C H A P T E R 1 - Sun Fire Product Overview

C H A P T E R 1

Sun Fire Product Overview

This chapter discusses the features and capacity of the Sun Fire E6900 and Sun Fire E4900 systems.

This family of servers provides entry-level to high-end server functionality. The Sun Fire E6900 system has space for internal peripherals mounted within the 19-inch cabinet. You have the flexibility with the remaining system to install it in industry-standard 19-inch cabinets or have it preinstalled in a Sun Fire system cabinet. The Sun Fire system cabinet can hold one Sun Fire E4900 system.

1.1 Standard Features

The standard features of these systems include:

Rackmountable in industry standard 19-inch rack (Sun Fire E4900)

Support for up to 24 CPUs

Support for up to 32 PCI/PCI+/PCI-X I/O slots

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

Front angled views of a Sun Fire E6900 system, Sun Fire cabinet, and a skinless Sun Fire E4900 system

The Sun Fire E6900 and E4900 systems share the following components:

CPU/Memory board

CPU processors

Memory DIMMs

PCI/PCI+/PCI-X I/O assembly

PCI I/O cards

System Controller board (version 2 with enhanced memory)

Repeater board

1.2 Machine Configurations

Two machine configurations are available:

Sun Fire E6900 system

Sun Fire E4900 rackmountable system

1.2.1 Sun Fire E6900 System

The Sun Fire E6900 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 E6900 system cabinet. TABLE 1-1 lists the features of the Sun Fire E6900 system.

TABLE 1-1 Sun Fire E6900 System Features
Features	Quantity or Description
CPU/Memory boards	6
CPUs	24
Maximum memory	192 DIMM sockets
I/O assemblies	4 (PCI/PCI+/PCI-X)
System Controller boards (version 2)	2
Repeater boards	4
Domains	4 maximum
Power supplies	6
Power requirements	200-240 VAC
Redundant cooling	Yes
Redundant AC input	Yes
Internal peripherals	None (However, space is available in the cabinet for peripherals options.)
Packaging	Sun Fire E6900 cabinet

FIGURE 1-2 Sun Fire E6900 System Cabinet--Front and Rear Views

Front and rear view of a Sun Fire E6900 system cabinet.

1.2.2 Sun Fire E4900 System

The Sun Fire E4900 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 E4900 system. TABLE 1-2 lists the features of the Sun Fire E4900 system.

TABLE 1-2 Sun Fire E4900 System Features
Features	Quantity or Description
CPU/Memory boards	3
CPUs	12
Maximum memory	96 DIMM sockets
I/O assemblies	2 (PCI/PCI+/PCI-X)
System Controller boards (version 2)	2
Repeater boards	2
Domains	2 maximum
Power supplies	3
Power requirements	200-240 VAC
Redundant cooling	Yes
Redundant AC input	No
Internal peripherals	None
Packaging	Rackmountable, or mounted in a Sun Fire cabinet

FIGURE 1-3 Sun Fire E4900 System--Front and Rear Views

Front and rear view of a Sun Fire E4900 system.