C H A P T E R  1

Product Description

Topics covered in this chapter are:


1.1 Product Overview

The Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 workstations can be configured with the features described in TABLE 1-1 and shown in .


TABLE 1-1 Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 Workstations Features

Feature

Description

Processor

One or two CPUs - 1.6GHz UltraSPARCtrademark IIIi CPU with 1 MB integrated Level2 cache, heat sink, and fan

Note: Ultra 25 workstation has one 1.34GHz UltraSPARC IIIi CPU with 1 MB integrated Level2 cache, heat sink, and fan.

Operating system

Preinstalled Solaris 10 1/06 Operating System, supporting 32-bit and 64-bit applications

Memory options

1 GB to 16 GB of ECC DDR-1 SDRAM 266MHz memory, using matched pairs of 512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB DIMMs.

(Maximum of 4 DIMM pairs per CPU, 8 DIMMS total)

Note: Ultra 25 workstation can accept up to 8 GB of the same memory used in the Ultra 45 workstation. (Maximum of 4 DIMMs, installed as matched pairs)

Power supply

1000 W autoranging

Internal storage

Up to four 3.5-inch hard drives - either 250-GB Serial ATA (SATA), 7,200 rpm, or 146-GB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), 15,000 rpm (supports up to four hard drives. All four installed hard drives must be the same type.

Note: Ultra 25 workstation also supports 80-GB SATA, 7,200 rpm hard drives.

Optical media

DVD-dual drive, slot loading

Audio

CD-quality audio

Graphics accelerators

Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerator - one

Sun XVR-2500 graphics accelerator - up to two

Keyboard

Sun Type 7 USB AT 101 layout

Mouse

Sun 3-button longbow USB mouse

Expansion slots on the motherboard

Two PCI-X slots at 100 MHz

Two PCI-Express slots at x8 speed (8 lanes)

One PCI-Express slot at x4 speed (4 lanes)

Connectors

Six universal serial bus (USB) 2.x connectors (four rear panel, two front panel)

Two serial connectors (DB-9)

Two twisted-pair Ethernet (TPE) 10/100/1000 Mbit (RJ-45)

One audio line-in connector

One audio line-out connector

One headphone connector (front panel)

One microphone connector (front panel)




Note - Some Sun Ultra 45 or Ultra 25 workstations are configured without a hard drive or DVD-dual drive.



The Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 workstations also support the following options. You should contact your Sun representative to confirm the exact option models that are supported.


1.2 External System Description

FIGURE 1-1, FIGURE 1-2, and FIGURE 1-3 identify external components and connectors of the Sun Ultra 45 or Ultra 25 workstation.


FIGURE 1-1 Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, and Sun Ultra 45 or Ultra 25 Workstation



FIGURE 1-2 Front Panel Overview



TABLE 1-2 Front Panel Overview, Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 Workstations

Callout in FIGURE 1-2

Part Description

Symbol

1

DVD-dual drive slot

none

2

DVD-dual drive Eject button


3

Fault LED (not functional)

none

4

Workstation Status/Power LED (green)

none

5

Workstation Power button


6

Audio connector, microphone (pink)


7

Audio connector, headphone (lime green)


8

USB 2.x connector (2)

 




FIGURE 1-3 Rear Panel Overview



TABLE 1-3 Rear Panel Overview, Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 workstations

Callout in FIGURE 1-3

Part Description

Rear Panel Symbol

A

Audio connector, line in (light blue)


B

Audio connector, line out (lime green)


C

Serial 2 connector TTYB (DB-9)


D

Serial 1 connector TTYA (DB-9)


E

USB 2.x connectors (4)


F

Twisted-pair Ethernet 0


G

Twisted-pair Ethernet 1


H

PCI-E 2 PCI-Express x8 lanes (long connector, slot 4) (Shown with graphics accelerator)


I

Empty slot. Not used.

none

J

PCI-E 1 PCI-Express x8 lanes (long connector, slot 3)


K

PCI-E 0 PCI-Express x4 lanes (short connector, slot 2)


L

PCI-X 1 100 MHz 64-bit, 3.3 V
(long green connector, slot 1)


M

PCI-X 0 100 MHz 64-bit, 3.3 V
(long green connector, slot 0)


N

Power connector

none




Note - For details on PCI connectors, power consumption, and speeds see: Functional Description.




1.3 Supported Sun Monitors

The Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25 workstations support the monitors listed in TABLE 1-4. The Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerator and the Sun XVR-2500 graphics accelerator can both be configured to support multiple displays.


TABLE 1-4 Monitors supported by the Sun Ultra 45 and Ultra 25Workstations

 

Number of Monitors Supported

Monitor

Maximum resolution

Sun XVR-100

Sun XVR-2500

17-inch color CRT

1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz

Up to 2

Up to 2

19-inch color LCD

1280 x 1024 @ 60/76 Hz

Up to 2

Up to 2

21-inch color CRT

1600 x 1200 @ 75 Hz

Up to 2

Up to 2

24-inch color LCD

1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

Up to 2*

Up to 2

*Sun XVR-100 will not support two monitors at 1920 x 1200.


For more information about the graphics accelerators, refer to: