About System Features and Components
Server Modules and On-Board Modules
Power Supplies and Front Fan Modules
Chassis Monitoring Module and Service Processor
How Sun Blade 6000 Firmware Is Released
Chassis and Component Firmware Compatibility
How to Download Sun Blade 6000 CMM Firmware
Updating Server Module and NEM Firmware
Guidelines for Updating Firmware
Adding a Server Module to the Chassis
Chassis and Server Modules Running Oracle ILOM
Server and storage modules (blades) form the backbone of the system. The system holds 10 blade modules in slots 0 through 9.
Blade modules come in two categories: server modules and storage modules. Most server modules are complete, autonomous servers, although some of them have no hard drives and must be attached to external storage. Storage modules provide additional storage for the server modules.
The following sections have more information about server and storage module: