Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Overview

This chapter discusses the features and capacity of four Sun Fire servers:

• Sun Fire 6800 system
• Sun Fire 4810 system
• Sun Fire 4800 system
• Sun Fire 3800 system

This family of servers provides entry-level to high-end server functionality. The Sun Fire 6800 system has space for internal peripherals mounted within the 19-inch cabinet. You have the flexibility with the remaining three systems to install them in industry-standard 19-inch cabinets or have them preinstalled in a Sun Fire systemcabinet. The Sun Fire system cabinet can hold one Sun Fire 4810 system, one Sun Fire 4800 system, or a maximum of three Sun Fire 3800 systems.

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1.1 Standard Features

The standard features of these systems include:

• Rackmountable in industry standard 19-inch rack1
• Support for up to 24 CPUs and 192 Gbytes of memory
• Support for up to 32 I/O slots, PCI, and CompactPCI I/O modules
• Extensive redundancy
• System controllers
• Support for multiple domains
• Concurrent hardware maintenance
• Common components
• Redundant power and cooling
• 9.6-Gbyte bus bandwidth

 FIGURE 1-1 Sun Fire Systems and Sun Fire Cabinet

The Sun Fire family of servers, of which the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems are members, share many common components, as shown in the following table.

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1.2 Machine Configurations

Four machine configurations are available:

• Sun Fire 6800 system
• Sun Fire 4810 rackmountable system
• Sun Fire 3800 rackmountable system
• Sun Fire 4800 deskside or rackmountable system

1.2.1 Sun Fire 6800 System

The Sun Fire 6800 system has support for six CPU/Memory boards, four I/O assemblies, four Repeater boards and two System Controller boards. Although there are four Repeater boards, they are logically two redundant repeaters (two boards together make up one logical repeater). FIGURE 1-2 shows front and rear views of the Sun Fire 6800 system cabinet. TABLE 1-2 lists the features of the Sun Fire 6800 system.

 FIGURE 1-2 Sun Fire 6800 System Cabinet--Front and Rear Views

1.2.2 Sun Fire 4810 System

The Sun Fire 4810 system has support for three CPU/Memory boards, two I/O assemblies, two Repeater boards, and two System Controller boards. FIGURE 1-3 shows front and rear views of the Sun Fire 4810 system mounted in an optional Sun Fire cabinet. TABLE 1-3 lists the features of the Sun Fire 4810 system.

 FIGURE 1-3 Sun Fire 4810 System Mounted in Optional Sun Fire Cabinet--Front and Rear Views

1.2.3 Sun Fire 4800 System

The Sun Fire 4800 system has support for three CPU/Memory boards, two I/O assemblies, two Repeater boards, and two System Controller boards. FIGURE 1-4 shows front and rear views of the Sun Fire 4800 system. TABLE 1-4 lists the features of the Sun Fire 4800 system.

 FIGURE 1-4 Sun Fire 4800 System--Front and Rear Views

1.2.4 Sun Fire 3800 System

The Sun Fire 3800 system supports two CPU/Memory board slots, two I/O assemblies, and two System Controller boards. The Sun Fire 3800 system is different from the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800 systems in that it does not have Repeater boards, and uses a different System Controller board and I/O assemblies.

FIGURE 1-5 shows front and rear views of the Sun Fire 3800 system mounted in an optional Sun Fire cabinet. TABLE 1-5 lists the features of the Sun Fire 3800 base system.

 FIGURE 1-5 Sun Fire 3800 System Mounted in Optional Sun Fire Cabinet--Front and Rear Views

Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Overview

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