ship kit with every Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 server Sun Installation Assistant is a Linux installation utility that reduces the complexity of installing supported Linux distributions on new hardware A newly rele
49. of x64 systems while setting new standards for performance reliability and energy efficiency by reducing cost and complexity while delivering Sun s rock solid enterprise class capabilities and quality Both are high performance single or dual socket platforms with single or dual core processors in a 1RU or 2RU package Both use the same hot swappable power supplies hot swappable hard disk drives CPUs memory and Service Processor The use of common components across the entire 5 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc server line requires fewer spare parts on hand lowering operational costs Table 1 1 shows the maximum configurations supported by each server Table 1 1 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Maximum Configurations Sun Fire X4100 Sun Fire X4200 of sockets supported 2 2 of memory slots 8 DIMMS 4 slots per CPU Maximum memory 32 GB using 4 GB DIMMS of hard disks supported 2 disks DVD OR 4 disks DVD 4 disks with no DVD of PCI X slots 2 5 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers feature redundant hot swappable fan modules and redundant hot pluggable AC power supplies to enable increased availibility and simplified serviceability Both systems support a consistent 1 0 feature set that includes four 4 10 100 1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports a four channel SAS RAID 0 1 disk controller with integrated mirroring video USB ports Sun Fire X4100 one front two rear and Sun Fire X4200 two front two rear and a dedicated serial and 10 10
50. ol for 40 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc developers to verify existing Solaris OS application binaries and report any potential incompatibilities Interoperability Understanding that businesses today rely on a mix of technologies from a variety of vendors Solaris 10 provides tools to enable seamless interoperability with hundreds of heterogeneous hardware and software platforms Availability New Solaris 10 features such as Predictive Self Healing offer capabilities that automatically diagnose and recover from hardware and application faults maximizing system uptime Advanced Networking Support for IPv6 in the Solaris OS is integrated into NFS RPC NIS NIS and DNS IPsec enables secure virtual private networks and network access control Mobile IP provides Internet disconnect reconnect capabilities with no data loss Bundled Software Software bundled with the Solaris OS includes Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition lxrun for Linux application compatibility for the Solaris OS x64 Apache Web Server Netscape Communicator Sun Java System Directory Server gzip bash and tcsh The Solaris operating environment ships with a number of software components that increase overall availability including Solaris Resource Manager software for fine grained control of system resources Solaris Bandwidth Manager software for enhanced network resource availability and Sun Cluster 3 1 software for even greater application availabil ity through
51. or output to facilitate parsing by other scripts or programs It is designed to run quick command response functions that can be as simple as turning the system on or off or as complex as reading in the sensor data records and extracting and printing detailed sensor information for each record SNMP SNMP management provides remote access by SNMP compliant entities to monitor and control network devices and to manage configurations statistics collection performance and security on a network SNMP is a network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP IP networks The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers provide SNMP MIBs to manage and monitor the servers using 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 SNMP v1 v2c and v3 will be supported v1 and v2c will be disabled by default v3 will be enabled by default SNMP sets may be enabled and disabled and will be disabled by default SNMP traps can be generated from within the SP An IPMI specific trap called a Platform Event Trap or PET may also be generated The following SNMP MIBs are supported e The system group and SNMP group from the RFC1213 MIB e SNMP FRAMEWORK MIB e SNMP USER BASED SM MIB e SNMP MPD MIB e ENTITY MIB 37 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc e SUN PLAT
52. pported P4 GND 1 mate P5 GND 2 mate P6 GND 2 mate P7 5 0V Pre charge 2 mate P8 5 0V Pg 5 0V P10 GND 2 mate P11 Reserved Should be grounded P12 GND 1 mate P13 12 0V Pre charge 2 mate P14 12 0V P15 12 0V Sun Microsystems Inc Figure A 4 10 100 1000 BaseT Pinouts 47 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Serial Attached SCSI SAS Table A 5 Serial Attached SCSI SAS Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description fet 1 TPO Positive Side of Data Pair O 2 TPO Negative Side of Data Pair O 3 TP1 Positive Side of Data Pair 1 4 TP2 Positive Side of Data Pair 2 5 TP2 Negative Side of Data Pair 2 6 TP1 Negative Side of Data Pair 1 7 TP3 Positive Side of Data Pair 3 8 TP3 Negative Side of Data Pair 3 Pin 514 Figure A 5 Serial Attached SCSI SAS Pinouts VGA Table A 6 VGA Pinouts Pin Pin Name Description 1 RED Red Video 2 GRN Green Video 3 BLU Blue Video 4 1D2 1D2 Ground 5 GND Ground 6 R_GND Red Video Return Ground 7 G_GND Green Video Return Ground 8 B GND Blue Video Return Ground 9 KEY No Pin 10 S_GND Syn Return Ground 11 IDO IDO Ground 12 IDI IDI No Connect 13 HSYNC Horizontal Sync 14 VSYNC Vertical Sync 15 1D3 SCL No Connect 500000 1190000 5000001 Figure A 6 VGA Pinouts 48 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Appendix B Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Rack Mounting Specifications Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers should fit in nearly all 3rd pa
53. ransactions must propogate through the Northbridge chip fabric This presents a bottleneck at the front side bus that greatly reduces productivity and performance potential In a Direct Connect Architecture each CPU has its own integrated memory controller which allows for more linear symmetrical multiprocessing and optimized memory performance This direct connection to the memory controller significantly reduces the memory latency seen by the processor Latency will continue to drop as the processor frequency scales Additionally hardware and software memory pre fetching mechanisms can further reduce the effective memory latency seen by the processor This reduction in memory latency coupled with the additional increase in memory bandwidth available directly to the processor resulting from this platform architecture design optimization is critical as it greatly enhances system performance across all application segments Chip to Chip Interconnect Current interface schemes offer throughput performance on the order of 266 MB sec to 1 GB sec Although these rates may be sufficient for desktop platforms workstation server and other future platforms require a more robust interface The simultaneous integration of high speed technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet PCI X and the InfiniBand Architecture onto high end platforms will quickly dwarf the bandwidth capabilities of existing interfaces Direct Connect Architecture using HyperTransport Tech
54. rty racks which meet these criteria e Rack has a horizontal opening with unit vertical pitch conforming to ANSI EIA 310 D 1992 and or IEC 60927 e Four post structure i e mounting at both front and rear e Distance between front and rear mounting planes is between 610 mm and 915 mm 24 to 36 inches e Clearance depth to front cabinet door in front of front rack mounting plane is at least 25 4 mm 1 inch e Clearance depth to rear cabinet door behind front rack mounting plane is at least equal to the cable management arm e Clearance width between structural supports cable troughs etc between front and rear mounting planes is at least 456 mm 18 inches To permit installation in racks meeting the above criteria there is only one rackslide and cable management arm set for the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers There is no provision in the slide brackets for mounting to non standard side planes within rack cabinets all mounting is to front and rear planes only For reference most generic 19 inch format racks of 900 mm or greater overall depth can accommodate the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 the systems will fit in some shallower racks and many at 800 mm without the cable management arm 49 of 52 Appendix C Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Server Dimensions The Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers have the following size and weight dimensions Table B 1 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 Server Dimensions Sun Fire X4100 Sun Fire X4200 Weight
55. s all other platform video output It provides a true remote video console to the management console by handling the input and output to and from virtual devices and the Sun Fire server 8 and 16 bit video display are supported up to 1024 x 768 JavaRConsole requires the installation of Java Runtime Environment 5 0 on the management console 34 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc The 3 USB ports connected between the ILOM service processor and the AMD 8111 I O Hub enable the remote keyboard mouse and storage components of the RKVMS functionality The remote devices are presented to the Sun Fire server by JavaRConsole and ILOM as virtualized local devices JavaRConsole captures keyboard and mouse input on the management console and directs it to ILOM ILOM then transmits these keyboard and mouse inputs over the USB ports to the AMD 8111 al O Hub and to the Sun Fire server The Sun Fire server interprets these inputs as originating from local USB devices JavaRConsole is also capable of presenting remote bootable storage to ILOM and the Sun Fire server The remote storage can be either physical storage devices or bootable media image files on the hard drive Several types of remote storage are supported e CD DVD ROM e Floppy e CD DVD ROM image iso files e Floppy image img files When the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server attempts to access a Virtual Floppy or Virtual CD ROM as set up in the BIOS ILOM redirects this access request to the JavaR
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57. st which can be seen by visiting the following VMware Web site http www vmware com pdf esx systems guide pdf Solaris Operating System Features Solaris 10 delivers performance advantages for database Web and Java technology based services as well as massive scalability with price performance advantages e Real time troubleshooting of system problems e New tools for low level system debugging e System hardware testing and analysis Fine grained project accounting Enhanced patch analysis and delivery tools Existing applications benefit from Solaris 10 enhancements without modification e Provides integrated Sun Java Enterprise System suite components and the Sun Java Desktop System Includes 187 of the most popular free and open source software packages many of which are supported by Sun Provides integrated developer tools such as GNU utilities and Perl and Python programming languages 39 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc NOTE All occurrences of Solaris 10 OS for the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers refer specifically to Solaris 10 for x64 OS which is the minimum required Solaris release for the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers Key Productivity Features The Solaris Operating System delivers several critical performance and reliability features such as Enhanced ease of use and PC interoperability features Integrated high performance Java technology and tools Robust software developer environment Advanced standards
58. systems Inc ILOM Software ILOM is an IPMI 2 0 compliant Baseboard Management Controller BMC which implements Lights Out Management LOM including Remote Keyboard Video Mouse and Storage KVMS a Web management interface a command line interface CLI and SNMP ILOM software includes the following Embedded hardened Linux OS e IPMI 2 0 BMC e Platform Control agents diagnostics software e RKVMS The ILOM and BIOS firmware are easily upgraded using a single 11 Mb file to upgrade both The firmware upgrade can be performed either by command line interface or Web interface In Band Server Management Interfaces Server management through the platform operating system in a Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server is possible using either IPMI with a Keyboard Controller Style KCS inteface and an IPMI kernel driver or by using SNMP OS resident agents IPMI 2 0 and SNMP v1 v2c and v3 are the supported standards to perform autonomous platform management functions Baseboard Management Controller BMC ILOM and its controlling firmware are together referred to as the Base Management Controller BMC which is the core of the IPMI structure Tightly integrating an IPMI BMC and management software with platform firmware facilitates a total management solution Out of Band Server Management Interfaces Server management through the ILOM service processor in a Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server is possible through serial port access or dedica
59. ted Ethernet connection Serial port connectivity to ILOM provides direct console access to the command line interface CLI and to the system console stream via serial port redirection i e serial over LAN The dedicated Ethernet interface offers ILOM connectivity by Web interface CLI via SSH IPMI 2 0 and SNMP v1 v2c and v3 Command Line Interface CLI The ILOM command line interface is accessible either by connection to the serial port or the dedicated Ethernet connection via Secure Shell SSH on a Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 server The CLI is designed to follow the Distributed Management Task Force DMTF Command Line Protocol CLP The DMTF CLP is based on these concepts e Object namespace There is a large namespace of objects to describe the targets for each command Examples of 33 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc objects are a CLl user an SNMP trap or an alert rule e Command verbs There are a small number of command verbs that operate on those objects Command verbs are simple and include create delete set show start and stop for example e Object properties An object may have one or more properties or parameters For example a user ID object has a password and roles properties e Options A command may have options that modify or clarify its operation The DMTF CLP lists several options that must be supported by all commands The syntax of an ILOM command is lt verb gt lt options gt lt target gt lt prop
60. ted TMDS DVI DFP and VESA P amp D interface Support for 24bit TTL 1600x1200 maximum resolution 16 7M maximum color depth 1024x768 TMDS 23 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Video Video AGP E over LAN over LAN or PCI Bus iO 64 32 Host Bus Interface Memory Controller and Interface Drawing Coprocessor A Display Controller Setup Engine e VGA ATTR 3D Engine Display niko Controller Texture Control Video Engine e Scal YUV to Backend Video Stream IDCT Engine DVD Subpicture VGA Graphics Video 1 0 Flat Panel Display Figure 3 5 ATI Rage XL Architecture Block Diagram Quad Clock Synthesizers Power Management Controller Video Graphics Alpha Blender Palette DAC with Overlay Control Built in Self Diagnostics SMSC LPC47B272 Super 1 0 Controller The Super I O device offers multiple I O functions required to provide legacy I O devices to the operating environment On the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers it provides the following e Floppy disk e Serial port connection between SP and AMD 8111 PCI X Expansion Slots The PCI slots on the Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers use a 3 3 Volt signaling bus Therefore they support only 3 3 Volt keyed MD2 expansion cards The use of 5 Volt keyed expansion cards is unsupported and will result in damage to the motherboard 24 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc There are 2 defined card lengths for low profile PCI expansion cards MD1 an
61. ths including eight bits four bits and two bits input and output are supported The AMD 8111 HyperTransport I O Hub provides integrated system 1 0 and peripheral support and offers the following features 8 bit 200 MHz upstream HyperTransport link 10 100 Ethernet MAC not used Dual EIDE CD ROM controller only one is used AC 97 audio not used Six USB 1 1 ports 3 connected to SP for virtualized remote keyboard mouse and storage 3 used for 1 0 PC 1 0 functions RTC CMOS PIT DMAC and port control IOAPIC register PCI 32 33 interface 8 arbiters used for the ATI Rage XL video Low pin count LPC legacy bus SMBus 1 0 and 2 0 controllers ACPI register set and support logic 35 X 35 mm 492 Pin BGA package 1 8 V Core 3 3 V Output Drivers 5 V Tolerant Input Buffers 20 of 52 Sun Microsystems Inc Host Tunnel HyperTransport Link 8 8 es AMD 8111 Wb AC on Ethernet HyperTransport SMBus gt 1 0 Hub USB 33948 BIOS Super 1 0 PCI Bus LPC 32 bit Figure 3 2 AMD 8111 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel Architecture Block Diagram LSI SAS1064 SAS Controller Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers include an integrated LSI SAS1064 4 port 3 Gbits sec SAS HW RAID disk controller The LSI SAS1064 is a versatile controller that provides 4 SAS ports capable of 3 0 Gbits sec data transfers for each phys for a total maximum bandwidth of 12 0 Gbits sec SAS features of the LSI
62. viding a migration path that is 64 bit capable It is designed to enable 64 bit computing while remaining compatible with the vast x86 software infrastructure x64 architecture represents a new class of computing enabling a single architecture across 32 and 64 bit environments The x64 Instruction Set Architecture ISA extends the existing x86 ISA and natively executes 32 bit code with no emulation mode to degrade performance For 32 bit software that does not require immediate 64 bit implementations x64 processor based systems are designed to provide full application performance while continuing to improve with x64 platform performance enhancements Many applications encounter architectural barriers that prevent efficient performance scaling The x64 ISA is designed to allow continued performance scaling for applications that demand multiprocessor scalability larger addressable memory better multimedia performance or improvements in computational accuracy The x64 ISA has been designed for applications that e Need large memory addressing to handle datasets larger then 3 GB per process financial and scientific modeling applications e Must manage a large number of concurrent users or application threads such as large scale thin client solutions large databases data warehouse applications for solutions in customer relationship management CRM supply chain management SCM enterprise resource planning ERP and digital rights management

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