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Sun Enterprise 3500–6500 Servers Just the Facts

1. Just the Facts oy Ro SUN microsystems SUNSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM FEATURE PLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE Mission Critical Business Critical Systems Support Self Support Support Support Enhanced Support Features Mission critical support team Yes Yes No No Sun Vendor Integration Yes Yes No No Program SunVIP Software patch management Yes No No No assistance Field change order FCO Yes No No No management assistance Remote Systems Diagnostics Remote dial in analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes Remote systems monitoring Yes Yes No No Remote predictive failure Yes Yes No No reporting Software Enhancements and Maintenance Releases Solaris enhancement releases Yes Yes Yes Yes Patches and maintenance Yes Yes Yes Yes releases Sun unbundled software Option Option Option Option enhancements Internet and CD ROM Support Tools SunSolve license Yes Yes Yes Yes SunSolve EarlyNotifier Yes Yes Yes Yes Service February 1999 woddns pue ddIA1as Warranty The Sun Enterprise family of servers offers extensive warranties that can be enhanced through the Sun Enterprise Services SunSpectrum product offering The table below describes the Sun Enterprise XX00 server watranties warranties may vary in different countries Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Just the Facts Ro SUN microsystems
2. pelsqy sjeusley Token or Collateral Description Purpose Distribution Comac order Competitive Competitive Edge IBM 4 98 Updated competitive Sales tool SunWIN 84928 information e mail E mail Competitive Edge HP 4 98 Updated competitive Sales tool SunWIN 84929 information e mail E mail Competitive Edge DEC Updated competitive Sales tool SunWIN 84930 4 98 information e mail E mail Competitive Edge NT 4 98 Updated competitive Sales tool SunWIN 85056 information e mail E mail External Web Sites List of Sun tested PCI cards http www sun com pci SPEC home page http www specbench org results html Internal Web Site Memory configuration tool ftp newstop eng sun tech mktg perf tools for calculating actual memory bandwidth based on given memory configuration Sun Enterprise Server http edss corp servers flowcharts Ordering Flowchart S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 pelsqy SIENEN
3. Berkeley Internet Name Daemon BIND upgraded to version 8 1 2 Control Lists e Sendmail Upgraded to version 8 9 e 32 bit Compatibility all existing 32 bit applications run without modification e Single source base for all platforms all platforms developed from one source tree S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 leMmyosS Options Disk Options The preferred disk solution for the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers depends on the server model as well as the customer s environment The following is a summary of the disk options available Server Disk Option Sun Enterprise 3500 e Internal 9 1 GB 3 5 inch FC AL disk drive s e Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 Sun StorEdge A3500 Sun StorEdge A5X00 and Sun StorEdge A7000 disk arrays e Sun StorEdge UniPack MultiPack FlexiPack e Sun StorEdge Tape Library Sun Enterprise 4500 e Internal 8 4 GB disk board e Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 Sun StorEdge A3500 Sun StorEdge A5X00 and Sun StorEdge A7000 disk arrays e Sun StorEdge UniPack MultiPack FlexiPack e Sun StorEdge Tape Library Sun Enterprise 5500 e Internal 8 4 GB disk board e Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 Sun StorEdge A3500 Sun StorEdge A5X00 and Sun StorEdge A7000 disk arrays e Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray e Sun StorEdge Tape Library Sun Enterprise 6500 e Internal 8 4 GB disk board e Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 Sun StorEdge A3500 Sun StorEdge A5X00 and Sun StorE
4. Hardware 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year Software 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 8 a m 8 p m 8 a m 8 p m 8 a m 8 p m 8 a m 8 p m Telephone Monday Frid Monday Frid Monday Frid Monday Frid Assistance onday Friday onday Friday onday Friday onday Friday 8 hour response 8 hour response 4 hour response 4 hour response On sit 8 a m 5 p m 8 a m 5 p m 8 a m 5 p m 8 a m 5 p m en nee Monday Friday Monday Friday Monday Friday Monday Friday next day next day 4 hour 4 hour Basic Basic ServerStart ServerS tart Installation j f installation installation S yy February 1999 woddns pue ad IAlas Circuit switched bus ECC Fault resistant Fault tolerant FC AL Gigaplane High availability Hot plug Hot swap Interleaved memory OBP Just the Facts Glossary A bus in which a transaction is normally implemented in an automatic fashion Simple and easy to construct a circuit switched bus is often less efficient than a comparable packet switched bus SBus is a circuit switched bus Error checking and correcting ECC code is used to verify the integrity of data and can be used to correct some data errors The ECC code used in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is able to detect and correct single bit errors and detect double bit errors Systems that are fault resistant are able to withstand and recover from many types of system problems Systems that are fault t
5. 6500 servers running Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 Please refer to the Solaris Operating Environment section for details ii Although Dynamic Reconfiguration and Alternate Pathing have been available on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server when running Solaris 2 5 1 Operating Environment a minimum of Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 is re quired for these features when running the Solaris 2 6 Operating Environment S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HUIUOI ISOdg 18A19S 0099 00S pw1 SHd19 u3 uns Reliability Availability and Serviceability The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers offer excellent reliability availability and serviceability RAS features They have the most availability features in their class Reliability e Passive centerplane bus Sun Enterprise 4000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 servers or backplane bus Sun Enterprise 3000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 server increases mean time between failures MTBF of the system compared to previous generation servers e Simple elegant centerplane bus design reduces the amount of bus circuitry required increasing the MTBF of the system e Current sharing power circuitry supports redundant power capability e ECC protected data throughout the system increases data integrity e Parity protected address and control signals increase the integrity of these signals Availability e Effective system diagnostics minimize downtime e Multiple Ultr
6. expansion cabinet be migrated and moved to the new Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Yes the peripheral devices in the SPARCcenter expansion cabinet can be migrated to the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet The only device supported in the SPARCcenter expansion cabinet that is not supported in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet is the half inch tape drive SS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 youiqed uoisuedxy wp2Ssl4dsequg uns CPU Memory Board CPU Memory Board UltraSPARC module memory modules Gigaplanez interface ASICs Figure 9 CPU memory board CPU memory boards connect to the Gigaplane bus On the CPU memory boards the Ultra Port Architecture UPA bus connects the Gigaplane bus to the two UltraSPARC modules and two memory banks e The latest CPU memory board 2602A is capable of running at up to 100 MHz Gigaplane speed e Each CPU memory board can support zero one or two UltraSPARC modules CPU memory boards with no UltraSPARC modules can be added to systems requiring more memory capacity e The Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers support 167 MHz 250 MHz 336 MHz and 400 MHz UltraSPARC modules e The Sun Enterprise 6500 server support 167 MHz 250 MHz and 336 MHz UltraSPARC modules e The CPU memory board has two banks of 60 ns 3 3 V memory modules Each memory bank consists of eight memory modules Two types of memory options are available 256 MB 8 x 32 MB memory modul
7. 3 98 Sun Enterprise S MON Just the Facts 11 98 Sun Enterprise XX00 Servers System Options 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 Servers Customer Presentation 3 98 Server Family Brochure 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3500 Datasheet 4 98 Sun Enterprise 4500 Datasheet 4 98 Sun Enterprise 5500 Datasheet 4 98 Sun Enterprise 6500 Datasheet 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3000 Datasheet 1 98 Sun Enterprise 4000 Datasheet 1 98 Sun Enterprise 5000 Datasheet 1 98 Sun Enterprise 6000 Datasheet 1 98 Just the Facts Description Reference guide for the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers in two parts Reference guide for the Solstice SyMON monitoring software Comprehensive reference guide for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and 3500 6500 server options Overview Strategy and Details of the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 Servers High level overview brochure on Sun server and storage products Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet Datasheet S amp SUN microsystems Purpose Sales tool Training Sales tool Training Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Sales tool Distribution Sun WIN Reseller web Sun WIN Reseller web SunWIN Sun WIN Reseller web Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller
8. Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are much higher performance than the CPU modules in the SPARCcenter 2000E system so they require more memory for a balanced system How can one tell what interleave factor a Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server is using Use prtdiag 1M located in the usr plat form sun4u sbin directory S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 w s sqns Aiowsyjy I O Boards Overview Most of the I O connectivity for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is supported through I O boards Three types of I O boards SBus Graphics and PCI offer a wide range of TO connectivity One of the significant improvements over the I O subsystem in the SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E systems is the use of dual SBus channels on each SBus I O board In these previous generation servers each system board had one 32 bit SBus channel offering a maximum I O bandwidth of 100 MB per second per system board With dual 64 bit SBus channels on each SBus I O board the maximum bandwidth in a Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server is 400 MB per second per board The SBus and Graphics I O boards also provide 100 MB per second Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL connectivity The PCI I O board has two PCI 66 channels and two standard 33 MHz PCI channels The PCI I O board has two PCI slots 20 MB per second fast wide SCSI and 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet The Ultra Port Architecture
9. No the 400 MHz 4 MB module will never be supported in the Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 Servers S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 pieog AIOWSIN Ndd Will there be a faster than 336 MHz UltraSPARC module available for the Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 Servers Yes there will be a future module available that will run faster than 336 MHz and will not require the Gigaplane I O boards or 2601 A 2602A CPU memory boards to be upgraded 2600A CPU memory boards will need to be upgraded Up to 30 of these future modules will be supported in a single system and all 16 Gigaplane slots will be usable Is it necessary to upgrade the Gigaplane in order to support faster than 336 MHz modules in the Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 servers At this time yes but in the future there will be a new module available that will run at faster than 336 MHz speeds and will not require the Gigaplane I O boards or 2601 A 2602A CPU memory boards to be upgraded 2600A CPU memory boards will need to be upgraded Will an Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 system support a mixture of different processor speeds for example 336 MHz and 400 MHz Mixing 167 MHz 250 MHz modules 336 MHz modules or 400 MHz modules in a single system is not supported Mixing same frequency modules with different external cache is supported as long as all modules on a single CPU memory Board have the same size external cache S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems Febru
10. This is the replacement for SunDiag Ultra Port Architecture bus Used as an intermediate bus on the CPU memory and I O boards Intermediate bus used on system boards for the SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E servers The Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers use the UPA bus in place of the XBus S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 Aaesso 5 Materials Abstract All materials are available on SunWIN except where noted otherwise Token or Collateral Description Purpose Distribution Comac order Powerpack Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Reference guide for the Sun Sales tool SunWIN 83501 Servers Just the Facts 2 99 Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Training Reseller web Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Overview strategy and details Sales tool SunWIN 83552 Servers Customer of the Sun Enterprise Reseller web Presentation 2 99 3500 6500 Servers References Sun Intro New 400 MHz Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 98881 4 MB CPU Modules and Reseller web Upgrades 1 99 E mail Sun Intro Sun Enterprise and Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 83553 Sun HPC 3500 6500 Server Reseller web Family and Related E mail Upgrades Repricing of 250 MHz 4 MB and 336 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC Modules 4 98 Sun Intro Transition of Sun Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 84906 Enterprise 3000 6000 Reseller web Upgrades Sun
11. 1000E systems also supported on Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Yes Does the graphics I O board also support the TurboGX graphics card Yes Both the Graphics I O board and the SBus I O board support the TurboGX graphics card Do dual wide SBus cards work with the SBus I O board or graphics I O board One dual wide SBus card will fit on an SBus I O board Only single wide SBus cards will work with the Graphics I O board What type of PCI cards can be used in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Sun supports 3 3 volt or 5 0 volt PCI short cards 4 200 x 6 875 inches What PCI card speeds are supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers The PCI slots accept either 66 MHz or 33 MHz PCI cards They can be either 64 bit or 32 bit cards Does Sun support service third party PCI cards No Sun does not support service third party PCI cards However Sun has been working with third party independent hardware vendors to ensure a robust supply of cards for Sun platforms PCI cards that have been verified by Sun to operate properly on Sun platforms are subject to stringent testing A list of these third party PCI cards can be found at URL http www sun com sunready vendors html What is included with the PCI I O board The board comes with two 5 0 volt riser cards preinstalled The PCI card plugs into the riser card The PCI T O board also comes with two 3 3 volt riser cards If your PCI card is 3 3 volt then a 5 0 volt riser car
12. Elite3D 6 slots e Configuration 1 10 e Configuration 2 2 8 e Configuration 3 3 6 e Configuration 4 4 4 Sun Enterprise 6500 Sun Elite3D 16 slots e Configuration 1 1 30 e Configuration 2 2 28 e Configuration 3 3 26 e Configuration 4 4 24 e Configuration 5 5 22 e Configuration 6 6 20 e Configuration 7 7 18 e Configuration 8 8 16 oy Ro SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I PCI I O Board Riser Cards PCI slots Ethernet RJ45 Fast wide SCSI 2 Status LEDs Figure 14 PCI I O board The PCI I O board as shown includes the following features e The latest PCI I O board 2632A is capable of running at up to 100 MHz Gigaplane speed e One on board 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet port twisted pair e One 20 MB per second fast wide SCSI 2 port e Two 64 bit PCI slots running at 66 MHz also supports 33 MHz e Two 64 bit PCI channels each offering 528 MB per second data transfer PCI 66 channel One PCI slot Data Controller Address Controlle PCI 66 channel One PCI slot a T PCI channel 10 100 Mb sec Ethernet PCI channel 20 MB sec fast wide SCSI Figure 15 PCI I O Board Block Diagram Note The 84 MHz capable PCI I O board 2630A has transitioned off of the price list S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sp4eog O I 1 O Boards Questions and Answers Are the 32 bit SBus cards supported on the SPARCcenter 2000E and SPARCserver
13. Enterprise 6500 server supports a maximum of eight power cooling modules e Power from the power cooling modules is distributed throughout the system using current sharing circuitry so that if the power supply in one power cooling module fails power from the other power cooling modules keeps the system running if the system is configured for redundant power S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Huljooy pue 1 3MOd To configure a system without redundant power the system must have x 2 power cooling modules where x is the number of CPU memory I O and disk boards round up to the nearest whole number To configure a system with redundant power the system must have x 2 1 power cooling modules where x is the number of CPU memory I O and disk boards round up to the nearest whole number However all of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server platforms are able to provide redundant power for maximum board configurations with only x 2 power cooling modules therefore providing the following exceptions to the x 2 1 rules When configuring the Sun Enterprise 3500 server the x 2 1 configuration rule implies that a Sun Enterprise 3500 system with five boards would require four power cooling modules 5 2 1 4 But there are only three power cooling module slots In order to resolve this issue each power cooling module is able to supply slightly more power than is required so a Sun Enterprise 3500 server with five
14. MB or 4 MB Ecache UG M2510 M2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache 167 MHz 512 KB or 1 MB Ecache UG M2510 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 167 MHz 512 KB or 1 MB Ecache UG M2550 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 250 MHz 1 MB or 4 MB Ecache UG M2560 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache UltraSPARC Module Upgrade Factory Installed UltraSPARC Processor module UG M2550 250 MHz 4 MB Ecache SuperSPARC processor module CU M2550 250 MHz 4 MB Ecache Qualified competitive CPU module UGFA M2530 M2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache 250 MHz 1 MB or 4 MB Ecache UGFA M25 10 M2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache 167 MHz 512 KB or 1 MB Ecache UG M2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache SuperSPARC processor module CU M2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache Qualified competitive CPU module UGFA M2510 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 167 MHz 512 KB or 1 MB Ecache UGFA M2550 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 250 MHz 1 MB or 4 MB Ecache UGFA M2560 M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache UG M2570 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache SuperSPARC processor module CU M2570 Just the Facts 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache amp R SUN microsystems Qualified competitive CPU module February 1999 sopeibdp Order CPU Memory Board Upgrades UGFA SB260X 2602 UGSB260X 2602 Receive CPU memory board that supports 100 MHz centerplane factory inst
15. Providers and power desktop users the Solaris software environment safely delivers information to anyone any time any place on anything including PCs workstations and all other Internet devices Unlike other operating environments Solaris delivers what companies require today and anticipates the innovation they will require tomorrow Solaris is reliable scalable easy to administer fast safe Year 2000 and Euro compliant and unleashes the full power of SPARC processor and Intel based computers The Solaris Operating Environment contains the base level functionality required for all systems It includes a rock solid scalable 32 bit and 64 bit kernel standards based networking platform support for both SPARC and Intel and Java support These technologies provide the foundation for building and deploying enterprise class systems for multi vendor multi client workgroup environments and for highly available data center environments The strengths of the Solaris Operating Environment lie in enterprise class reliability scalability and performance The Solaris 7 Operating Environment extends these strengths Features Along with the features available in the Solaris 2 5 1 and 2 6 Operating Environment the Solaris 7 Operating Environment includes support for several new features and capabilities listed below RAS Features e Dynamic Reconfiguration support for hot swap I O boards on Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterpris
16. Rack enclosure chassis clock board CD two power cooling modules one CPU memory board and one SBus I O board S amp SUN microsystems Return SPARCserver 6X0MP Deskside SPARCserver 1000 or SPARCcenter 2000 System Upgrade Chassis CPU board primary memory board and internal peripheral Chassis CPU board primary memory board and internal peripheral Chassis CPU board primary memory board and internal peripheral February 1999 sopeibdp Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 Intra Family Upgrade Sun Enterprise 4000 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 4000 to an Sun Enterprise 6500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 6500 IMemory Yes CPU Module Yes I O Boards Yes CPU Memory Board Yes IPower Cooling Modules Yes Internal Tape Drive Yes Peripheral Power Supplies Yes Optional Disk Board Yes Migrate these boards modules only if current speed is to be maintained Migrating 167 MHz modules might require a PROM upgrade as the minimum PROM level supported is 3 2 10 See product announcement for details on downloading the patch for a PROM level upgrade Receive Return Sun Enterprise 4000 to Sun Enterprise 6500 Intra family Upgrade UG E4000 E6500 Sun Enterprise 6500 rack system enclosure Sun Enterprise 4000 system enclo
17. S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 19M 00SS y S d1 uF UNS e The peripheral power supply is located at the top rear of the card cage e The clock board is located in the card cage below the peripheral power supply The clock board has its own slot and does not use one of the eight board slots for the CPU memory I O or disk boards e The cabinet fan tray contains four fans that blow hot air out the rear of the cabinet e An optional Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray Sun StorEdge Tape Library or FC AL hub tray supporting two hubs can be installed above the card cage The FC AL hub tray can also be installed below the card cage in the Sun Enterprise 5500 server in all cases except maximum configurations with four Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays e The following devices can be installed in the system cabinet below the card cage Upto four Sun StorEdge A5X00 disk arrays Upto five Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays Up to two Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 servers using the rack mount rails for Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 server Note The SPARCstorage Array Model 100 series subsystems and the Sun StorEdge RSM disk trays are still supported in the Sun Enterprise 5500 system cabinet however they are no longer orderable The Sun Enterprise 5500 system cabinet can support up to four SPARCstorage Array Model 100 series subsystems or up to six StorEdge RSM disk t
18. SPARCcenter 2000E cabinet The Sun Enterprise 6500 server also has a faster 32X CD ROM compared to the 12X CD ROM used in the Sun Enterprise 6000 server The fan tray that supports the internal SCSI devices internal tape and CD in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server has also been modified to enable support for new higher performing tape devices Inside the cabinet is a 16 slot card cage for CPU memory boards I O boards and disk boards allowing eight boards to be installed from the front of the cabinet and eight boards to be installed from the rear of the cabinet Typically the I O boards are installed from the rear for ease of cabling The physical length of the 16 slot Gigaplane system bus in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server limits the maximum speed of the system interconnect Therefore the Sun Enterprise 6500 server runs the Gigaplane system bus at a maximum of 84 MHz with 16 slots In the card cage next to the board slots are slots for the power cooling modules Up to eight power cooling modules can be installed four from the front and four from the rear Power cooling modules must be installed adjacent to CPU memory and I O boards Qe Sun Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 1 M 00S9 y S d1 u7 UNS e The peripheral power supply is located at the top rear of the card cage The clock board is located in the card cage below the peripheral power supply The clock board has its own slot and does not use one of the 16 board sl
19. StorEdge Tape Library e The expansion cabinet has a full height hinged door offering easy access e Sun Enterprise cabinet floor brackets may be installed to help prevent the cabinet from shifting in cases of extreme floor movement S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 youiqed uoisuedxy wp2Sl4dsequg uns Expansion Cabinet Capacity A maximum of six Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays and two FC AL hub trays supporting two hubs each can be installed in an expansion cabinet offering up to 1 2 TB of storage with the StorEdge A5200 array A maximum of eight Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays are supported per cabinet a second power sequencer is required if more than four A1000 D1000 arrays are installed in the expansion cabinet A maximum of two Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage trays are supported per expansion cabinet a maximum of five Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage trays are supported per system Up to four tape devices are supported per Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray A maximum of four Sun StorEdge Tape Libraries are supported per expansion cabinet Expansion cabinets with Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage trays or Sun StorEdge Tape Libraries must be adjacent to the system cabinet This is required because the maximum length of the single ended SCSI cable is 6 meters Customers who wish to include two or more Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet must al
20. This enables support for the new 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC processor without changing the processor to Gigaplane speed ratio The maximum throughput is 2 68 GB per second at 84 MHz and 3 2 GB per second at 100 MHz The physical length of the Gigaplane in the Sun Enterprise 6500 and Sun Enterprise 6000 prohibits the Gigaplane from running at 100 MHz The maximum Gigaplane speed on the Sun Enterprise 6500 will remain at 84 MHz As a result with a 4 1 processor to Gigaplane speed ratio this new 400 MHz processor cannot be supported A future UltraSPARC processor with a clock speed greater than 336 MHz will be available for the Sun Enterprise 6500 as well as the Sun Enterprise 6000 In order to realize the increased Gigaplane bus speed the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers ship with new enhanced CPU memory and I O boards that are also capable of running at 100 MHz These boards are backwards compatible and will therefore be supported on existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 systems However the maximum Gigaplane speed will be limited to 84 MHz unless the Gigaplane is upgraded see the Upgrades section for details In addition the previous generation of CPU memory boards and I O boards 84 MHz boards are supported on the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers no factory installation However such systems run the Gigaplane system bus at a maximum of 84 MHz The previous generation Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 systems are field upgradeable to suppo
21. and gas ECAD MCAD Internet commerce Sun Enterprise 450 Just the Facts Affordable high performance SMP network application server Ideal for workgroups larger web sites branch offices or distributed enterprise applications ER Database server Business apps OLTP NFS Internet gateway Web mail services Groupware R SUN microsystems Manufacturing Finance Telecommunications Government Education Retail Healthcare February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd J18A19S 00S9 O00SE p1 SHd19 u3 uns Product Line Specification Summary The following chart illustrates the specifications of the Sun Enterprise Server product line Creator3D Sun Elite3D m6 graphics boards Sun Sun Sun Specifications Sun Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Sun ST 4500 5500 6500 Packaging Tower Deskside Tabletop Datacenter Cabinet Number of CPUs 1to8 1 to 14 1 to 30 16 to 64 CPU clock rate 250 MHz 336 MHz 400 MHz Ecache per CPU 4 MB Maximum memory 8 GB 14 GB 30 GB 64 GB System bus 2 68 GB sec 84 MHz 10 67 GB sec 84 MHz 3 2 GB sec 100 MHz 12 8 GB sec 1OOMHz Maximum SBus PCI SBus 12 SBus 21 SBus 45 64 slots PCI 8 PCI 12 PCI 12 Maximum internal 72 8 GB 33 6 GB 720 GB 576 GB 191 GB disk Maximum total disk gt 6 TB gt 10 TB gt 10 TB gt 20 TB gt 20 TB Maximum number 3 4 8 RAS features see Reliability Availability and Serviceability section for comple
22. boards can operate on two power cooling modules plus a second peripheral power supply Thus a second peripheral power supply is required for full N 1 power supply redundancy in a five board Sun Enterprise 3500 server configuration Similarly a Sun Enterprise 6500 system with 16 boards would require nine power cooling modules 16 2 1 9 But there are only eight power cooling module slots Each power cooling module is able to supply slightly more power than is required so a Sun Enterprise 6500 server with 16 boards can operate on seven power cooling modules Sun Enterprise 4500 and Sun Enterprise 5500 servers with eight boards are able to run on three power supplies so only four power supplies are required for redundancy The peripheral power supply is connected to the same power circuitry as the power cooling modules providing the additional power required for redundancy Note that there are some limitations with regard to power supply redundancy with certain configurations of the Sun Enterprise 4500 and 5500 when using the 400 MHz processor See the Power and Cooling Questions and Answers section for more details The power cooling module is hot swappable Therefore if a power supply fails the power cooling module can be replaced assuming the system is configured for power cooling redundancy while the system is running without any adverse effects to the system The Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 servers have one peripheral power
23. boards to be installed from the front of the cabinet and four boards to be installed from the rear Typically the I O boards and disk boards are installed from the rear for ease of cabling e Inthe card cage next to the board slots are slots for the power cooling modules Up to four power cooling modules can be installed two from the front and two from the rear Power cooling modules must be installed adjacent to CPU memory I O and disk boards e The peripheral power supply is located at the top rear of the card cage e The Sun StorEdge CD32 drive is located at the upper left front of the enclosure Next to the SunCD 32 is a slot for an optional half height tape device The tape device can be a 4 mm 8 mm or one quarter inch tape drive Next to the slot for the optional tape device are the key switch and system LEDs e The clock board is located in the card cage below the peripheral power supply The clock board has its own slot and does not use one of the eight board slots for the CPU memory I O or disk boards S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 1 M1 S 00S pw1 SHd19 u3 uns Sun Enterprise 5500 Server Sun Enterprise 5500 System Cabinet Key switch Power cooling modules Sun StorEdge A5000 32X CD ROM drive Peripheral power supply Clock board Tape drive optional CPU memory T O and disk board slots Cabinet fan tray Sun StorEdge Sun Stor
24. bypass writes in memory controller Queue bypasses for requests and data Writebacks handled after miss System Bus RAS Features The following four attributes of the system bus architecture contribute to many of the RAS features of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 and Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers e Passive backplane system bus A passive backplane bus minimizes the number of active components required to control the bus This results in a more reliable system e Sturdy connectors and better board insertion guides The SPARCserver 1000E has 100 pins on a connector The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are much sturdier with 450 pins on a connector that is only twice the size of the SPARCserver 1000E connector The sturdier connectors combined with better guides for board insertion minimize the chance of the system being disabled due to bent pins from a faulty board insertion e ECC protected data paths All the data paths in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are fully protected by error checking and correction ECC which is able to detect single bit and double bit errors and to correct single bit errors e Parity protected address and data paths All the address and data paths in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are protected by parity S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 BINS YW Wa SAS System Bus Questions and Answers Why didn t Sun use UPA crossbar bus technology in the Sun Enterpris
25. devices as long as the total SCSI length including the connection to the tape and internal CD to the Sun Enterprise 3500 server does not exceed SCSI specifications 6 meters The internal SCSI bus length is 1 56 meters This means that up to two Sun StorEdge UniPacks or one Sun StorEdge MultiPack with six drives or fewer may be daisy chained from the on board SCSI port located on the first I O board of the Sun Enterprise 3500 server S S V SUT Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 J9AIOS OOGE y S ud1 uF UNS Sun Enterprise 4500 Server Sun Enterprise 4500 System Enclosure Tape drive 32X CD ROM drive optional Key switch Peripheral Power Supply Clock Board Power cooling modules Rear view Prontiew CPU memory 1 0 and disk boards Figure 5 The Sun Enterprise 4500 System Enclosure The Sun Enterprise 4500 server package is a tabletop enclosure which is identical to the Sun Enterprise 4000 server and similar in size to the external package of the SPARCserver 1000E system In addition to the enhanced Gigaplane system bus the Sun Enterprise 4500 server also has a faster 32X CD ROM compared to the 12X CD ROM used in the Sun Enterprise 4000 server The Sun Enterprise 4500 server also includes a power cord locking module that prevents the power cord from being accidentally removed from the system e Inside the enclosure is an eight slot card cage for CPU memory I O or disk boards allowing four
26. is better to have more banks of smaller size than a smaller number of bigger banks e Fill up one bank on every board before filling the second bank on any board e If there are some boards with both banks filled and some boards with only one bank the smaller banks must be put on the boards with two banks the bigger banks must be kept on boards with only one bank S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 w s sqns Aiowsyy Memory Subsystem Questions and Answers What is the difference between the memory interleaving in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers and the memory interleaving in the SPARCserver 1000E system The SPARCserver 1000E system used a simple interleaving system that produced up to eight way interleave Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers have an improved design with fewer restrictions on the interleave configuration They can support up to 16 way interleave and these interleaved memory banks can also be different sizes The previous generation systems interleaved memory only when memory banks were the same size This meant that a SPARCserver 1000E system with two 32 MB banks and two 256 MB banks would use a two way interleave between the 32 MB banks and two way interleave between the 256 MB banks A similarly configured Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server can use four way interleave on the two 256 MB banks when combined with the first 256 MB of the 1 GB banks and two way interlea
27. management tools GUI using Java technology providing heterogeneous GUI support a common look and feel for all Sun Enterprise SyMON applications and the flexibility to manage the enterprise from any platform using Java technology thereby increasing administrator efficiency SS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 wi NOWAS esiidiajyuq uns Sun Enterprise SyMON software can be extended through the use of sophisticated add on products to provide additional functionality e Trend analysis and historical data storage supporting system performance analysis configuration fault analysis system sizing and long term capacity planning and forecasting efforts e Host application and database fault management increasing data and service availability through integration with third party products like BMC PATROL e Firmware and patch management providing administrators with the ability to upgrade systems when needed with the addition of Sun Enterprise Configuration and Service Tracker e On line diagnostics enabling hardware and software problems to be predicted detected isolated and resolved thereby increasing system and service availability with the addition of Sun Enterprise Diag Tool Sun Enterprise SyMON 2 0 Compatibility The Sun Enterprise SYMON 2 0 software platform supports all systems running Solaris 2 5 1 2 6 and Solaris 7 Operating Environments Hardware dependent configuration management functions
28. of day clock and the IDPROM The frequency of the clock the processor clock and the system clock are all programmable through firmware weI IINA Two Memory Banks Se Module Module 576 S 3 s Gigaplanem Bus 6 144 a 2 68 GB sec at 84 MHz 3 VPA Bys 3 2 GB sec at 100 MHz S110 sec A dd Control a CPU memory nN board _ N CPUmenory CPU memory board oN 8 boards SL A Fibre Channel EthernetSCSI N CPU memory oo al 4 N board aa 3 eas Seui Al 3 CPU memor An A lt 4 oard y v N N Centerplane Bus S N N N SBus I O board Figure 1 The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 system bus architecture S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 BINS UYOIy Wa SAS System Bus The system bus for the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is the Gigaplane system bus a packet switched bus This bus has a split transaction design with separate buses for address and data This design provides a faster transfer rate than system buses that have the same paths for address and data The Gigaplane system bus has been revised from the one used in the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers which has a maximum speed of 84 MHz sufficient to support the UltraSPARC processors running at up to 336 MHz when operating with a 4 1 processor to Gigaplane speed ratio The enhanced Gigaplane system bus on the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers runs at a rate of up to 100 MHz
29. platforms to ensure an enterprise solution Does Sun Enterprise SYMON integrate with Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Tivoli TMS and Hewlett Packard OpenView Sun Enterprise SYMON can send SNMP traps to any SNMP compliant management platform For the near future Sun is working closely with the leading Sun Enterprise Management vendors to provide a tightly integrated solution Is Sun Enterprise SYMON 2 x compatible with Solstice SNMON 1 x Sun Enterprise SYMON 2 0 is not backward compatible with Solstice SYMON 1 x S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 wi NOWAS esiidiajyuq uns Software The Solaris Operating Environment The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers run on an industry leading enterprise operating environment Solaris The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers require Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 with two patches 104595 03 or later and 104594 01 or later In addition patch number 105310 04 or later which is an FC AL patch is highly recommended The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can also run Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 and the Solaris 7 Operating Environment with no required patches However patch number 105375 04 or later an FC AL patch is highly recommended for both releases The Solaris product line is the premier software environment for network computing delivering unparalleled scalability and performance Designed for IT professionals line of business managers Internet Service
30. rule base expert system allows the user to customize the boot diagnostic control flow Remote Administration Control The Remote Administration Control feature on Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers allows a user to reboot power cycle or perform extensive operating system debugging through one of the serial ports serial port A only A special serial processor on the system clock board scans the input for system commands This remote console functionality allows for true lights out management of a system giving system administrators more flexibility in point of management and control This also enhances the serviceability aspect of the systems by providing a method of retrieving the system state on hung systems Remote control can be disabled by putting the key switch in the secure position S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 uswa euen Wwa shsS Sun Enterprise SyMON Bo ae File Edit View Go Tools SYMON Administrative Domains Domain Status Summary california 2 oo oz Oo wo Location California 129 146 0 0 Payroll o 8 129 146 0 0 e 6 Payroll a Comptroller Workstation EEE ER Accounting Server Comptroller Workstation Accounting Server Payroll Records R Payroll Records a z5 Ai u 10 Bl Ultra10 Server a i ooo0 anaa HH fermpki 2b 53 fermpk12b 53 fermpk12bp 53 HH fermpki 2bp 53 AW FR fermpkt 2b
31. supports a different type of device For example if one of the two on board FC AL sockets is being used as the connection to the internal drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server its matching empty socket can be used to connect a Sun StorEdge AS5X00 disk array Is the LUXADM disk administration facility supported with the Sun Enterprise 3500 internal disk drives Yes a specific set of LUXADM commands are supported currently and more will be added in the first half of calendar year 1999 The following commands are currently supported on both Solaris 2 5 1 Solaris 2 6 and the Solaris 7 Operating Environment luxadm inquiry stop start e forcelip e rdls set_boot_dev Why is there a new second peripheral power supply When the second peripheral power supply was moved to the front of the Sun Enterprise 3500 server it had to be redesigned to fit its new space When this second peripheral power supply is not used a thermal protection module is inserted in its place This light weight component can be recognized by the warning labels on it and should not be discarded It should only be removed when a second peripheral power supply is installed S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 1 M OOSE y S ud1 uF UNS As the internal disk drives are no longer SCSI can the on board SCSI connection be used on the first I O board in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server Yes This connection may be used to connect certain SCSI
32. the ability to define Sun systems by geography server role administrative responsibility etc e Heterogeneous GUI support Java technology based GUD the Java technology UI in Sun Enterprise SyMON allows administrators to have the flexibility to manage from a Java platform and be more efficient through the use of a easy to use interface e Enhanced event alarm management Sun Enterprise SYMON has state of the art event management capabilities that enables cooperative management between multiple system administrators e Logical element grouping ability to group multiple managed systems into one managed entity Allows IT organization to map individual managed components into groups related to applications and business processes e Active configuration management controls Sun Enterprise SYMON is a secure interface for remote dynamic reconfiguration capabilities dynamic attach detach etc e Application monitoring capabilities Sun Enterprise SYMON can monitor health and performance of application processes monitor and act upon error log entries monitor application files and monitor directory statistics e State of the art standard interfaces such as SNMPv2c SNMPv2usec and SNMPv1 for interoperability end to end security and efficient data transfer e Integration with major system management platform vendors such as Tivoli and Computer Associates Sun Enterprise SyMON integrates with the major commercial system and network management
33. the second is supplied by bank 1 The size and extent of interleave is arranged so that a single typical request is satisfied by one bank This permits memory requests to be fulfilled with a minimum amount of contention from other UltraSPARC modules Interleaved memory on Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 systems is considerably more important than on previous generation systems because the UltraSPARC modules generate requests faster and the bandwidth of a single bank of memory is a smaller fraction of the Gigaplane bus bandwidth Configuring Memory for Best Performance Configuring the memory for optimal system performance is easier than doing so for the SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E systems because the memory interleave algorithm used for Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server is much more flexible Here are some general guidelines that should be used as a Starting point in configuring a memory subsystem e Each UltraSPARC module should have at least 128 MB of RAM e Spread the amount of memory equally among the available banks If there are one 1024 MB bank and one 256 MB bank 80 percent 1024 x 100 1024 256 of all accesses on average will go to the 1024 MB bank and the bandwidth available will be limited by that bank even though the 256 MB bank has the same available bandwidth If most of the memory is in a few big banks the interleaving of those big banks is more important than the interleaving of the other banks e In general it
34. this by adding specialized graphics floating point units and more powerful pixel drawing chips It supports a 1280 x 1024 96 bit deep frame buffer configured the same as the double buffered and Z buffered Creator3D The 96 bit pixels support two 24 bit color buffers an 8 bit pseudo color overlay buffer and a 28 bit Z buffer plus some miscellaneous control planes UPA Bus AFB Ba Be Be Be AFB Float Ba Be Be Be Float RAMDAC Video Output Figure 2 Sun Elite3D Chip level Diagram Serial Port Sun Elite3D has a highly parallel and efficient graphics pipeline The Sun Elite3D architecture uses a new generation of 3D RAM chip This chip speeds up a read modify write pixel access from 160 nanoseconds to 10 nanoseconds which changes all of the rules about graphics pipeline behavior Just the Facts Qe Sun microsystems February 1999 BINS UY Wa SAS Sun Elite3D Features and Benefits e Features Integrated imaging Very high performance accelerated 24 bit double buffered 3 D graphics 28 bit Z buffer 8 bit overlay plane Gouraud shading Alpha blending and screen door transparency Line and dot anti aliasing Per pixel depth cueing Per pixel alpha interpolation 4 bit stencil support with hardware acceleration of OpenGL stencil functions Accelerated lighting Four 8 bit color maps S amp Just the Facts Benefits Can perform fast imaging and 3 D on unified frame
35. 0 The Sun Enterprise 6500 server should be recommended when the Sun Enterprise 5500 server does not offer enough expandability The Sun Enterprise 6500 server should be recommended over the Sun Enterprise 10000 server when e The customer s simultaneous processing and I O requirements can be met with one Sun Enterprise 6500 server e The Sun Enterprise 6500 server meets the customer s availability requirements e Customer is driven to clustering for seamless failover requirements e Customer prefers to distribute smaller systems rather than take a centralized approach with one large system The Sun Enterprise 6500 server should be recommended over the Sun Enterprise 5500 server when the Sun Enterprise 5500 server does not offer enough CPU and I O growth for the customer SS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 O00SE p1 SHd19 u3 uns Target Markets and Users for the Sun Enterprise 10000 The Sun Enterprise 10000 server is the industry s highest performance according to TPC D results most balanced SMP system competitors of the Sun Enterprise 10000 do not have SMP but NUMA or MPP It has the highest availability in UNIX systems other than fault tolerant systems The Sun Enterprise 10000 server has the following high availability features which the competitors do not have fault tolerant power cooling dynamic reconfiguration with hot swappable system boards alternate pathing dynamic domai
36. 0 Mb Ethernet port This board has one SBus channel e PCII O boards have two PCI slots on board fast wide SCSI and 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet This board has two PCI 66 66 MHz 64 bit channels and two standard PCI 33 MHz 32 bit channels e I O boards are hot swappable with the Alternate Pathing and Dynamic Reconfiguration software Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 e The 8 4 GB disk board contains two 4 2 GB 7200 rpm fast wide SCSI 2 disk drives e The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers support redundant hot swappable power cooling modules e The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers run on the following operating environments Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 or later Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 or later or the Solaris 7 Operating Environment e Memory options include 256 MB 8 x 32 MB modules and 1 GB 8 x 128 MB modules e Floor brackets may be installed to help prevent the Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 servers and Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet from shifting in the event of extreme floor movement S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd J18A19S 00S9 00SE wy2Sldiequg uns e The Sun Enterprise 4500 may be rack mounted into a Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet or Sun Enterprise 5500 or 6500 system cabinet e The Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 disk trays Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage trays and Sun StorEdge Tape Libraries may be instal
37. 0 server is an enhanced Sun Enterprise 3000 server with an additional system slot The Sun Enterprise 3500 server supports five system boards and can therefore support up to eight UltraSPARC processors and 8 GB of memory whereas the Sun Enterprise 3000 server accommodates four system boards with a maximum of six processors and 6 GB of memory Alternatively the additional system slot can be used to provide greater I O connectivity e Internal FC AL Drives The Sun Enterprise 3500 server has two internal disk banks four disks per disk bank that support up to eight 9 1 GB FC AL disks each with dual port connections while the Sun Enterprise 3000 server supports ten internal SCSI disks with a single connection The number of internal disks supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server was reduced in order to provide room for the additional system slot in the rear of the server The newer drives however provide greater throughput and can be configured to increase the disk redundancy when compared to the Sun Enterprise 3000 server Please see the Sun Enterprise 3500 System Cabinet section for further details Sun Enterprise 4500 Server The only differences from the current Sun Enterprise 4000 server are the enhanced Gigaplane system bus and the faster 32X CD ROM mentioned in the Product Line Enhancements above Sun Enterprise 5500 Server In addition to the faster Gigaplane system bus and 32X CD ROM changes the Sun Enterprise 5500 ser
38. 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules e 167 MHz 0 5 MB 167 MHz 1 MB and 250 MHz 1 MB UltraSPARC modules are supported when carried over from existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 systems e The Gigaplane system bus delivers a throughput rate of 2 68 GB per second at 84 MHz when using the 167 MHz 250 MHz or 336 MHz processors This throughput rate increases to 3 2 GB per second when running at 100 MHz when using the 400 MHz processors in the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 e Several boards can be installed in each server Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 Up to 5 boards Up to 8 boards Up to 16 boards e Five types of plug in boards are available CPU memory board SBus Graphics and PCI I O boards Disk board Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 only e CPU memory boards can support up to two UltraSPARC modules and two memory banks up to 2 GB e CPU memory boards are hot pluggable Hot swap software support Dynamic Reconfiguration will be available with an upcoming version of the Solaris 7 Operating Environment e The SBus I O board with FC AL has three SBus slots two empty FC AL sockets one fast wide SCSI port and one 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet port This board has two SBus channels e Graphics I O boards contain two SBus slots one UPA slot for a Creator3D or Sun Elite3D graphics board two empty FC AL sockets one fast wide SCSI port and one 10 10
39. 6 30 System bus throughput 625 MB sec e 2 68 GB sec 84 MHz Memory latency 1200 ns approx 300 ns 10 MB sec 100 MB sec T O performance 1 to 10 SBuses e 1 to 30 SBuses Just the Facts 100 MB sec 200 MB sec each e 1 to 12 PCI buses 528 MB sec each SCSI performance 10 MB sec 20 MB sec Fibre channel performance 25 MB sec 100 MB sec by Ro SUN microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 00SE wy2Sl4dse uy uns Product Line Summary The Sun Enterprise family of servers is targeted at strategic markets chosen by Sun manufacturing finance telecommunications government education health care retail design automation and oil and gas The following pages describe how each server in the Sun Enterprise family has different characteristics and is therefore deployed in a different capacity within the target markets Target Markets and Users for the Sun Enterprise 3500 Server The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is an affordable server with unprecedented power and reliability in its class The Sun Enterprise 3500 server enables customers to deploy sophisticated business and technical applications with the kind of performance and reliability previously available only in very expensive large scale systems The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is ideal for customers who need application servers with tremendous network throughput and processing power in addition to high reliability availability and ser
40. 64 processors and enables partitioning domains which are essential in the Sun Enterprise 10000 server Will there be a latency penalty for memory access relative to the single level bus implementation of the Ultra 1 desktop There will be some penalty but exceptional effort has gone into minimizing this penalty Relative to the Ultra 1 desktop the penalty for access to the first word in a data request is five clock cycles or 60 ns This decreases to two clock cycles or 24 ns by the last word in a data request This minimal latency penalty should be imperceptible to the user as it was in systems based on XDBus technology How can the sustained data transfer rate on the Gigaplane bus be so close to the peak bandwidth There are two reasons why the sustained data transfer rate on the Gigaplane bus is so close to the peak bandwidth The first is separate address and data buses With separate address and data buses data requests can be sent out on the address bus at the same time that data from a previous data request is on the data bus The second is out of order data transmission which allows data to be put on the data bus in a different order than requested This helps maximize the bus usage by minimizing unused data bus bandwidth Why does the Sun Enterprise 3500 server have a new clock board and backplane if the Sun Enterprise 3000 server backplane is capable of running at up to 100 MHz The new backplane on the Sun Enterprise 3500 serve
41. CPU memory boards four CPU SPARCcenter 1000 see system modules and one power cooling board upgrade below primary modules memory board and internal peripherals S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Order Competitive Full System Upgrade to tw Receive Return o CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 base CU E3500 C52 250 4 CU E3500 C62 336 4 CU E3500 C72 400 4 Server base package chassis one Chassis system board primary CPU memory board and two CPU memory board and internal modules peripherals Competitive Full System Upgrade to four CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 base Note Transition Announced 1 99 CU E3500 C54 250 4 CU E3500 C64 336 4 Server base package two Chassis system board primary CPU memory boards four CPU memory board and internal modules and one power cooling peripherals modules Sun 3 Sun 4 or SPARCserver 6XO0MP Desksides SPARCserver 1000 Full System or SPARCcenter 2000 Upgrade UG SUNS V E4500 Server base package chassis clock Chassis system board except board CD two power cooling SPARCcenter 1000 and 2000 see modules one CPU memory board system board upgrade below and one SBus I O board primary memory board and internal peripherals Competitive Full System Upgrade to Sun Enterprise 4500 Base CU E4500 Just the Facts Server base package chassis clock Chassis system board primary board C
42. D two power cooling memory board and internal modules one CPU memory board peripherals and one SBus I O board S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Intra Family Chassis Upgrades Sun Enterprise 3000 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will or will not migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 3000 server to Sun Enterprise 3500 4500 or 5500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 3000 Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 5500 Internal Disk No No Memory Yes Yes CPU Module Yes Yes T O Boards Yes Yes CPU memory Board Yes Yes Power Cooling Modules Yes Yes Internal Tape Drive Yes Yes Peripheral Power Supply with AC Inlet Yes No Fan Tray Above Peripheral Power Yes No Supply Only Migrate these boards modules only if current speed is to be maintained Migrating 167 MHz modules might require a PROM upgrade as the minimum PROM level supported is 3 2 10 See product announcement for details on downloading the patch for a PROM level upgrade While the Sun Enterprise 3000 server internal disks are not compatible in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server family an upgrade trade in offering is available See product announcement for details Order Sun Enterprise 3000 to Sun Enterprise 3500 Intra family Upgrade Receive UG E3000 E3500 Sun Enterprise 3500 system enclosure with clock board CD card cag
43. Edge D1000 Array A5000 Sun StorEdge D1000 Array Sun StorEdge A5000 Sun StorEdge D1000 Array Sun StorEdge A5000 Sun StorEdge D1000 Array Pp LJ OL Optional second power sequencer T Power sequencer Front view Rear view Figure 6 The Sun Enterprise 5500 System Cabinet The Sun Enterprise 5500 system enclosure is a 68 inch data center cabinet 12 inches taller than both the Sun Enterprise 5000 system cabinet as well as the SPARCcenter 2000E system cabinet In addition to the enhanced Gigaplane system bus the Sun Enterprise 5500 server also has a faster 32X CD ROM compared to the 12X CD ROM used in the Sun Enterprise 5000 server The fan tray that supports the internal SCSI devices internal tape and CD in the Sun Enterprise 5500 server has also been modified to enable support for new higher performing tape devices e Inside the cabinet is an eight slot card cage for CPU memory I O or disk boards allowing four boards to be installed from the front of the cabinet and four boards to be installed from the rear Typically the T O boards and disk boards will be installed from the rear for ease of cabling e In the card cage next to the board slots are slots for the power cooling modules Up to four power cooling modules can be installed two from the front and two from the rear Power cooling modules must be installed adjacent to CPU memory I O and disk boards
44. HPC Servers E mail and System Boards Transition of 250 MHz 1 MB UltraSPARC Module 4 98 Sun Intro New 336 MHz Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 80958 4 MB UltraSPARC Module E mail Server Base Packages and Upgrades Repricing of Sun Enterprise and Sun HPC 6000 and Upgrades 2 98 Sun Intro PROMOTION Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 77886 Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 E mail 167 MHz 1 MB UltraSPARC Module 1 98 Sun Intro New CPU Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 65197 Memory Board and Options E mail for Sun Enterprise 3000 through 6000 Servers 4 97 Just the Facts S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 pelsqy SIEH Token or Collateral Description Purpose Distribution Comac order References continued Sun Intro New 250 MHz Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 66305 UltraSPARC Module Server Reseller web 70255 Base Packages and Options E mail for Sun Enterprise 3000 through 6000 Servers 4 97 Sun Intro 250 MHz Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 61369 UltraSPARC Module and E mail Other Options for Sun Enterprise X000 Servers 1 97 Sun Intro Enhanced Ultram Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 59334 Sun Enterprise X000 E mail Servers Sun Enterprise Clock Board Upgrade 11 96 Sun Intro Ultra Sun Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 57901 Enterprise X000 Memory E mail and CPU Module 10 96 Sun Intro New Sun Intr
45. NSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM SUNSPECTRUM FEATURE PLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE Mission Critical Business Critical Systems Support Self Support Support Support Systems Features Systems approach coverage Yes Yes Yes Yes System availability guarantee Customized No No No Account Support Features Service account Yes No No No management team Personal technical Yes Yes No No account support Account support plan Yes Yes No No Software release planning Yes No No No On site account reviews Monthly Semi annual No No Site activity log Yes Yes No No Coverage Response Time Standard telephone 7 day 24 hour 7 day 24 hour 8 a m 8 p m 8 a m 5 p m coverage hours Monday Friday Monday Friday Standard on site 7 day 24 hour 8 a m 8 p m 8 a m 5 p m N A coverage hours Monday Friday Monday Friday 7 day 24 hour Yes Yes Option Option telephone coverage 7 day 24 hour Yes Option Option N A on site coverage Customer defined Yes Yes Yes No priority setting Urgent phone on site Live transfer Live transfer Live transfer 4 hour N A 2 hour 4 hour 4 hour Serious phone on site Live transfer 2 hour next day 2 hour next day 4 hour N A 4 hour Not critical phone on site Live transfer 4 hour 4 hour 4 hour N A customer customer customer convenience convenience convenience Additional contacts Option Option Option Option S Ge S a UN February 1999 woddns pue ad1A1as
46. O board UGFA SB263X 2632 UGSB263X 2632 UGSB261X 2632 PCI I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane factory install PCI I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane field install PCI I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane field install One 263x PCI I O board One 263x PCI I O board One 261x SBus I O board UGFA MEM256 MEM1GB Sun Enterprise Server Memory Upgrades 1 GB of memory factory installed One 256 MB memory module 7022A UG MEM 256 MEM1GB Just the Facts 1 GB of memory field installed sS amp SUN microsystems One 256 MB memory module 7022A February 1999 sopeibdp Configuration Guidelines All upgrades to Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers require Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 with two patches 104595 03 or later and 104594 01 or later In addition patch number 105310 04 which is an FC AL patch is highly recommended The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can also run Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 with no required patches However patch number 105375 04 an FC AL patch is highly recommended Note The Return Material Authorization Kit no charge part number UG RMA is required to be ordered with any factory installed system or component upgrade This part number will ship return material information Configtool now supports Intra Family Upgrades A declaration of the compatible components that will be migrated is required when configuri
47. O board is met One I O board must be inserted into slot 1 in order to provide the SCSI connection to the CD ROM drive and the optional internal tape device In addition the Sun Enterprise 4500 and Sun Enterprise 5500 servers support a maximum of four 8 4 GB disk boards while the Sun Enterprise 6500 server supports a maximum of two disk boards The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is the smallest member of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server family There is little need for a centerplane arrangement because it has only five slots The centerplane arrangement allows for larger configurations in less physical space Intended as a deskside system the Sun Enterprise 3500 server uses a traditional backplane configuration with all five boards plugged into one side of the system The Sun Enterprise 3500 server also has internal mounting for up to eight FC AL 3 5 x 1 6 inch or 1 0 inch disks along with a CD ROM and tape drive Each CPU memory board in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers supports up to two UltraSPARC modules and 2 GB of memory see the CPU Memory Board section for more details SBus Graphics and PCI I O boards are available for the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers see the I O Boards section for more details CPU memory boards I O boards power cooling modules and clock boards are interchangeable within the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 product line The clock board contains the keyboard and mouse port two serial ports time
48. RCserver 1000E the Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers SPA RCserver Performance Type 1000E Relative CPU performance Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise 4000 4500 5000 5500 Memory latency Networking 10 MB sec performance meet 1 8 approx 4 1 6 approx 6 6 8 approx 11 3 14 e floating point 1 8 approx 5 3 6 approx 8 2 8 approx 12 6 14 System bus 312 MB sec e 2 68 GB sec 84 me throughput 3 2 GB sec 100 MHz 1200 ns approx 300 ns approx 300 ns 100 MB sec e 1 to 4 SBuses 100 MB sec each T O performance aggregate SCSI performance 10 MB sec 1 to 6 SBuses 200 MB sec each 1 to 6 PCI buses 528 MB sec each 1 to 8 SBuses e 1 to 14 SBuses 200 MB sec each 200 MB sec 1 to 8 PCI buses each 528 MB sec each 1 to 12 PCI buses 528 MB sec each 20 MB sec Fibre channel 25 MB sec performance 100 MB sec i The Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 servers require a Gigaplane field upgrade to run the Gigaplane system bus at 100 MHz The following table shows a performance comparison of the SPARCcenter 2000E and the Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 servers Networking performance Performance Type SPARCcenter 2000E Sun Enterprise 6000 6500 Relative CPU performance e integer 1 20 approx 5 6 30 e floating point 1 20 approx 7
49. S Sun Enterprise Volume Manager is not currently supported with the Solaris 7 Operating Environment Solstice DiskSuite version 4 1 is supported on both Solaris 2 5 1 and Solaris2 6 Solstice DiskSuite version 4 2 is supported on both Solaris 2 6 and the Solaris 7 Operating Environment Note A license is needed to install Sun Enterprise Volume Manager An additional license is needed to enable advanced Sun Enterprise Volume Manager capabilities such as RAID 5 Fibre Channel Interface Board This is a new board designed to provide connectivity to the internal FC AL disk drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server The internal FC AL disk drives support up to four FC AL loops Each of the four potential FC AL loops corresponds to one of four GBICs on the FC AL Interface board The FC AL board comes with two GBIC modules and one 2 meter fibre channel cable to establish one loop connection One GBIC module is installed on the FC AL Interface board and typically the other is installed on the I O board or SBus card leaving three empty FC AL sockets on the FC AL Interface board Each additional loop requires two additional GBIC modules and one 2 meter fibre channel cable The GBIC modules on the FC AL Interface board are exactly the same as those used in the Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays FC AL SBus Host Adapter and on the SBus I O board The Sun Enterprise 3500 server can be ordered without internal disk drives Any of the bootable Sun StorEdge disk pr
50. Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Servers Just the Facts icrosystems Copyrights 1999 Sun Microsystems Inc All Rights Reserved Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo Sun Enterprise Ultra Gigaplane StorEdge Sun StorEdge Solaris Solaris Operating Environment ServerStart NFS Sun Enterprise SYMON Solstice Solstice SYMON SunVTS Gigaplane XB Solstice DiskSuite Sun Enterprise Volume Manager SunCD TurboGX OpenBoot SunDiag Java AnswerBook Solstice JumpStart Sun 3 Sun 4 SunSpectrum SunSpectrum Platinum SunSpectrum Gold SunSpectrum Silver SunSpectrum Bronze SunVIP SunSolve and SunSolve Early Notifier are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the United States and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd CMS is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company XDBus is a trademark of Xerox Corporation licensed to Sun Microsystems Inc Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation RY amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Server Positioning Product Overview The Sun E
51. UPA interface that connects the PCI I O board to the Gigaplane system bus has a throughput of 668 MB per second Thus the PCI I O board throughput is 668 MB per second The I O boards also offer environmental monitoring The I O boards have temperature sensors allowing the actual temperature of individual boards to be monitored through the Sun Enterprise SNMON software T O boards connect to the Gigaplane bus see I O board diagrams on following pages e On the SBus I O board the UPA bus connects the Gigaplane bus to two SBus channels which connect the various I O ports to the UPA bus e On the graphics I O board the UPA bus connects the Gigaplane bus to one SBus channel and one UPA slot for a graphics card Creator or Creator3D e On the PCI I O board the UPA interface connects the Gigaplane bus to two PCI 66 channels and two standard PCI channels Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can be PCI or SBus only systems Up to four PCI I O boards are supported per Sun Enterprise 3500 system and up to six PCI I O boards are supported per Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 system Mixed PCI and SBus systems are also supported T O boards are hot swappable with the Dynamic Reconfiguration software enhancement provided with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 This means new I O boards can be installed and logically configured into the system while the system is online or I O boards that have been deconfigured from the system can be removed while th
52. aSPARC modules CPU memory boards and I O boards provide redundancy e Redundant power supplies and current sharing power circuitry keep the system running if a power supply fails e Enhanced Automatic System Recovery ASR quickly reconfigures the system around any failed components e Dual variable speed fans in each power cooling module keep the system cool if one fan within a module fails e Dual disk array host interfaces e Dual independent connections to FC AL internal disks Sun Enterprise 3500 server e CPU Power Control available with the Solaris 2 6 Operating Environment removes an active CPU from the system configuration and powers it off if environmental sensors detect that the processor is running too hot due to a cooling problem This is done without any interruption to running processes and without a reboot of the server e Remote administration control allows remote reboots and power cycling e The Sun Enterprise SY MON system monitor software which is included with the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers maximizes uptime by predicting hardware failures S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Ayjiqesoiases pue Appqepeay Ayqey The Sun Enterprise SyMON software also provides an easy user interface and multi system management capability Redundant time of day clock Dynamic Reconfiguration of I O boards Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 and CPU memory boards future Solaris 7 Operating Environ
53. alled CPU memory board that supports 100 MHz centerplane field installed Return One 2600 or 2601 CPU memory board One 2600 or 2601 CPU memory board CU 2602 UGSB 1000 X 256M C UGSB 1000 X 1GB C CPU memory board that supports 100 MHz centerplane factory installed 100 MHz compatible CPU memory board with 256 MB of RAM factory installed 100 MHz compatible CPU memory board with GB of RAM factory installed A qualified competitive system board SPARCserver 1000 system board SPARCserver 1000 system board UGSB2000 X OM C UGSB2000 X 256M C UGSB2000 X 1GB C 100 MHz compatible CPU memory board no memory factory installed 100 MHz compatible CPU memory board with 256 MB of RAM factory installed 100 MHz compatible CPU memory board with 1 GB of RAM factory installed SPARCserver 1000 or SPARCserver 2000 system board SPARCcenter 2000 system board SPARCcenter 2000 system board T O Board Upgrades UGFA SB261X 2612 Sbus I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane factory install One 2610 or 2611 Sbus I O board UGSB261X 2612 UGFA SB262X 2622 UGSB262X 2622 Sbus I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane field installed Graphics I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane factory install Graphics I O board that supports 100 MHz centerplane field install One 2610 or 2611 Sbus I O board One 262x Graphics I O board One 262x Graphics I
54. and Users for the Sun Enterprise 4500 Server The Sun Enterprise 4500 server is a versatile server with exceptional value and scalability for companies requiring an affordable business server with tremendous computing power plus the ability to scale system performance and capacity as their needs grow The Sun Enterprise 4500 sever is ideal for customers who need an enterprise wide application server with high reliability availability and serviceability Typical Sun Enterprise 4500 server customers may already own a six to eight CPU SPARCserver 1000E system The Sun Enterprise 4500 server is recommended for running business critical applications that support thousands of users These applications include large departmental databases customer management applications or decision support applications The Sun Enterprise 4500 server is recommended over the Sun Enterprise 3500 server if the customer s I O and CPU growth requirements go beyond the capacity of the Sun Enterprise 3500 server S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 00SE pw1 SHd19 u3 uns Target Markets and Users for the Sun Enterprise 5500 server The Sun Enterprise 5500 server is a scalable and reliable datacenter server capable of running mission critical applications supporting thousands of users The Sun Enterprise 5500 server is ideal for customers who have mainframe class system requirements With features previously available o
55. ary 1999 pieog AIoW N NdI Memory Subsystem Memory Subsystem The memory in the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is located on the CPU memory boards Up to 2 GB of RAM can be installed on each CPU memory board The memory subsystem in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is designed to offer fast reliable data access e The memory controller manages two banks of memory on each CPU memory board Each bank of memory consists of eight standard JEDEC memory module modules implemented in 3 3 V CMOS e The memory banks on the CPU memory boards are very wide Each bank can deliver 512 bits 64 bytes in a single cycle meaning that a 64 byte cache miss can be supplied in one memory cycle This results in faster memory subsystem performance e Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers support up to 16 way memory interleave Extensive interleave is required to support the high memory access rates possible in systems with many UltraSPARC modules e Interleaved memory banks can be different sizes which is an improvement from the memory interleaving scheme used in the SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E systems Memory Interleaving Memory interleaving helps increase memory subsystem performance by reducing the probability of hot spots or contention in a few memory banks by spreading access to multiple memory banks In a two way interleaved system the first cacheline is supplied by bank 0 while
56. buffer Smooth animation and interactivity of 3 D graphics Improves visual quality and depth accuracy Allows overlay of 8 bit windows on top of the 24 bit visuals without damaging the underlying visual This allows seamless integration and manipulation of windows Allows smooth shading of solid geometry Used to simulate transparent materials such as glass Needed in MCAD and visualization for better visual quality More accurate depth cueing or fog Greater accuracy and image quality Provide greater performance More lights can be turned on for enhanced visual Sun display without encountering large performance penalties For dynamic colormap segment allocation when running 8 bit window systems should eliminate color flashing problems Sun microsystems February 1999 BINS WYO Wsa SAS Sun Enterprise 3500 Server Sun Enterprise 3500 System Cabinet 32X CD ROM Tape drive Three 300 watt power cooling modules Internal FC AL disks Second peripheral power supply Peripheral Power Supply with Panne AC inlet FC AL Interface Five board slots Front view Hoare Rear view Figure 3 The Sun Enterprise 3500 System Cabinet The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is a deskside tower enclosure measuring approximately 65 cm x 43 cm x 44 cm 65 cm x 43 cm x 64 cm with the rear bumper and cable organizer which protects the cables In addition to the enhanced Gigaplane system bus which runs up to 100 MHz and supports the fifth sys
57. card cage February 1999 sopeibdp CPU Module Board and Memory Upgrades The following processor module board and memory upgrades are common to all Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 systems e UltraSPARC CPU module upgrades e System board upgrades from existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 compatible boards Also board upgrades for customers with Sun SPARCserver 1000E or SPARCcenter 2000E systems e Sun memory upgrade UltraSPARC module upgrades from 167 MHz and 250 MHz UltraSPARC modules are available for field installation or if ordered with an Intra Family chassis upgrade can be installed at the factory System board upgrades from Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 systems are shipped separately for field installation only System board upgrades and UltraSPARC module upgrades from pre UltraSPARC processor systems or competitive systems are factory configured and intended to be used in conjunction with chassis upgrades Memory upgrades are shipped separately for field installation only Note The Return Material Authorization Kit no charge part number UG RMA is required to be ordered with any factory installed system or component upgrade This part number will ship return material information Order Receive UltraSPARC Module Upgrade Field Installed Return UltraSPARC Processor module UG M2510 M2550 250 MHz 4 MB Ecache 167 MHz 512 KB or 1 MB Ecache UG M2530 2560 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache 250 MHz 1
58. ck board which supported modules above 167 MHz Is the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module supported in a system with any 84 MHz system boards 2600A 2601A 2610A 2611A 2620A or 2630A No the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module is not supported in a system with any 84 MHz system boards due to the fact that it runs at a 4 1 CPU to Gigaplane speed ratio and requires the Gigaplane and associated system boards to run at 100 MHz What CPU modules are supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers The Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers can be ordered with factory configured 250 MHz 4 MB 336 MHz 4 MB or 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules The Sun Enterprise 6500 can be factory configured with either 250 MHz 4MB or 336 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules The 250 MHz 1 MB 167 MHz 1 MB and 167 MHz 0 5 MB UltraSPARC Modules are also supported but they not available as factory configured options Note Customers with 167 MH UltraSPARC modules who wish to migrate their modules to Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers might require a PROM upgrade as the minimum PROM level supported is 3 2 10 Why isn t the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module supported in the Sun Enterprise 6500 amp 6000 Servers The 400 MHz 4 MB module requires the Gigaplane to run at 100 MHz The Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 cannot support running the Gigaplane at 100 MHz due to the physical length of the bus Will the 400 MHz 4 MB module ever be supported in the Sun Enterprise 6000 and 6500 Servers
59. crease memory capacity must purchase an entire system board With separate CPU memory and I O boards customers can purchase only what they need If they want to add additional memory they purchase a CPU memory board This allows customers to configure systems as computing engines or I O engines which are not only less expensive but also offer much higher performance since they can configure more CPUs and memory or more I O bandwidth depending upon their application needs Another reason is design flexibility With separate CPU memory and I O boards Sun can make modifications to each type of board independently For example Sun can upgrade the Fibre Channel Interface on the I O board and not affect the CPU memory board Sun also recently introduced the new PCI I O board Ultimately this allows Sun to bring out new CPU memory and I O board modifications as well as new technologies more quickly In addition because the I O board has much more functionality than before one I O board in the Sun Enterprise 4500 server has the same I O capability as two system boards in the SPARCserver 1000E This means Sun offers greater CPU memory and I O expandability in these systems by offering separate CPU memory and I O boards Can the UltraSPARC modules be inserted and removed by anyone No Only qualified personnel should insert and remove UltraSPARC modules Why did Sun go to a new UltraSPARC module connector The new connector is more reliable t
60. criptors Ease of use Features e CDE Administration Enhancements process manager perfmeter system info monitor e CDE Productivity Enhancements file finder customizable graphical front panel and workspace menu address manager and text and voice post it notes e Printing Enhancements enhanced font management e 64 bit and AnswerBook Installation menu based selection of 64 bit or 32 bit environment and AnswerBook e Netscape 4 05 Communicator Netscape e mail HTML editor and browser e AnswerBook Enhancements Web browser interface for on line AnswerBook documentation man pages are now available in SGML format can now be run directly from the CD e man utility displays SGML format in addition to nroff format Global Language Support Enhancements e Expanded Unicode Support support for Unicode 2 1 standard e Expanded Native Language Support support for up to 37 languages and 95 locales e Complex Text Format support for bidirectional composite and context sensitive text e Euro Currency support for Euro currency symbol e More locale selections English and European versions combined on a single CD e Fully Globalized All localized versions share a single global binary Security and Stability Features e Generic Security Services Modified remote procedure call RPC based on standard GSS API e NIS Extended Security Diffie Helman key extended from 192 bits to 640 or 1024 e Directory Naming Service DNS
61. cs I O board installed Are there plans to add on board FC AL sockets to the PCI I O board No there is not enough physical space on the board to accommodate on board FC AL sockets S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I Power and Cooling Power and Cooling The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers offer a highly flexible highly reliable power and cooling environment With an N 1 system configuration where N is the minimum number of power supplies required Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers offer redundant power using power cooling modules that are hot swappable This offers customers a system that will almost never fail due to a power supply or a fan failure Power cooling module Figure 16 The Sun Enterprise 4500 Server Hot swappable Power Cooling Module Power Circuitry There are two different types of power supplies in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers power cooling modules and peripheral power supplies e Power cooling modules contain a 300 watt power supply and two variable speed fans The number of power cooling modules installed in a system depends on the system configuration e One power cooling module is required for every two adjacent boards on each side of the centerplane e The Sun Enterprise 3500 server supports a maximum of three power cooling modules e The Sun Enterprise 4500 and Sun Enterprise 5500 servers support a maximum of four power cooling modules e The Sun
62. d must be removed and a 3 3 volt riser card must be installed Do PCI cards on the same PCI I O board have to be the same voltage No There may be one 5 0 volt card and one 3 3 volt card on the same PCI I O board It must be ascertained that the appropriate riser card for each PCI card are being used Are there any software requirements for the PCI I O board Yes The PCI I O board requires Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 4 97 or higher The CPU memory boards must also have at least OpenBoot PROM software version 3 2 8 or later Can the new 100 MHz capable I O boards be used in Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers Yes The previous 84 MHz I O boards are being transitioned off the price list and these new I O boards are compatible with existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers There is no problem mixing these I O boards in a Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server that already uses the previous boards S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I Does the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server family support SBus only and mixed I O board configurations Yes However a PCI only configuration in a Sun Enterprise 3500 server does not provide a way to connect the internal FC AL disk drives This is because the PCI I O board does not have on board FC AL sockets and currently there is no PCI FC AL card available So to be able to use the internal disk drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 there must be at least one SBus I O or one Graphi
63. d from the system The cable organizer also provides that the fibre channel cables are not bent beyond their supported bend radius preventing the cables from crimping and damage it also provides mounting for the power cord restrainer that comes installed on the rear bumper Can the GBIC sockets be used on the FC AL Interface board to connect daisy chain Sun StorEdge A5X00 disk arrays to the Sun Enterprise 3500 server No the GBIC sockets on the FC AL Interface board can only be used to connect the internal FC AL drives of the Sun Enterprise 3500 server Sun StorEdge A5X00 systems must be connected to FC AL sockets on system I O boards through the on board sockets or through SBus Host Adapters Is the Sun Enterprise 3500 FC AL Interface Board orderable in a factory configuration The Sun Enterprise 3500 FC AL Interface board can be ordered either as factory configured or standalone Can pairs of FC AL sockets support both the Sun Enterprise 3500 server internal disks and Sun StorEdge A5X00 system Yes The SBus I O board and the Graphics I O board both come with a pair of on board 100 MB per second FC AL sockets In addition both types of boards support an SBus host adapter that has a pair of 100 MB per second FC AL sockets Each of these pairs of sockets can support the internal disk drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server and or the Sun StorEdge A5X00 array They can be split up so that one supports one type of device while the other socket
64. dge A7000 disk arrays e Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray e Sun StorEdge Tape Library Keep in mind that the above list is not a complete listing For example a Sun Enterprise 3500 server may also boot from external disk drives but the internal FC AL disk drives is the most commonly chosen option Also note that the SPARCstorage Array Models 100 and 200 are still supported with the above platforms although they are no longer factory configurable The disk board is designed to be used only as a system disk in the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server Its capacity is not large enough for anything else It also does not make sense to use several system slots for internal capacity in these systems External disk options can also be used as system disks Refer to the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Servers System Options document for a list of supported disk options For Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers with certain internal disk options the Solstice JumpStart Boot Image software may be factory installed at no charge The Solstice JumpStart software may be installed on the following disk storage products e Internal FC AL disk drives on the Sun Enterprise 3500 server e 8 4 GB disk board in the Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers The Solstice JumpStart software is not supported with the Sun StorEdge A5X00 array sS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 suoido Upgrades Sun offe
65. e one board filler panel for power cooling module Sun Enterprise 3000 to Sun Enterprise 4500 Intra family Upgrade UG E3000 E4500 Sun Enterprise 4500 system enclosure with clock board CD card cage one peripheral power supply and one power cooling module four board filler panels Sun Enterprise 3000 to Sun Enterprise 5500 Intra family Upgrade UG E3000 E5500 Just the Facts Sun Enterprise 5500 rack system enclosure with clock board CD card cage one peripheral power supply and one power cooling module four board filler panels S amp SUN microsystems Return Sun Enterprise 3000 system enclosure clock board CD card cage fan tray under disks Sun Enterprise 3000 system enclosure clock board CD card cage and peripheral power supplies fan tray Sun Enterprise 3000 system enclosure clock board CD card cage and peripheral power supplies February 1999 sopeibdp Sun Enterprise 3500 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will or will not migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 3500 server to an Sun Enterprise 4500 or Sun Enterprise 5500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 Internal Disk No No Clock board Yes Yes CD Yes Yes Memory Yes Yes CPU Module Yes Yes T O Boards Yes Yes CPU Memory Board Yes Yes Power Cooling Modules Yes Yes Int
66. e 3500 6500 servers as in the Ultra 1 desktop workstation The crossbar bus used in the Ultra 1 desktop workstation supports a maximum of four devices The Sun Enterprise 4500 and Sun Enterprise 5500 servers have eight slots and the Sun Enterprise 6500 server has 16 slots with multiple devices per slot Perhaps more importantly crossbar bus technology was not needed for the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 system interconnect because the Gigaplane bus is fast enough to support 30 CPUs without the use of crossbar technology At 100 MHz the Gigaplane bus provides 3 2 GB per second of sustained throughput making it suitable for large symmetrical multiprocessor SMP servers The Gigaplane bus runs at 84 MHz provides a throughput of 2 68 GB per second and is able to support up to 16 boards in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server Each board contains a UPA bus that connects to the Gigaplane bus and multiplexes the associated component loads such as CPU and SBus onto a single connection to the Gigaplane bus This design is able to support many more CPU and SBus slots than if they were connected directly to the Gigaplane bus Why is the Gigaplane XB crossbar technology used in the Sun Enterprise 10000 server not used in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers The implementation of the Gigaplane XB interconnect would have increased the cost of the system substantially The Gigaplane XB technology provides higher system throughput supports more devices
67. e 3500 6500 systems e UFS Logging logs changes to the UFS files system before updates are applied to the UFS e Year 2000 compliance no errors result when moving from date 12 31 99 to 1 1 00 or from 2 29 00 to 3 1 00 e System Crash Dump Utility Enhancement faster capture of system data and the ability to dump data to a specified dump partition at time of system crash while also using less disk space e Traceroute Utility traces the route of an IP packet to an Internet host e New system commands pgrep 1 and pkill 1 replaces combination of ps grep egrep awk and kill e UNIX 98 and UNIX 95 branding complies with industry standards specification S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 leMmyYoS Performance Enhancements e Complete 64 bit Operating Environment process addressing beyond 4 GB 32 bit barrier supports 64 bit data types and 64 bit logical and arithmetic operations e Improved Poll System Call system call for querying files e TCP SACK selective packet acknowledgment e SCSI Driver support for shared disk SCSI driver Scalability Enhancements e 64 bit Computing 64 bit virtual addressing more file descriptors processes and more available sockets e Open Sockets 15 000 times as many open sockets available to applications e Light Weight Processes support for up to 10 million times more light weight processes e File Descriptors support for 15 million times as many file des
68. e Ultra workstations is now available for the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 workstations These products address the graphics market requirements for the superworkstation to technical server segments In Sun Enterprise servers the product is targeted at users who need the high performance compute memory I O and other server support features These users need more more graphics more CPUs more I O more disk to get their jobs done New Disk Board The 4 2 GB disk board used on the Sun Enterprise 4000 6000 servers has been replaced by an 8 4 GB disk board This disk board may be used in the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 servers as well as the Sun Enterprise 4000 6000 servers Faster CD ROM All of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers include a new internal Sun StorEdge CD32 drive These 32X CD ROM drives the drive reads information 32 times as fast as a music CD are faster than the 12X CD ROM drives that were included with the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers Dynamic Reconfiguration Dynamic Reconfiguration DR is the ability to alter the configuration of a running system by bringing components online or taking them offline without disrupting system operation or requiring a system reboot With the availability of Dynamic Reconfiguration system boards can be logically and physically included into the system configuration or logically deactivated and removed while the system is running Dynamic Reconfiguration for I O boards is ava
69. e and availability For main frame class mission critical applications Highly scalable and expandable offering performance and availability required for large scale database applications Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 3500 Affordable datacenter system designed to deliver high performance and high availability for enterprise wide applications supporting thousands of users Highly expandable yet compact system delivering high performance scalability for department applications in a distributed network computing environment An affordable system for departmental business applications supporting up to hundreds of users in office environments For customers that want the investment protection of an upgrade path in an expandable family of servers Applications Data warehousing Data mining High volume OLTP LAN consolidation Analytics Internet intranet Data warehousing Data mining Business apps CMS OLTP NFS Design automation Analysis and simulation Video Database server Business apps NFS CMS Graphics imaging Modeling simulation analysis Video Markets Financial services Telecommunications Government Petroleum Education Manufacturing Finance Telecommunications Government Education Healthcare Retail Oil and gas Pharmaceuticals Chemical Internet commerce Manufacturing Finance Telecommunications Government Education Healthcare Retail Oil
70. e drive Above the slot for the optional half height tape device is the key switch The SunCD 32 CD ROM the optional tape device and the key switch are mounted behind a separate small door e The top panel does not have a hinged door as on the SPARC center 2000E The upper right front of the system cabinet will have either a bezel for the Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray or Sun StorEdge Tape Library or a blank panel when no peripherals are installed above the card cage e Customers who wish to include two or more Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays in the Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet must also order the Sun StorEdge A5000 screen door which provides additional electro magnetic interference shielding e A 9 inch air baffle is required when two Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays are installed in a Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet e An optional second power sequencer is offered to provide a second power source for configurations where the aggregate power requirements of the devices exceed the power provided by a single power sequencer The second power sequencer also provides a second power source for storage devices that support dual power inlets e When the Second Power Sequencer is ordered for installation in the system cabinets Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers the second sequencer mounting brackets for Sun Sun Enterprise 5500 and 6500 servers must also be ordered e For additional details regarding rackmounting devic
71. e package did not support any modules above 167 MHz and therefore needs to be upgraded to support 400 MHz 4 MB modules Sun Enterprise 3001 and 3002 base packages do not need to have the clock board upgraded because they shipped with a second generation clock board that supported modules above 167 MHz A 100 MHz clock board upgrade is also available part number UG ENT 100MHCLOCKB e 100 MHz capable CPU memory and I O boards 2602A 2612A 2622A and 2632A See the previous upgrade pages for a list of available 100 MHz CPU memory and I O board upgrades e An upgraded 100 MHz capable Gigaplane in the Sun Enterprise 4000 and 5000 Is the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module supported in a system with any 84 MHz system boards No the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module is not supported in a system with any 84 MHz system boards due to the fact that it runs at a 4 1 CPU to Gigaplane speed ratio and requires the Gigaplane and associated system boards to run at 100 MHz Why isn t the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module supported in the Sun Enterprise 6500 and 6000 servers The 400 MHz 4 MB module requires the Gigaplane to run at 100 MHz The Sun Enterprise 6500 and 6000 servers cannot support running the Gigaplane at 100 MHz due to the physical length of the bus Will there be a faster than 336 MHz UltraSPARC module available for the Sun Enterprise 6500 and 6000 servers Yes there will be a module available that will run faster than 336 MHz and
72. e system system board s speed s and the Gigaplane speed Which components can a customer carry forward during an Intra Family Upgrade from the Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 server to Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server Existing memory power cooling modules and internal tape devices can be carried forward In addition the following components will migrate if the customer is upgrading in order to use more system slots and plans to expand their configuration with the same speed UltraSPARC processors as they have in their existing Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 server existing CPU memory boards I O boards and UltraSPARC CPU modules What options are available to customers who are upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 3000 server to Sun Enterprise 3500 4500 or Sun Enterprise 5500 server where the internal disk does not migrate Sun offers the following disk upgrade trade in options to customers e Trade in 4 GB of disk and upgrade to 9 1 GB FC AL disk drive e Trade in 30 GB of disk and upgrade to Sun StorEdge A3000 disk array Can customers install their own upgraded system What services are available to aid them The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server upgrades can be accomplished by the customer However it is strongly recommended that the customer purchase installation services from Sun Enterprise Services Because of the variability in customer configurations installation services purchased from Sun Enterprise Services need to be quoted on a time and
73. e system is online See the Reliability Availability and Serviceability section for more details S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I SBus I O Board Fast wide SCSI 2 Ethernet RJ45 Ethernet MII Status LEDs Figure 10 SBus I O board SBus I O board features e The latest SBus I O board 2612A is capable of running at up to 100 MHz Gigaplane speed e One on board 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet port twisted pair and MII connector e One 20 MB per second fast wide SCSI 2 port e Two empty 100 MB per second FC AL sockets for GBIC modules e Three 64 bit SBus slots running at 25 MHz e Two 64 bit SBus channels offering a peak throughput of 400 MB per second SBus Channel 1 10 100 Mb sec Ethernet 20 MB sec fast wide SCSI One SBus slot SBus Channel 2 Two FC AL socket Two SBus slots SBus Controller Figure 11 S Bus I O Block Diagram Note The 84 MHz capable SBus I O boards 2610A and 2611A have been transitioned off of the price list In order to populate the FC AL sockets on the newer SBus I O boards 2611A and 2612A and enable connectivity to a Sun StorEdge A5X00 array order one or two GBIC modules 673 1A S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I Graphics I O Board SBus slot FC AL Fast wide SCSI 2 SBus slot Ethernet RJ45 Ethernet MII Status LEDs Figure 12 Graphics I O boa
74. eginning Hot swap functionality means that the components can be physically and logically removed or added while the system is running Dynamic Reconfiguration has previously been available only on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server within the Sun Enterprise server product line This feature is currently unavailable with any other general purpose UNIX platform Dynamic Reconfiguration includes e Dynamic attach Logically rather than physically including I O boards and CPU memory boards into the system configuration and making them available for use without rebooting the system For example both I O boards and CPU memory boards can be installed and logically attached while the system is online e Dynamic detach Logically rather than physically removing components from a configuration including taking the components offline and powering them down thus making them ready for physical removal Dynamic Reconfiguration for I O boards is available for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 and Dynamic Reconfiguration for CPU memory boards is expected to be available with a future version of the Solaris 7 Operating Environment in the first half of calendar 1999 Note that Dynamic Reconfiguration for I O boards requires Flashprom software release 3 2 14 or later Please refer to Availability Features in the Sun Enterprise 3500 to Sun Enterprise 6500 Server Family A Technical White Paper for
75. ernal Tape Drive Yes Yes Peripheral Power Supplies No No IB Board No No While the Sun Enterprise 3500 server internal disks are not compatible in the Sun Enterprise 4500 or Sun Enterprise 5500 servers an upgrade trade in offering is available See product announcement for details Order Sun Enterprise 3500 to Sun Enterprise Receive 4500 Intra family Upgrade UG E3500 E4500 Sun Enterprise 4500 system enclosure with card cage one peripheral power supply and one power cooling module Sun Enterprise 3500 to Sun Enterprise 5500 Intra family Upgrade UG E3500 E5500 Sun Enterprise 5500 rack system enclosure with card cage one peripheral power supply and one power cooling module Sun Enterprise 4000 to Sun Enterprise 4500 Gigaplane Upgrade UG E4000 100GIGPLN Just the Facts 100 MHz capable centerplane 100 MHz capable clockboard 32X SunCD Sun Enterprise 4500 nameplate S amp SUN microsystems Return Sun Enterprise 3500 system enclosure card cage and peripheral power supplies Sun Enterprise 3500 system enclosure card cage and peripheral power supplies Sun Enterprise 4000 centerplane SunCD clockboard nameplate February 1999 sopeibdp Upgrades to the Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 Servers The following system upgrades are available for Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers e Full system upgrade from Sun SPARCs
76. erver 6XOMP Desksides SPARCserver 1000 and SPARCcenter 2000 servers e System board upgrades for the SPARCserver 1000 and SPARCcenter 2000 servers e Full system upgrade from qualified competitive servers e Intra Family chassis upgrades Sun Enterprise 3000 5500 Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 and Sun Enterprise 5500 6500 e Inter Family chassis upgrades Sun Enterprise 4000 6500 e Gigaplane field upgrade Sun Enterprise 5000 Full System Upgrades The full system upgrades include the chassis and two power cooling modules one CPU memory board and one SBus I O board with FC AL The full system upgrades are intended to be used in conjunction with the system board upgrades and other Sun Enterprise server options to provide a method of upgrading a range of sizes of SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E servers This allows Sun to offer excellent value for large and small SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E servers in the installed base Order UG SUNSV E5500 UGS2000 E6500 Competitive Full System Upgrade CU E5500 CU E6500 Just the Facts Receive Server base package Rack enclosure chassis clock board CD two power cooling modules one CPU memory board and one SBus I O board SPARCcenter 2000E System Upgrade Server base package Rack enclosure chassis clock board CD two power cooling modules one CPU memory board and one SBus I O board Server base package
77. es and 1 GB 8 x 128 MB memory modules e Each CPU memory board supports up to 2 GB of memory e The CPU memory boards have temperature sensors located under the UltraSPARC modules that control the fan speed in the adjacent power cooling module and allow the actual temperature of individual boards to be monitored through the Sun Enterprise SyMON software e With a system design that supports multiple CPU memory boards a failure of a single UltraSPARC module or memory module will result in a temporary interruption of system operation while the system reboots itself around the failed component e The part number for the new 100 MHz capable CPU memory boards is 2602A This CPU memory board includes two empty CPU slots two empty memory banks no processors and no memory Note The 84 MHz capable CPU memory boards 2600A and 2601A have been transitioned off of the price list CPU memoryoryory Board S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 pieog AIOWSIN Ndd CPU Memory Board Questions and Answers Why did Sun change from using a single system board that included everything in the SPARCserver 1000 2000 CPU memory and I O to offering two types of boards CPU memory boards and I O boards with the Sun Enterprise 3X00 6X00 servers There are many advantages gained by offering separate CPU memory boards and I O boards The primary advantage is configuration flexibility With one system board a customer who wants to in
78. es in the Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet please see the Sun Enterprise 6500 ordering flowchart at http edss corp flowcharts E6500 new html S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 19M1 00S9 y S d1 u4 UNS Sun Enterprise Expansion Cabinet Sun Enterprise Expansion Cabinet Figure 8 The Sun Enterprise Expansion Cabinet The 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet is primarily used to rack mount Sun Enterprise 4000 and Sun Enterprise 4500 servers and is ordered without factory installed devices This data center cabinet is similar in look and size to the Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinets This section describes the features of the new 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Refer to the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 Just the Facts document for details regarding the 56 inch expansion cabinet Each expansion cabinet includes a cable for connecting the expansion cabinet to a system cabinet The cable allows control and status information to be transferred between the expansion cabinet and the system cabinet see Expansion Cabinet Cooling for more details Multiple expansion cabinets can be daisy chained to the system cabinet e The following devices may be installed in an expansion cabinet Sun Enterprise 4000 and Sun Enterprise 4500 servers Sun StorEdge A5X00 disk arrays Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage trays Sun
79. etitive upgrades TO Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise FROM Server System Yes Yes Yes Yes CPU Boards Yes Yes Yes Yes CPU Modules Yes Yes Yes Yes S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Upgrades to the Sun Enterprise 3500 and Sun Enterprise 4500 Servers The following system upgrades are available for Sun Enterprise 3500 and 4500 servers e Full system upgrade from workgroup servers e Full system upgrade from the older generation Sun servers e Full system upgrade from qualified competitive servers e Chassis upgrade from Sun Enterprise 3000 to the Sun Enterprise 3500 or Sun Enterprise 4500 servers e Gigaplane field upgrade for Sun Enterprise 4000 servers Full System Upgrades The full system upgrades to the Sun Enterprise 3500 server include the chassis a power cooling module one CPU memory board and two CPU modules The chassis upgrades to the Sun Enterprise 4500 server includes the chassis clock board and CD The full system upgrades are intended to be used in conjunction with the CPU memory board and UltraSPARC module upgrades and other options to provide a method of upgrading a range of sizes of Sun and competitive systems This allows Sun to offer excellent value for large and small servers Note The Return Material Authorization Kit no charge part number UG RMA is required to be ordered with any factory installed system or component upg
80. formation Sales tool SunWIN 84911 Ordering Flow Chart 2 99 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 5500 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 84912 Ordering Flow Chart 2 99 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 6500 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 84913 Ordering Flow Chart 2 99 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 3000 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 53154 Ordering Flow Chart 4 98 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 4000 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 53156 Ordering Flow Chart 4 98 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 5000 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 53158 Ordering Flow Chart 4 98 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 6000 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 53160 Ordering Flow Chart 4 98 Reseller web 56 Inch Sun Enterprise Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 53162 Expansion Cabinet Ordering Reseller web Flow Chart 4 98 Product Brief Sun Enterprise 3000 On line version of datasheet Sales tool SunWIN 53247 Product Brief 7 97 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 4000 On line version of datasheet Sales tool SunWIN 53250 Product Brief 7 97 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 5000 On line version of datasheet Sales tool SunWIN 53256 Product Brief 7 97 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 6000 On line version of datasheet Sales tool SunWIN 53264 Product Brief 7 97 Reseller web Solstice SYMON Overview of Solstice SYMON Sales tool SunWIN 53243 Product Brief 7 97 monitoring software Reseller web February 1999
81. h power to run the system This allows eight boards to be powered by three power cooling modules However in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server the peripheral power supply and power cooling modules have different power circuits Therefore if one power cooling module fails the only power available is from the three remaining power cooling modules which is not enough to support the systems Are there any limitations in regard to power supply redundancy N 1 associated with the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC module Yes 100 MHz Gigaplane capable 8 slot systems Sun Enterprise 4500 5500 and Sun Enterprise 4000 and 5000 servers with upgraded 100 MHz Gigaplane have an N 1 power limitation These systems do not support N 1 power if the system has seven CPU memory boards installed even with four power cooling modules installed N 1 power is supported in any other configurations of these systems assuming the correct number of power cooling modules are installed The N 1 power limitation is due to the fact that the 100 MHz system speed consumes more power than the 84 MHz system speed that we currently run at The increased power consumption does not leave enough spare power to continue running a system with seven CPU memory boards installed if one of the power cooling modules fails S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Huljooy pue 1 3MOd Do fully configured Sun Enterprise 4500 or 5500 servers with twelve 400 MHz 4 MB modules s
82. han the type of connector used in the SPARCserver 1000E Also the previous connectors did not provide the number of pins required for the new modules Are there any special requirements for upgrading to the 250 MHz 4 MB or 336 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules Yes the 250 MHz and 336 MHz modules with 4 MB of external cache should be installed on either the 2601A or the latest CPU memory board 2602A which replaced the 2601A Although the 250 MHz 4 MB and 336 MHz 4 MB modules will function and are supported on the original CPU memory board 2600A only 2 MB of Ecache will be used per module What is the software requirement for the 336 MHz modules The 336 MHz UltraSPARC module requires the Solaris 2 5 1 Operating Environment or later releases It also requires Sun Enterprise Flashprom Update 3 2 12 or later Can the newer 100 MHz capable CPU memory boards be used in Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers Yes The previous 84 MHz CPU memory boards are being transitioned off the price list and these new CPU memory boards are compatible with existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers There is no problem mixing these CPU memory boards in a Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server that already uses the previous boards S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 pieog AIOWSIN Ndd Is there any new hardware or software required to support the 400 MHz module in the Sun Enterprise 3X00 5X00 servers Yes the 400 MHz modules will require U
83. he Sun Enterprise 3500 system cabinet in order to provide space for the additional system slot e The second peripheral power supply on the Sun Enterprise 3500 server is now 195 watts instead of the 184 watts peripheral power supply used on the Sun Enterprise 3000 server e The clock board is located in the lower right next to board slot 1 The clock board has its own slot and does not use any of the five slots for the CPU memory or I O boards e A cable organizer is included with the Sun Enterprise 3500 server base package This will protect the 2 meter fibre channel cable used for connecting to the internal FC AL disk drives from excessive bending thereby maintaining optimum fibre channel performance Sun Enterprise 3500 Internal Disk Drives Internal FC AL Drives The Sun Enterprise 3500 server has two internal disk banks four disks per disk bank which support up to eight 9 1 GB FC AL disks with optional dual port connections while the Sun Enterprise 3000 server supports ten internal SCSI disks with a single connection The number of internal disks supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server was reduced in order to provide room for the additional system slot in the rear of the server The inclusion of the fifth system slot in the back of the cabinet required that the optional second peripheral power supply be redesigned and moved to the front of the cabinet resulting in less space in the front of the cabinet for disk drives The newe
84. hin a power cooling module are powered by all the power supplies in the system through current sharing With this design if a power supply fails the fans within that power cooling module continue to run e Variable speed fans minimize system noise e The Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinets includes one cabinet fan tray The cabinet fan tray includes four fans supported by two power supplies Each power supply supports two fans The cabinet fan tray in the system cabinet directs the hot air from the card cage and peripheral devices out the rear of the cabinet e Each Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet also contains one cabinet fan tray The cabinet fan tray in an expansion cabinet can be connected to the system cabinet so that the Sun Enterprise SY MON software is able to detect the failure of a cabinet fan tray in an expansion cabinet The cabinet fan tray is not hot pluggable Power and Cooling Questions and Answers If a fully configured eight board Sun Enterprise 4500 server can operate on three power cooling modules can an identically configured eight board Sun Enterprise 6500 server also operate with three power cooling modules No In the Sun Enterprise 4500 server the peripheral power supply and the power cooling modules are connected to the same power circuit Therefore if one power cooling module fails power from the other three power cooling modules plus power from the peripheral power supply provide enoug
85. ides a defined interface into the SunVTS kernel from other processes as well as the user interfaces A SunVTS execution could be initiated in a cron like fashion with no direct user interface at all e Advanced configuration and execution control Tests can be grouped together based on user requirements with fine grained execution control for status and logging information Automatic System Recovery Automatic System Recovery operates the same way in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers as in the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and SPARCcenter 2000E systems Automatic System Recovery allows Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers to recover after a component such as a UltraSPARC module CPU memory board memory module or I O board fails Upon failure the system reboots While rebooting Automatic System Recovery tests system components and identifies the failed component the system reboots around the failed component S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 u w euen Wa shsS Automatic System Recovery is driven by power on self test POST software The POST software in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 systems includes two significant changes from the POST used in the SPARCcenter 2000E e Uses a flash EPROM Flash EPROM makes it simple to update the OpenBoot PROM software in the field New PROM code can be installed from a CD ROM while the system is running e Uses a configurable rule based expert system A configurable
86. ilable for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 and Dynamic Reconfiguration for CPU memory boards is expected to be available with a future version of the Solaris Operating Environment in the first half of calendar year 1999 Please refer to the Reliability Availability and Serviceability section for more details on Dynamic Reconfiguration Alternate Pathing Alternate Pathing AP is an extension of Dynamic Reconfiguration It allows dynamic reconfiguration of the I O boards without disrupting the network or external storage connection Alternate Pathing increases overall system availability by maintaining crucial network and storage access for mission critical environments As with Dynamic Reconfiguration the Alternate Pathing feature has previously been available on the Sun Enterprise 10000 server platform These features are currently unavailable on any other general purpose UNIX platform Alternate Pathing is available for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 Please refer to the Reliability Availability and Serviceability section for more details on Alternate Pathing S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 O00SE wp2Sl4diequg uns Product Platform Specific Enhancements Sun Enterprise 3500 Server e Additional System Slot The Sun Enterprise 350
87. ith the maximum number of UltraSPARC modules or I O devices Investment Protection Virtually all of the components used in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are interchangeable These components include CPU memory boards I O boards disk boards UltraSPARC modules memory modules power cooling modules clock boards and peripherals Therefore when upgrading to a larger system for example from a Sun Enterprise 4500 server to a Sun Enterprise 6500 server customers can move these components from the existing system to the new system protecting their investment Even the previous generation Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server components can be carried over to the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server Upgradability The modular design of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers means that upgrading to new technologies and higher performance is easy These systems are designed to support future generations of UltraSPARC processors disk arrays tape devices and networking interface cards S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 O00SE p1 SHd19 u3 uns Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Server Key Facts e Each server can support multiple processors Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 1 8 1 14 1 30 e The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can be ordered with 250 MHz 4 MB or 336 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules e The Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers can also be ordered with the
88. ix CPU memory boards two I O boards and four power cooling modules have N 1 power Yes the N 1 power limitation is applicable only when the configuration includes seven CPU memory boards S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Huljooy pue 1 3MOd System Management System Diagnostics There are three types of system diagnostics tools available for the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers the Sun Validation Test Suite SunVTS Automatic System Recovery and Remote Administration Control SunVTS SunVTS is the replacement product for SunDiag diagnostics tool Like SunDiag SunVTS is run at the UNIX level and is designed to exercise the entire system It supports either a graphical user interface GUD or TTY user interface and provides error and information logging The key features of SunVTS are e UNIX level diagnostics System tests execute UNIX code under the Solaris Operating Environment e Automatic system probing The system configuration is displayed through the user interface Two user interfaces Both a graphical user interface and a character based interface are available The SunVTS kernel is cleanly separable from the user interface such that multiple user interfaces can communicate with the same SunVTS kernel The character based interface permits the writing of shell scripts to control SunVTS e Application programming interface API The API prov
89. led in the Sun Enterprise 5500 or Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet Performance Comparison The table below illustrates the significant performance increases from the entry level Sun Enterprise 3500 to the high end Sun Enterprise 6500 server Results are based on 400 MHz 4 MB Ecache modules for the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 and 336 MHz 4 MB Ecache modules for the Sun Enterprise 6500 The SPECint rate95 SPECfp rate95 and LADDIS results are available at http www specbench org results html Linpack DP Rmax based on Sol 2 6 Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Specifications 3500 4500 5500 6500 8 CPUs 12 CPUs 12 CPUs 30 CPUs Processor 400 MHz 4 MB 400 MHz 4 MB 336 MHz 4 MB Sun Microsystems 7 92 10 72 14 74 24 CPUs relative OLTP performance based on Solaris 7 SPECint_rate95 1 234 1 828 3 480 30 CPUs SPECfp_rate95 1 611 2 209 3 021 30 CPUs LADDIS 11 681 15 8 21 192 15 7 28 993 20 4 based on Solaris 6 x 336 MHz CPUs 12 x 336 MHz CPUs 24 CPUs 2 6 Linpack DP 1000 2 95 4 50 14 CPUs 5 19 30 CPUs based on Sol 2 6 5 77 10 05 14 CPUs 17 89 30 CPUs Relative OLTP performance compared to an Sun Enterprise server with a single 336 MHz UltraSPARC pro cessor with 4 MB Ecache Just the Facts S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 00SE wy2Sl4die uy uns The following table shows a performance comparison of the SPA
90. ltra Sun Enterprise Flashprom update 3 2 18 or above Other than the Flashprom version no new hardware or software is required from what is being shipped currently in the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers They will run in existing Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 servers if they have the following e 100 MHz capable CPU memory and I O boards 2602A 2612A 2622A 2632A e An upgraded 100 MHz capable Gigaplane in the Sun Enterprise 4000 and 5000 Sun Enterprise 3000 excluded as mentioned above See Upgrades section for details regarding system board and Gigaplane upgrades e Ultra Sun Enterprise Flashprom update 3 2 18 or above e 100 MHz clock board manufacturing part number 501 4946 which is required to support 100 MHz Gigaplane A100 MHz clock board upgrade is available part number UG ENT 100MHCLOCKB The clock board in the latest Sun Enterprise 3000 and Gigaplane in all Sun Enterprise 3000 servers are already 100 MHz capable so in most cases only the system boards need to be upgraded in order to support the 400 MHz 4 MB modules Only original Sun Enterprise 3000 base packages need to have the clock board upgraded This is because the original clock board in Sun Enterprise 3000 base package did not support any modules above 167 MHz and therefore needs to be upgraded to support 400 MHz modules Base packages with order numbers E3001 and E3002 do not need to have the clock board upgraded because they shipped with a second generation clo
91. material basis When does a customer need a clock board upgrade A customer needs to purchase a clock board upgrade if the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server was purchased prior to November 19 1996 and the customer wants to upgrade from 167 MHz processors to the 250 MHz or 336 MHz processor module Or if the customer is upgrading the Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 to run the 400 MHz 4 MB CPU module Can existing Sun Enterprise 4000 5000 systems be upgraded to support faster than 84 MHz Gigaplane system bus Yes See announcement dated January 26 1999 or refer to pages earlier in this section for details Where do I find more information on which servers are eligible in each of the competitive server trade in categories Contact the Installed Base Business representative in your area Are there any software compatibility issues with applications migrating to the servers based on the UltraSPARC processor architecture S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp The UltraSPARC processor based servers require a new version of the Solaris Operating Environment Solaris 2 5 1 This new version of the Solaris Operating Environment is fully binary compatible with the current version of the Solaris Operating Environment Solaris 2 5 Sun does not anticipate any major problems with ISVs supporting their application software on the next version of the Solaris Operating Environment Which SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcente
92. ment release allows boards to be attached to and detached from the system online without requiring a reboot Alternate Pathing Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 enables the network or storage connection to be moved from an active controller to a stand by controller thereby enabling Dynamic Reconfiguration of the I O boards while preserving the network storage connection Solaris Resource Manager provides the ability to allocate critical resources such as CPU and virtual memory to specific applications or users This provides efficient utilization of resources and availability of resources for important applications thus specific service levels can be delivered Serviceability Modular system design makes it easy to replace failed components Hot swap I O boards Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 make it possible to perform a full hardware installation and reconfiguration without system interruption Hot plug CPU memory boards make it possible to perform the hardware installation without system interruption CPU memory boards will become hot swap once Dynamic Reconfiguration becomes available with upcoming release of the Solaris 7 Operating Environment Hot swap power cooling modules make it easy to replace failed modules or to upgrade the power and cooling capacity of the system Ability of Sun Enterprise SyMON software to notify a system administrator of a failure allows the system administrator to determine immediately which components have failed and
93. more information on Dynamic Reconfiguration Alternate Pathing Alternate Pathing is an extension of Dynamic Reconfiguration that enhances network and external storage availability It allows dynamic reconfiguration of the I O boards without disrupting the network or external storage connection For example assume that the active Ethernet connection resides on an I O board that needs to be removed from the system Removal of the I O board means that the Ethernet controller must be taken offline however that would disconnect the network access Alternate Pathing provides the ability to switch the logical Ethernet connection to another stand by Ethernet controller residing on a different I O board thereby enabling the I O board with the original Ethernet connection to be removed without any disruption to the network connection Alternate Pathing is available for Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Ayjiqessiasas pue Appqepeay Ayqey System Architecture Overview The Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers are designed around a centerplane with system slots in both the front and rear Each slot can accommodate either a CPU memory I O or disk board with some limitations Almost any combination of boards is allowed as long as the required minimum of one CPU memory board and one I
94. mory schemes memory is divided into n banks arranged so that every nth byte is supplied by a different memory bank In a two way interleaved system the first doubleword is supplied by bank 0 while the second is supplied by bank 1 Normally the size and extent of interleave is arranged so that a single typical request is satisfied by as many banks as possible This arrangement permits a single memory request to be fulfilled without waiting for memory recycle time OpenBoot PROM amp S R SUIT microsystems February 1999 Aaesso 5 Packet switched bus Parity POST SunVTS UPA Bus XBus Just the Facts A bus in which information is transmitted in fixed sized units This type of bus is often associated with the use of split transactions Gigaplane and UPA are packet switched buses Parity is a simple technique used to verify the integrity of data Parity detects single bit errors Power on self test POST is a suite of hardware integrity tests implemented in firmware that verifies the integrity of system components Reliability availability and serviceability Reliability is a measure of the likelihood that problems will occur A highly reliable system will have few problems Once a problem occurs availability is the measure of how the system will protect the user from being adversely affected by the problem Serviceability is a measure of how easy it is to repair the problem Sun Validation Test Suite
95. need to be serviced Ability of Sun Enterprise SyMON software to predict memory and disk failures enables proactive hardware service and prevents hard failures Ability of Sun Enterprise SyMON to monitor all of the Solaris systems in the network from any desktop UNIX Windows NT Macintosh etc Improved remote administration control allows users to reboot and power cycle in a lights out environment Sun Validation Test Suite SunVTS allows users to perform UNIX diagnostics S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Ayjiqesoiasas pue Appqepeay Ayqey New RAS Features Dynamic Reconfiguration Dynamic Reconfiguration is the ability to alter the configuration of a running system by bringing components online or taking them offline without disrupting system operation or requiring a system reboot With the availability of Dynamic Reconfiguration system boards can be logically and physically included in the system configuration or logically deactivated and removed while the system is running This is particularly useful in mission critical environments if a system board has failed and needs to be replaced or if new system boards need to be added to the system for additional performance and capacity Dynamic Reconfiguration increases system availability and flexibility by allowing the hot swap CPU memory and I O board functionality that the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server hardware has supported from the b
96. ng a Intra Family Upgrade Configtool now has the ability to assess existing components when determining a valid configuration S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Upgrades Questions and Answers Why is the Return Material Authorization kit no charge part number UG RMA required for all Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 upgrades Ordering part number UG RMA will ship a Return Material Authorization kit to the customer who is trading in a server This kit houses the terms and conditions of the upgrade Is there any hardware or software required to support the 400 MHz 4 MB module in the Sun Enterprise 3X00 through 5X00 servers The 400 MHz 4 MB modules will require Sun Enterprise Flashprom update 3 2 18 or above Other than the Flashprom version no new hardware or software is required from what is being shipped currently in the Sun Enterprise 3500 through 5500 servers They will run in existing Sun Enterprise 3000 through 5000 servers if they have the following e Sun Enterprise Flashprom update 3 2 18 or above e 100 MHz clock board which is required to support 100 MHz Gigaplane The Sun Enterprise 3000 clock board and Gigaplane are already 100 MHz capable so in most cases only the system boards need to be upgraded in order to support the 400 MHz 4 MB modules Only original Sun Enterprise 3000 base packages need to have the clock board upgraded This is because the original clock board in Sun Enterprise 3000 bas
97. nly in proprietary fault tolerant and mainframe systems the Sun Enterprise 5500 server has a comprehensive set of uptime features Typical Sun Enterprise 5500 server customers may already own a six to eight CPU SPARCserver 1000E system in a stacker unit or data center cabinet Typical Sun Enterprise 5500 server customers may also have two to six CPU SPARCcenter 2000E systems The Sun Enterprise 5500 server is recommended over the Sun Enterprise 4500 server if the customer needs a rack mount system with integrated mass storage The Sun Enterprise 5500 server is also ergonomically better suited for a data center environment because it has easily accessible CD ROM and tape drives and direct access to the Sun StorEdge tape library The Sun Enterprise 5500 server also has an enhanced warranty which includes more comprehensive ServerStart system installation compared to basic installation on the Sun Enterprise 4500 server Target Markets and Users for the Sun Enterprise 6500 The Sun Enterprise 6500 server is ideal for customers who need to build network computing applications of a size and scale that previously required mainframes The customer receives the benefits of improved data access and flexibility even as databases grow to multiple terabytes Typical Sun Enterprise 6500 server customers may already own large SPARCcenter 2000 systems The Sun Enterprise 6500 server offers more than twice the CPU and memory expandability of the Sun Enterprise 550
98. ns and fail over between internal domains Other features employed by the Sun Enterprise 10000 server and the competitors include system service processor and clustering Its RAS features are comparable to mainframes In fact it can be configured to have no single point of hardware failure The Sun Enterprise 10000 server is targeted for high end commercial and technical markets Key applications include data warehousing data mining high volume OLTP LAN consolidation analytics and Internet intranet The Sun Enterprise 10000 server should be recommended over the Sun Enterprise 6500 server when e The customer s simultaneous processing and I O requirements cannot be met with one Sun Enterprise 6500 server e Customer s availability requirements cannot be met by one Sun Enterprise 6500 server e There is no reason to prefer clustered Sun Enterprise 6500 servers over one Sun Enterprise 10000 server for example if failover is not required e System administration prefers one large centralized system potentially split into domains over multiple smaller ones Note See Sun Enterprise 10000 server Just the Facts for more detailed information on this product S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 1341S 0099 009S p1 SHd19 u3 uns Product Line Comparisons Product Sun Enterprise 10000 Sun Enterprise 6500 Positioning Highest end server for customers who require the highest performanc
99. nterprise server family is ideally suited for mission critical network computing environments Family members range from the entry level Sun Enterprise Ultra 5S workgroup server up to the mainframe class Sun Enterprise 10000 server This document focuses on the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers These servers represent the next generation of the popular Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers which have been enhanced in the following areas e System expandability e Improved availability for internal disks e Higher datacenter storage density e Improved availability with Dynamic Reconfiguration and Alternate Pathing e Improved investment protection for the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 with the enhanced Gigaplane system interconnect Product Line Enhancements in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Servers Enhanced Gigaplane System Interconnect All of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers include a revised Gigaplane system interconnect The Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server Gigaplane bus has a maximum speed of 84 MHz This bus is sufficient to support the UltraSPARC processors running at up to 336 MHz when operating with a 4 1 processor to Gigaplane speed ratio The enhanced Gigaplane system bus on the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers is capable of running up to 100 MHz delivering a throughput of 3 2 GB per second The Gigaplane system bus must run at 100 MHz in order to support the new 400 MHz UltraSPARC processor with 4 MB of external cache witho
100. oduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 55828 Enterprise X000 E mail Configurations and Options 7 96 Sun Intro Ultra Sun Introduction e mail Sales tool SunWIN 52836 Enterprise X000 Server E mail Family 4 96 Sun Server Product Line Quick reference card Sales tool SunWIN 24517 Overview 4 98 Reseller web E mail Competitive Summary Quick reference card Sales tool SunWIN 24515 Servers 4 98 Reseller web E mail Sun Enterprise X000 Server Specification summary Sales tool SunWIN 53152 Family All in One 8 97 Reseller web Training IQ Kit Sales Information Detailed sales and marketing Sales tool SunWIN 83556 Quickstart 4 98 information for Sun Enterprise Reseller web 3500 6500 servers and related software IQ Kit Technical Information Detailed technical document for Sales tool SunWIN 83557 Quickstart 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers and related software ITQ Kit Reference Information Detailed resource catalog for Sales tool SunWIN 83558 Quickstart 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Reseller web servers and related software IQ Kit Facilitator s Facilitator s guide for training Sales tool SunWIN 83559 Information Quickstart 4 98 on Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers and related software Just the Facts S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 pelsqy sjeusley Collateral Product Literature Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 Servers Just the Facts
101. oducts such as the Sun StorEdge UniPack MultiPack D1000 A3500 and A5X00 products can be used as a boot device for a Sun Enterprise 3500 server without internal disk drives Such a configuration does not require an FC AL Interface board The individual FC AL connections on the FC AL Interface board are logically independent The components do get their power through a single connection However the power to the FC AL Interface board comes from the backplane which is supported by redundant power supplies Therefore the design has practically no single point of failure Figure 4 FC AL Interface board S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 13M 00SE y S ud1 uF UNS Sun Enterprise 3500 Server Questions and Answers Is the FC AL drive supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server the same as the FC AL drive supported in the Sun StorEdge A5X00 disk array Yes the same FC AL drives are supported in both the StorEdge A5X00 and the Sun Enterprise 3500 What is the purpose of the cable organizer The cable organizer which is shipped with all Sun Enterprise 3500 servers attaches easily to the rear bumper on the Sun Enterprise 3500 server Fiber cables that connect the GBICs on the FC AL Interface board and the GBICs on the I O boards should be routed through the cable organizer in a figure eight pattern This will keep the cables out of the way and secure so that they are less likely to be inadvertently detache
102. oint performance supporting up to thirty UltraSPARC modules in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server The system interconnect the Gigaplane bus delivers 2 68 GB per second throughput at 84 MHz and 3 2 GB per second at 100 MHz High speed networking is supported with integrated 10 100 Mb Ethernet and optional FDDI ISDN Token Ring and ATM interfaces Fast I O capability is supported through either 64 bit 25 MHz SBus or 64 bit 66 MHz PCI channels Reliability Availability and Serviceability Extensive RAS capabilities are among the key strengths of the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers For details on these features see Reliability Availability and Serviceability later in this document Expandability Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can be expanded from small entry level configurations to system configurations that handle terabytes of data and thousands of users Scalability Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are designed as highly modular systems Customers can easily configure these systems to meet their application requirements by using the appropriate mix of CPU memory boards and I O boards In addition as their computing or I O performance needs increase customers can easily increase the capability of these systems by simply adding UltraSPARC modules memory modules or I O boards The high throughput Gigaplane system bus and I O architecture eliminate system bottlenecks and provide balanced system performance even in a system w
103. olerant are able to withstand and recover from any system problem and offer 100 percent uptime These systems are typically more expensive that comparable fault resistant systems Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Gigaplane is the system bus that is used in the Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers The Gigaplane bus is a packet switched bus capable of offering a sustained data transfer rate of 3 2 GB per second at 100 MHz Availability is the time a particular resource such as a system application or data is accessible and usable High availability means the resource is accessible and usable a maximum amount of time A hot plug component means that it is electrically safe to remove or add that component while the machine is still running Typically the system must be rebooted before the hot plug component is configured into the system A hot swap component can be installed or removed by simply pulling the component out and putting the new one in The system will either automatically recognize the component change and configure itself as necessary or will require user interaction to configure the system however in neither case is a reboot required All hot swappable components are hot pluggable but not all hot pluggable components are hot swappable Interleaved memory helps reduce memory access time by permitting multiple memory components to operate in parallel In interleaved me
104. or one SPARCstorage Array Model 100 require two 6 inch baffles X9625A Three Sun Enterprise 4X00 systems and two Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays or two SPARCstorage Arrays Model 100 require no baffles Three Sun Enterprise 4X00 systems and any other devices Sun StorEdge RSM tray Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 array etc in any quantity requires no baffles No additional devices can be mounted in the 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet with four Sun Enterprise 4X00 servers One 6 inch are baffle X9625A is required when four Sun Enterprise 4500 system chassis are installed in a Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet A second power sequencer is also required with four Sun Enterprise 4X00 systems in a 68 inch Expansion Cabinet For additional details regarding rackmounting devices in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet please see the 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet ordering flowchart at http edss corp flowcharts E4X00Orack html Expansion Cabinet Cooling Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Each expansion cabinet has one cabinet fan tray that includes four fans supported by two power supplies Each power supply supports two fans The expansion cabinet features redundant cooling If a power supply fails two fans stop running and two fans continue to operate providing enough cooling to keep the devices in the expansion cabinet cool Expansion cabinets can be controlled by the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server and can send statu
105. ots for the CPU memory or I O boards e The cabinet fan tray contains four fans that blow hot air out the rear of the cabinet e An optional Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray Sun StorEdge Tape Library or FC AL hub tray supporting two hubs can be installed above the card cage The hub tray can also be installed below the card cage in the Sun Enterprise 6500 server in all cases except maximum configurations with three Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays e The following storage devices can be installed in the system cabinet below the card cage Upto three Sun StorEdge A5X00 disk arrays Upto four Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays Up to two Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 servers using the rack mount rails for Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 servers Note The SPARCstorage Array Model 100 series subsystems and Sun StorEdge RSM trays are still supported in the Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet however they are no longer orderable The Sun Enterprise 6500 system cabinet can support up to three SPARCstorage Array Model 100 series subsystems or up to five StorEdge RSM disk trays e A hinged door covering the lower three quarters of the cabinet offers easy access to internal components e A Sun StorEdge CD32 drive is installed in the upper left front of the system cabinet Next to the SunCD 32 is a slot for an optional half height tape device The tape device can be a 4 mm 8 mm or one quarter inch tap
106. p A 5 i snutfy z 5 football A football sheeppig sheeppig S mtdiablo airzone c mpki2 053 n Figure 17 Sun Enterprise SYMON Key Features Sun Enterprise SYMON software is Sun s next generation enterprise system management tool for Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Designed to support Sun systems Sun Enterprise SyMON technology provides a platform upon which the enterprise can base its administrative and management operations to help ensure all systems and the services they provide are highly available A powerful tool for managing the enterprise network the Sun Enterprise SYMON product enables system administrators to perform remote system configuration monitor performance and isolate hardware and software faults all through an easy to use graphical user interface Key features of Sun Enterprise SYMON software include e Common management platform scalable from a single system to thousands of server and desktop systems e Single point of management enabling effective use of administrative resources e Proactive and automated management of complex and common administrative tasks reducing the likelihood for costly errors and helping to ensure availability S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 wi NOWAS esiidiajyuq uns Configuration flexibility enabling Sun Enterprise SyMON technology to be configured out of the box to best fit the needs of the environment as well p
107. quire a PROM upgrade as the minimum PROM level supported is 3 2 10 See product announcement for details on downloading the patch for a PROM level upgrade Order Receive Return UG E5000 E6500 Sun Enterprise 5000 to Sun Enterprise 6500 Intra family Upgrade Sun Enterprise 6500 rack system enclosure with clock board CD and card cage Sun Enterprise 5000 system enclosure clock board CD and card cage UG E5000 100GIGPLN Sun Enterprise 5000 Gigaplane Upgrade 100 MHz capable centerplane 100 MHz capable clockboard 32xSunCD CD tray assembly Sun Enterprise 5000 centerplane SunCD clockboard tray assembly Just the Facts sS amp SUN microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Sun Enterprise 5500 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 5500 to an Sun Enterprise 6500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 5500 Sun Enterprise 6500 IMemory Yes CPU Module Yes I O Boards Yes CPU Memory Board Yes IPower Cooling Modules Yes Internal Tape Drive Yes Peripheral Power Supplies Yes Optional Disk Board Yes Order Receive Return Sun Enterprise 5500 to Sun Enterprise 6500 Intra family Upgrade UG E5500 E6500 Just the Facts Sun Enterprise 6500 rack system enclosure with and card cage sS amp SUN microsystems Sun Enterprise 5500 system enclosure and
108. r 2000E system components can be used in the systems based on the UltraSPARC processor architecture Upgrading from a SPARCserver 1000E or SPARCcenter2000E system requires a chassis swap The chassis system boards SuperSPARC processors and memory must be replaced The components from a SPARCcenter 2000E or SPARCserver 1000E systems that can be migrated to an UltraSPARC processor based server include SPARCstorage Array subsystems and disk trays S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Service and Support The SunSpectrum program is an innovative and flexible service offering that allows customers to choose the level of service best suited to their needs ranging from mission critical support for maximum solution availability to backup assistance for self support customers The SunSpectrum program provides a simple pricing structure in which a single fee covers support for an entire system including related hardware and peripherals the Solaris Operating Environment software and telephone support for Sun software packages The majority of Sun Microsystems Inc customers today take advantage of the SunSpectrum program underscoring the value it represents Customers should check with their local Sun Enterprise Services representative for program feature variance and availability in their area Just the Facts microsystems SU
109. r drives however can be configured to provide better disk availability than that offered by the Sun Enterprise 3000 server In the Sun Enterprise 3000 server all ten disk drives are connected to a single SCSI channel The Sun Enterprise 3500 server eliminates this single point of failure Each of the two disk banks can have one or two FC AL loops connected to the installed drives for a total of up to four loops Dual loop configurations provide a highly available redundant hardware configuration Because the two banks are independent a full configuration of eight disk drives requires a minimum of two loops one for each bank of four drives On the other hand a minimum configuration requires only one FC AL connection for up to four disk drives The new FC AL drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server still provide the hot swap capability offered with the internal SCSI drives on the Sun Enterprise 3000 server SS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 JOAIOS OOGE y S d1 uF UNS Both Solstice DiskSuite and VERITAS Sun Enterprise Volume Manager are supported disk management software for the internal FC AL drives VERITAS Sun Enterprise Volume Manager releases 2 3 2 4 2 5 and 2 6 are supported with the Solaris 2 5 1 Operating Environment VERITAS Sun Enterprise Volume Manager releases 2 4 2 5 and 2 6 are supported with the Solaris 2 6 Operating Environment Patches are associated with all of these releases VERITA
110. r is required to support the additional fifth system slot not to support the faster Gigaplane speed The new centerplane on the Sun Enterprise 4500 5500 servers is required to support the faster Gigaplane speed The new clock board is required to support the new five slot backplane on the Sun Enterprise 3500 server and the enhanced eight slot and 16 slot centerplane on the Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers respectively S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 BINS YW Wa SAS Why did Sun move from a backplane to a centerplane design Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 servers only The centerplane design allows the system to support twice as many boards for a given length of system bus This reduced length translates into an electrically shorter bus than would be possible with a backplane This is important because bus speed frequency is in part determined by bus length All other things being equal the shorter the bus the faster it can run The more densely packed centerplane also allows for more compact packaging With this configuration the Sun Enterprise 4500 server can support eight slots with a smaller footprint than the SPARCserver 1000E system that supports four slots Also the Sun Enterprise 6500 server can support 16 slots in the same size data center cabinet that supports a ten slot SPARCcenter 2000E system What happens if there isn t an I O board in slot 1 Will the sy
111. rade This part number will ship return material information Order Receive Return Workgroup Server Full System Upgrade to two CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 Base UG WRKGP E3500 C52 250 4 Server base package one Chassis system board primary UG WRKGP E3500 C62 336 4 CPU memory board and two CPU memory board and internal UG WRKGP E3500 C72 400 4 modules one Power Cooling Mod peripherals Workgroup Server Full System Upgrades to four CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 Base Note Transition Announced 1 99 UG WRKGP E3500 C54 250 4 Server base package two Chassis system board primary UG WRKGP E3500 C64 336 4 CPU memory board and four CPU memory board and internal modules and one Power Cooling peripherals modules Sun 3 Sun 4 or SPARCserver 6X0MP Desksides and SPARCserver 1000 Full System Upgrade to two CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 Base UG SUNSV E3500 C52 250 4 Server base package chassis one Chassis system board except UG SUNSV E3500 C62 336 4 CPU memory board and two CPU SPARCcenter 1000E see system UG SUNSV E3500 C72 400 4 modules one Power Cooling board upgrade below primary module memory board and internal peripherals Sun 3 Sun 4 6X0MP Desksides and SPARCserver 1000 Full System Upgrade to four CPU Sun Enterprise 3500 base Note Transition Announced 1 99 UG SUNSV E3500 C54 250 4 Server base package two Chassis system board except UG SUNSV E3500 C64 336 4
112. rays e A hinged door covering the lower four fifths of the cabinet offers easy access to internal components e A Sun StorEdge CD32 drive is installed in the upper left front of the system cabinet Next to the SunCD 32 is a slot for an optional half height tape device The tape device can be a 4 mm 8 mm or one quarter inch tape drive Next to the slot for the optional half height tape device are the key switch and system LEDs The SunCD 32 CD ROM the optional tape device and the key switch are mounted behind a separate small door e The top panel does not have a hinged door The upper right front of the system cabinet will either have a bezel for the Sun StorEdge FlexiPack removable storage tray or Sun StorEdge Tape Library or a blank panel when no peripherals are installed above the card cage e Customers who wish to include two or more Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays in the Sun Enterprise 5500 system cabinet must also order the Sun StorEdge A5000 screen door which provides additional electro magnetic interference shielding e A 9 inch air baffle is required when three Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays are installed in a Sun Enterprise 5500 system cabinet e An optional second power sequencer is offered to provide a second power source for configurations where the aggregate power requirements of the devices exceed the power provided by a single power sequencer The second power sequencer also provides a second power source for storage devices that
113. rd The graphics I O board as shown includes the following features e The latest Graphics I O board 2622A is capable of running at up to 100 MHz Gigaplane speed e One on board 10 100 Mb per second Ethernet port twisted pair and MII connector e One 20 MB per second fast wide SCSI 2 port e Two empty 100 MB per second FC AL sockets for GBIC modules e Two 64 bit SBus slots running at 25 MHz e One UPA slot for a Creator3D series 3 or Sun Elite3D m6 graphics board e One 64 bit SBus channel offering 200 MB per second data transfer FC AL EtherneSCSI EI E bi SBus Card SBus Channel 1 10 100 Mb sec Etherne 20 MB sec fast wide SCSI Two SBus slot Two FC AL sockets UPA One UPA slot SBus Controller pe S Gigaplane Bus Connector Figure 13 Graphics I O Board Block Diagram Note The 84 MHz capable Graphics I O board 2620A has transitioned off of the price list S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 spie0g O I Graphics Frame Buffers Supported The Graphics I O board can support both Creator3D series 3 and Sun Elite3D m6 frame buffers in the horizontal form factor As shown in the table below the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can support multiple board configurations Maximum Number System of Creator3D series 3 or Maximum Number Sun Elite3D m6 Frame of CPUs Buffers Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Elite3D 5 slots 3 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun
114. res the second power sequencer The following combinations of rack mounted devices are supported with one Sun Enterprise 4500 server in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Five Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays with one hub tray supporting two hubs Upto six Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays a second power sequencer is required if more than four Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays are installed in the expansion cabinet Upto eight Sun StorEdge RSM disk trays an expansion cabinet with eight or more Sun StorEdge RSM disk trays requires the second power sequencer Upto five SPARCstorage Array Model 100 Series The following combinations of rack mounted devices are supported with two Sun Enterprise 4500 servers in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Three Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays with one hub tray supporting two hubs Upto four Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 arrays S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 youiqed uoisuedxy wp2Sl4dsequg uns Upto five Sun StorEdge RSM disk trays Upto three SPARCstorage Array Model 100 Series The following combinations of rack mounted devices are supported with three Sun Enterprise 4500 servers in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Exactly three Sun Enterprise 4X00 systems no other devices in the cabinet require one 9 inch air baffle X9622A and two 6 inch air baffles X9625A Three Sun Enterprise 4X00 systems and one Sun StorEdge A5X00 array
115. ries 3 Overview Creator3D Graphics series 3 is the latest generation of the Creator Graphics product family accelerates and supports diverse types of graphics needs ranging from 8 bit and 24 bit windowing to high end 3 D graphics Creator3D Graphics series 3 is designed to match the CPU performance increase beyond the currently available CPU speeds Series 3 accelerators have one clock for the internal graphics processing and another clock for the frame buffer enabling each part to run at maximum speed independently from each other Creator3D graphics has the following features Full 2 D imaging and windowing acceleration plus full 3 D acceleration Ideal for high end 2 D mid range 3 D graphics and solids in MCAD and MCAE as well as high end imaging and color publishing applications 24 bit true color double buffered up to 1280 x 1024 28 bit Z buffer 8 bit overlay and visual planes Stereo display up to 960 x 680 at 112 Hz non interlaced double and Z buffered 15 MB 3D RAM memory 1280 x 1024 at 76 Hz standard with programmable bootprom resolution NTSC PAL video timings 128 bit DAC High resolution 1920 x 1200 at 70 Hz single buffered supporting 24 inch wide screen display S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 BINS WYO W JS S Sun Elite3D Graphics Overview Sun Elite3D greatly accelerates the rendering of 3 D triangles vectors and texture maps over what is possible with Creator or a raw CPU It does
116. roviding easy customization for new rules scripts actions etc Extensible agent architecture enabling administrators to add functionality and management features with ease Dynamic agents enabling functionality to be extended asynchronously Active configuration management controls providing a secure interface for remote dynamic reconfiguration capabilities and helping to ensure availability Single event model enabling information to be shared with multiple consoles or users with ease Multiple system support enabling administrators to monitor and manage all Solaris systems remotely Predictive failure analysis enabling administrators to predict potential memory and disk hardware failures on a statistical basis thereby enhancing decision making and increasing availability Health monitoring a sophisticated set of heuristics that incorporates a large body of administrative knowledge including an intelligent rules based health monitor that correlates metrics and gives suggested steps for resolution resulting in simplified administration Log file scanning enabling administrators to search and parse logs and registers for a particular status the foundation for application health monitoring Logical element grouping enabling the grouping of Sun systems by geographical location server role administrative responsibility etc The status of the individual systems are summarized by the group as events and alarms are issued to each sys
117. rs customers a variety of flexible upgrade paths to the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers that protect their investment Customers can choose among full system chassis only Gigaplane system bus CPU board and memory upgrades To protect customers investments Sun upgrades allow customers to carry forward as many components as possible to a Sun Enterprise 3500 Sun Enterprise 4500 Sun Enterprise 5500 or Sun Enterprise 6500 server Sun to Sun Upgrades Trade ins to the Sun Enterprise Server Family TO Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise Sun Enterprise FROM Full System Workgroup Server Yes No No No Full System Sun 3X0 4X0 Yes Yes No No Full System Sun 6X0 SS 1000 Yes Yes Yes No Full System Sun SC2000 No Yes Yes Yes Intra Family Chassis Upgrade from No Yes Yes No Sun Enterprise 3000 or Sun Enterprise 3500 Intra Family Chassis Upgrade from No No No Yes Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 Intra Family Chassis Upgrade from No No No Yes Sun Enterprise 5000 or Sun Enterprise 5500 Gigaplane Field Upgrade N A Yes Yes No CPU Memory Board Upgrades Yes Yes Yes Yes T O Board Upgrades Yes Yes Yes Yes CPU Module Upgrades Yes Yes Yes Yes Memory Upgrade Yes Yes Yes Yes Competitive Upgrades Trade ins to the Sun Enterprise Server Family Existing investments in other hardware not by Sun can be preserved by upgrading to Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 systems through comp
118. rsion of the system during the POST Customers with versions below 3 2 10 can download a patch for the PROM level upgrade at URL http sunsolve sun com access is limited to customers on Sun Enterprise Services contract Do the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 servers support the previous 4 2 GB disk board Yes Do current Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 server customers need to upgrade their existing CPU memory and I O boards Only if 400 MHz 4 MB CPU modules are being installed will the customer be required to have 26X2A 100 MHz compatible CPU memory and I O boards installed Otherwise their current CPU memory boards are capable of supporting 167 MHz 250 MHz or 336 MHz UltraSPARC modules However in S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp order to take advantage of the 4 MB cache of either the 250 MHz 4 MB or 336 MHz 4 MB CPU modules either the 2601A or 2602A CPU memory board is needed The older 2600A CPU memory boards support modules with 4 MB cache but only 2 MB of cache per processor is used Can Sun Enterprise Server systems support a combination of new and older CPU memory boards and or I O boards No if 400 MHz 4 MB CPU modules are installed Yes if slower speed modules are installed in which case the old and new boards may be mixed in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers and in the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers In a mixed configuration the server runs at the speed of the lowest speed component in th
119. rt the enhanced Gigaplane speed of up to 100 MHz and thereby support the new 400 MHz processor The upgrade involves system boards UltraSPARC modules and a base package upgrade kit The base package upgrade kit varies among the server models and may include a new clock board Gigaplane centerplane and an enhanced SCSI peripheral tray for the Sun Enterprise 5000 system In most cases the clock board and four slot backplane can run the Gigaplane system bus at up to 100 MHz in the Sun Enterprise 3000 server without requiring a base package upgrade see the Upgrades section for details The Ultra Port Architecture UPA bus is used as an intermediate bus connecting CPU memory boards and I O boards to the Gigaplane bus The UPA bus also runs at the same speed as the Gigaplane system bus with a peak throughput of 1 3 GB per second at 84 MHz and 1 55 GB per second at 100 MHz Reducing the memory latency of the system bus was one of the primary system bus design goals The memory latency for the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers is approximately one fourth the memory latency of the SPARCcenter 2000E system This reduction was the result of the following design changes e Separate address data and control signals In the SPARCserver 1000E system the address and data shared the same bus In the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers the address and data use separate buses This allow
120. s information to the system cabinet through a connection between the expansion cabinets and the system cabinet Specifically the connection supports the following When a cabinet fan tray fails in an expansion cabinet the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server is notified of this failure A system administrator monitoring the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server status will be able to see when a cabinet fan tray fails in an expansion cabinet The system administrator is able to turn off the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server and all expansion cabinets connected to the Sun Enterprise 4500 server with either the Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server key switch or through a software command SS amp SUN youiqed uoisuedxy wp2s4dsequg uns Expansion Cabinet Questions and Answers What is the difference between the 56 inch and 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet Basically the only difference is the height of the cabinet One more 12 inch door panel was added to increase the height to 68 inches Additional space allows more devices in the cabinet which in turn requires more power Therefore an optional second power sequencer is offered As mentioned earlier if two or more Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays are to be installed in the Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet the customer must also order the Sun StorEdge A5000 front screen door which provides additional electro magnetic interference shielding Can the peripherals in an existing SPARCcenter
121. s read requests to be transmitted on the address bus at the same time data from the previous read request is being transmitted on the data bus e Wider data buses The data buses throughout the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 and Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers are two to four times wider than the data buses in the SPARCserver 1000E systems S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 1N 39 1491y Wa SAS Sun Enterprise Difference Difference Data Bus 3000 6000 SPARCserver compared to SPARCcenter compared to Sun 1000E SPARCserver 2000E SPARCcenter Enterprise 1000E 2000E 3500 6500 Memory data bus 576 bits 72 bits 8 times 144 bits 4 times Data bus 288 bits 72 bits 4 times 72 bits 2 times CPU data bus 144 bits 64 bits 2 times 64 bits 2 times e Faster bus The Gigaplane bus which runs at 84 MHz with the potential of running up tol00 MHz is faster than the 50 MHz XDBus used in the SPARCserver 1000E and SPARCcenter 2000E e Enhanced arbitration cycles Zero cycle arbitration mode used in certain situations greatly reduces bus arbitration time Additionally by using two cycle address and data packets versus two to nine cycles on the SPARCserver 1000E system devices have much less time to wait in order to get on the bus e Faster memory response A number of techniques are employed to get a faster response to data requests 576 bit wide memory 16 way memory interleave Read
122. so order the Sun StorEdge A5000 screen door which provides additional electro magnetic interference shielding A 9 inch air baffle is required when five Sun StorEdge A5X00 arrays are installed in a Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet An optional second power sequencer is offered to provide a second power source for configurations where the aggregate power requirements of the devices exceed the power provided by a single power sequencer The second power sequencer also provides a second power source for storage devices that support dual power inlets The Expansion cabinet comes with mounting brackets already installed so no Second Sequencer mounting brackets need be ordered Note Please note that the SPARCstorage Array model 100 series subsystems model 200 series controllers and Sun StorEdge RSM trays are supported in the 68 inch Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet system cabinet however they are no longer orderable The Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet can support a maximum of seven SPARCstorage Array Model 100 Series disk arrays or a maximum of ten StorEdge RSM disk trays an expansion cabinet with 8 or more RSM disk trays requires the second power sequencer Up to four Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 servers may be mounted in a Sun Enterprise expansion cabinet using the rack mount rails for the Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 server An expansion cabinet with four Sun Enterprise 4000 or Sun Enterprise 4500 systems requi
123. stem be functional Yes it will be fully functional with the exception that the internal CD ROM and tape drives will not be accessible Will the new enhanced Gigaplane system bus provide increased system performance while running 250 MHz or 336 MHz UltraSPARC processors No the performance benefits of the enhanced Gigaplane system bus is realized only when using processors with clock speeds in excess of 336 MHz The Gigaplane system bus runs at up to 84 MHz when using 250 MHz or 336 MHz processors However the new 400 MHz UltraSPARC processor increases the speed and throughput of the Gigaplane system bus enabling it to run at up to 100 MHz and provide a throughput rate of up to 3 2 GB per second 2 68 GB per second on the Sun Enterprise 6500 Gigaplane system bus which is capable of running at 84 MHz Does the change to the Gigaplane system bus mean that the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers perform better than similarly configured Sun Enterprise 3000 5000 servers No There are three component speeds that determine the speed of the server the speed of the Gigaplane system bus the speed of the system boards and the speed of the UltraSPARC module These systems use the same processors as the previous systems Therefore the Gigaplane system bus runs at the same speed in all systems providing the same performance S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 1N 39 1491y Wa SAS Graphics Support Creator3D Graphics se
124. ster over 84 MHz Gigaplane speeds In addition the Graphics I O board has been modified the pair of on board 25 MB per second fiber channel sockets has been replaced by a pair of on board 100 MB per second FC AL sockets These new FC AL sockets provide on board connection to the internal disk drives in the Sun Enterprise 3500 server or to Sun StorEdge A5000 disk arrays Can I use the 100 MHz compatible system boards in Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers Yes These new system boards are compatible with existing Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers There is no problem mixing these system boards in a Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 server that already uses the previous system boards What CPU modules are supported in the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers can be ordered with factory configured 250 MHz 4 MB 336 MHz 4 MB or 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC modules The 250 MHz 1 MB 167 MHz 1 MB and 167 MHz 0 5 MB UltraSPARC modules are also supported but they not available as factory configured options Note Customers with 167 MHz UltraSPARC processors who wish to migrate their modules to Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers might require a PROM upgrade as the minimum PROM level supported is 3 2 10 How does a customer determine the PROM level on their system And if the PROM level is below 3 2 10 how can the customer obtain a PROM upgrade The system POST Power On Self Test displays the OpenBoot PROM software ve
125. supply The peripheral power supply is hot pluggable but not redundant in these platforms The Sun Enterprise 3500 server supports a second hot swappable peripheral power supply The peripheral power supply provides power for the internal SCSI devices and the FC AL internal disk drives as well as additional power for the system boards If the primary peripheral power supply fails the system continues to run but the internal SCSI devices are not functional unless the system has a second peripheral power supply The primary peripheral power supply includes the AC inlet so it is not hot swappable Only the second peripheral power supply is hot swappable S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 Huljooy pue 1 3MOd System Cooling Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers have multiple power cooling modules for cooling the CPU memory T O and disk boards Sun Enterprise 4500 6500 server only and one set of dual fans to cool the AC distribution assembly clock board and peripherals e The power cooling modules include a power supply and two variable speed fans e With dual variable speed fans if one fan fails the other fan speeds up to increase its cooling capacity e The power cooling module is hot swappable Therefore if a fan fails the power cooling module can be replaced assuming the system is configured for power cooling redundancy while the system is running without any adverse effects to the system e The fans wit
126. support dual power inlets e When the Second Power Sequencer is ordered for installation in the system cabinets Sun Enterprise 5500 and Sun Enterprise 6500 servers the second sequencer mounting brackets for Sun Enterprise 5500 and 6500 servers must also be ordered e For additional details regarding rackmounting devices in the Sun Enterprise 5500 system cabinet please see the Sun Enterprise 5500 ordering flowchart at http edss corp flowcharts E5500 new html S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 J AI9S 00SS y S d1 uF UNS Sun Enterprise 6500 Server Sun Enterprise 6500 System Cabinet i K itch ripher CE ROM Griye ye Power cooling ai ll Benpheral powersupply Clock board Tape drive optional Sun ison Stocdse A Library FlexiPag Sun StorEdge Library FlexiPack Tray or Hub Tray H CPU memory n i ee oe eee and I O board pag a T slots H ii E ez Cabinet ss fan tray Pir ella HE c ere Ng oe Ei nn 7 a a n E n r T Sun StorEdge Sun StorEdge D1000 Array A A5000 z R i Sun StorEdge o Sun StorEdge Optional second A D1000 Array power sequencer F H Sun StorEdge FE A5000 Power sequencer Front view Rear view Figure 7 The Sun Enterprise 6500 System Cabinet The Sun Enterprise 6500 system enclosure is a 68 inch tall data center cabinet 12 inches taller than both the Sun Enterprise 6000 cabinet and the
127. support includes e Sun Ultra 1 Ultra 2 Ultra 5 Ultra 10 Ultra 30 Ultra 60 and Ultra 450 workstations e Sun Enterprise 3X00 Sun Enterprise 4X00 Sun Enterprise 5X00 and Sun Enterprise 6X00 servers e SPARCserver 1000 and SPARCserver 1000E servers e SPARCcenter 2000 and SPARCcenter 2000E servers Additional hardware dependent configuration management function support will be available from the Sun Enterprise SYMON web site www sun com products symon after version 2 0 ships These platforms include but are not limited to Sun Enterprise 150 Sun Enterprise 250 Sun Enterprise 450 and Sun Enterprise 10000 servers and the Sun StorEdge A5X00 array Sun Enterprise SyMON Licensing Usage Sun Enterprise SyMON 2 0 software is available off the web free of charge to manage an individual server or desktop www sun com products symon A right to use license is required to manage additional servers or desktops network devices from one Sun Enterprise SYMON server layer S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 wi NOWAS esiidiajyuq uns Sun Enterprise SyMON System Monitor Questions and Answers How is Sun Enterprise SYMON different from previous versions Sun Enterprise SyMON is a major new release compared to the existing release It provides several new and enhanced features such as e Multiple system support Administrators can remotely monitor and manage all the Solaris systems in their environments and have
128. sure with clock board CD and card cage clock board CD and card cage S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Sun Enterprise 4500 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 4500 to an Sun Enterprise 6500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 6500 IMemory Yes ICPU Module Yes I O Boards Yes CPU Memory Board Yes IPower Cooling Modules Yes Internal Tape Drive Yes Peripheral Power Supplies Yes Optional Disk Board Yes Order Receive Return Sun Enterprise 4500 to Sun Enterprise 6500 Intra family Upgrade UG E4500 E6500 Sun Enterprise 6500 rack system enclosure and card cage Sun Enterprise 4500 system enclosure and card cage Just the Facts sS amp SUN microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Sun Enterprise 5000 Component Migration The following is a summary table detailing which components will migrate when upgrading from the Sun Enterprise 5000 to an Sun Enterprise 6500 server FROM TO Sun Enterprise 5000 Sun Enterprise 6500 IMemory Yes CPU Module Yes I O Boards Yes CPU Memory Board Yes IPower Cooling Modules Yes Internal Tape Drive Yes Peripheral Power Supplies Yes Optional Disk Board Yes Migrate these boards modules only if current speed is to be maintained Migrating 167 MHz modules might re
129. tch is located behind the door in the upper right corner amp Sun Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 JOAIOS OOSE y S d1 uF UNS e There are five slots in the bottom portion of the cabinet for CPU memory boards and I O boards The slots are numbered 1 3 5 7 and 9 from right to left e The Sun Enterprise 3500 server comes with at least one power cooling module located above slots 1 and 3 If a second power cooling module is required it would fit above slots 5 and 7 to the left of the first power cooling module e A fan tray above the peripheral power supply is also included in an entry configuration e A third power cooling module can be used for redundant power in a system with three or more boards To install the third power cooling module the existing fan tray located to the left of the second power cooling module must be removed The third power cooling module fits into this slot e In addition to three power cooling modules a second peripheral power supply is required for full N 1 power supply redundancy in a five board Sun Enterprise 3500 server configuration e The first peripheral power supply is located in the lower left of the cabinet rear A spot for the second optional peripheral power supply is located in the lower right of the Sun Enterprise 3500 cabinet front This second peripheral power supply is located in the rear of the Sun Enterprise 3000 system cabinet It was redesigned and moved to the front of t
130. te RAS details e Hot plug boards e Hot swap power e Hot swap cooling e Redundant power e ASR e Remote control e ECC protected data paths e ECC memory e CPU power control Solaris 2 6 Operating Environment e Hot swap FC AL disks e RAIDO 1 5 e Hot disk sparing e Hot swap boards e Fault tolerant power e ASR e Hostview e Remote control e ECC protected data paths e ECC memory e Dynamic domains RAS features with Solaris 2 6 Hardware 5 98 Dynamic Reconfiguration Hot swap for I O boards Alternate Pathing Currently available Latest RAS and Resource Management features Future RAS features Sun Enterprise SYMON replaced Solstice SNMON Solaris Resource Manager Dynamic Reconfiguration Hot swap for CPU memory boards Currently available Just the Facts S amp SUN microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 O00SE wp2Sl4dsiequy uns Sun Sun Sun Specifications om er ae Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Sun T 4500 5500 6500 Operating Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 11 97 or Solaris 2 6 Hardware 3 98 or later or Solaris 7 Environment Warranty One year next day on site One year 4 hours on site may vary according 8 hour phone 4 hour phone to geography i Sun Enterprise 6500 system bus cannot run at 100 MHz and therefore does not support the 400 MHz 4 MB UltraSPARC processor i Two patches are required for Sun Enterprise 3500
131. tem Hierarchy and topology viewer a central management application that displays the hierarchy and a topology map of all the objects that are being managed Automatic discovery of Sun systems including IP address subnet address hostnames and OIDs to identify specific types of systems as well as parametric scheduling Physical viewer displaying photo realistic images of hardware components and pointing to components with an associated event enabling administrators unfamiliar with a particular Sun platform to quickly determine which components need to be replaced Logical viewer presenting a tree hierarchy of the managed host or domain including all hardware and operating system components If an event is associated with a particular component the logical viewer will identify its exact location within the hierarchy Event and alarm management providing administrators with the information they need when they need it Enterprise wide security measures such as authentication data integrity and access control lists for management of data and active management functions Real time performance analysis enabling administrators to isolate potential and existing bottlenecks Standard interfaces and protocols enabling integration with third party management tools including Tivoli and Computer Associates thereby providing a complete enterprise management solution Full SNMP connectivity enabling information to be shared with other enterprise
132. tem slot the Sun Enterprise 3500 server also features a 32X CD ROM drive and improved disk availability with Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL internal disk drives Despite the expansion of system slots and the changes to the internal disks the Sun Enterprise 3500 server maintains the footprint compact overall dimensions and power supply redundancy of the Sun Enterprise 3000 server Features e A hinged door covering the lower three quarters of the cabinet offers easy access to internal disk drives and the key switch e Two built in disk banks hold up to eight internal hot swap FC AL disk drives This is fewer than the ten SCSI disk drives offered with the Sun Enterprise 3000 server The newer drives however can be configured to provide better disk availability please see the Sun Enterprise 3500 Internal Disk Drives section for details on the FC AL disks e A Fibre Channel Interface board is located in a dedicated slot between the fifth system board slot and the peripheral power supply This board serves as the interface between the FC AL drives and the first I O board please see the Sun Enterprise 3500 Internal Disk Drives section for details regarding the Fibre Channel Interface board e A Sun StorEdge CD32 drive is installed in the upper left of the cabinet e An optional tape drive may be installed to the right of the CD ROM drive The tape drive can be a 4 mm 8 mm or one quarter inch tape drive e The key swi
133. ut changing the processor to Gigaplane speed ratio This new 400 MHz 4 MB processor is supported on the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 The Gigaplane on the Sun Enterprise 6500 server cannot run at 100 MHz and therefore does not support this 400 MHz 4 MB processor The maximum Gigaplane speed on the Sun Enterprise 6500 will remain at 84 MHz Please note however that a future UltraSPARC processor which runs faster than 336 MHz will be available for the Sun Enterprise 6500 as well as the Sun Enterprise 6000 servers Please see the System Architecture section for further details regarding the enhanced Gigaplane system interconnect New System Boards New system boards CPU memory boards SBus I O boards Graphics I O boards and PCI I O boards are available to support the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers These boards are designed to support the enhanced Gigaplane system bus In addition the on board fibre channel sockets on the Graphics I O board have been modified to support 100 MB per second Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL connectivity These systems boards may also be used in the Sun Enterprise 3000 6000 servers Please see the CPU Memory Board and I O Board sections for further details S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOdg 18A19S 0099 009S p1 SHd19 u3 uns Availability of Sun Elite3D m6 and Creator3D series 3 Graphics Support The high performance graphics previously available in th
134. ve on the remaining memory This permits considerably higher memory subsystem performance Why can t the memory modules from the SPARCcenter 2000E or SPARCserver 1000E be used in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers The Ultra 1 systems use the memory modules from the previous generation of desktops Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server architecture requires 3 3 volt memory modules All of Sun s previous generation memory modules were 5 volt In addition the desktop memory modules are too tall for the CPU memory board spacing The JEDEC memory modules fit both the form factor and voltage requirements Does the use of industry standard memory modules mean that customers can buy off the shelf memory modules for use in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Yes as long as the memory modules are the correct size density form and voltage However Sun cannot guarantee that memory modules from third party vendors will operate properly in Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers Sun does not support third party memory options Do Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers need more memory per processor compared to the SPARCcenter 2000E and SPARCserver 1000E systems If so why and how much Yes With the SPARCcenter 2000E system the general rule is that each processor should have at least 64 MB of RAM With Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers the general rule is that each processor should have at least 128 MB of RAM The reason is that the UltraSPARC modules in the Sun
135. ver is now housed in a taller data center cabinet The new cabinet is 68 inches tall compared to 56 inches for the Sun Enterprise 5000 cabinet The taller cabinet was designed to support additional storage devices such as an additional Sun StorEdge A5X00 array without increasing the system footprint The width and depth of the new data center cabinet remain the same as the Sun Enterprise 5000 cabinet Sun Enterprise 6500 Server As with the Sun Enterprise 5500 server the Sun Enterprise 6500 server includes the 32X CD ROM and is also housed in a new 68 inch data center cabinet compared to 56 inches for the Sun Enterprise 6000 cabinet As indicated earlier the Gigaplane system bus on the Sun Enterprise 6500 unlike the Sun Enterprise 3500 5500 servers does not run faster than 84 MHz SS amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 HuIUOI ISOd 18A19S 00S9 O00SE p1 SHd19 u3 uns Key Messages The Sun Enterprise servers offer excellent performance reliability availability and serviceability RAS along with expandability investment protection and upgradability Performance excellence can be substantiated by comparing Sun Enterprise 6500 SPECint rate95 SPECfp_rate95 and TPC C results to competitive systems from HP IBM and DEC Compaq Performance The Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 servers share a common architecture that is designed to offer balanced system performance The systems feature outstanding integer and floating p
136. viceability The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is also ideal for price sensitive customers who need integrated storage or want the investment protection offered by an expandable family of servers Typical Sun Enterprise 3500 server customers may already own a SPARCserver 20 or an entry level SPARCserver 1000E system The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is recommended for running the new generation of network based business programs such as SAP R 3 Oracle Financials or PeopleSoft Human Resources The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is also recommended for use in technical environments The Sun Enterprise 3500 server can be used for running dedicated computation intensive applications and high end graphics applications such as ECAD and MCAD Sun also offers the Sun HPC 3500 which combines the Sun Enterprise 3500 server with High Performance Computing HPC software that allows the platform to scale in the most demanding technical and supercomputing environments The Sun Enterprise 3500 server is designed to be primarily a single enclosure system however it does support external peripherals such as the Sun StorEdge A1000 D1000 A3500 and Sun StorEdge A5X00 products The Sun Enterprise 3500 server should be recommended over the Sun Enterprise 450 server when the customer requires more than four CPUs and 4 GB of memory or when the customer needs the expandability and investment protection offered by the Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 server family Target Markets
137. web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac Sun WIN Reseller web Comac SunWIN Reseller web Comac Token or Comac order 52489 52966 52499 63142 81540 69480 BE607 1 81065 DE827 0 81067 DE828 1 81070 DE829 0 81072 DE830 0 53188 DE647 1 53190 DE644 2 53194 DE658 1 53221 DE643 1 February 1999 pelsqy sjeusley Just the Facts S amp SUN microsystems Token or Collateral Description Purpose Distribution Comac order Product Literature continued Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 In depth discussion of Sun Sales tool Sun WIN 84915 Server Family Architecture Enterprise 3500 6500 server Reseller web and Implementation White architecture Paper 4 98 Ultra Sun Enterprise In depth discussion of Sun Sales tool Sun WIN 53094 3000 6000 Server Family Enterprise 3000 6000 server Reseller web Architecture and architecture Implementation White Paper 4 98 Availability Features in the In depth technical discussion Sales tool Sun WIN 88368 Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 of Sun Enterprise 3500 6500 Reseller web Server Family White Paper server availability features 4 98 Sun Enterprise 3500 Ordering information Sales tool SunWIN 84910 Ordering Flow Chart 2 99 Reseller web Sun Enterprise 4500 Ordering in
138. will not require the Gigaplane T O boards or 2601 A 2602A CPU memory boards to be upgraded 2600A CPU memory boards will need to be upgraded Up to 30 of these future modules will be supported and all sixteen Gigaplane slots will be able to be utilized Will the 400 MHz 4 MB module ever be supported in the Sun Enterprise 6500 and 6000 Servers No the 400 MHz 4 MB module will never be supported in the Sun Enterprise 6500 and 6000 Servers S amp SUN Just the Facts microsystems February 1999 sopeibdp Is it necessary to upgrade the Gigaplane in order to support faster than 336 MHz modules in the Sun Enterprise 3000 through 5000 servers At this time yes but in the future there will be a new module available that will run at faster than 336 MHz speeds and will not require the Gigaplane I O boards or 2601 A 2602A CPU memory boards to be upgraded 2600A CPU memory boards will need to be upgraded What is the benefit of the enhanced Gigaplane system bus and system boards Sun provides investment protection for near term performance growth requirements on the Sun Enterprise 4000 and Sun Enterprise 5000 Offering this Gigaplane upgrade enables customers to use the faster 400 MHz 4 MB processors All system boards in the Sun Enterprise 4000 Sun Enterprise 5000 must be upgraded to be 100 MHz compatible to take advantage of the Gigaplane upgrade Why does Sun have new system boards The new system boards are capable of supporting the fa

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