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Chassis compatibility
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Sun Blade 6000 modular system with PCIe 2.0 midplane (standard with models A90–B and
A90–D). The minimum Oracle ILOM CMM firmware for each chassis is as follows:
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Refer to this guide for the latest information about how to determine your chassis midplane
version.
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Chassis midplane and internal I/O
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Two x8 PCIe 2.0 bus connections to a chassis PCIe EM slot
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One x8 PCIe 2.0 bus connection to REM slot
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Two x8 PCIe bus connections to FEM slots. PCIe port speeds vary by
FEM
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Two 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet ports for NEMs from the (Powerville) NIC chip.
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes
Refer to this guide for updated information about supported chassis firmware.
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Processors
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The Sun Blade X4-2B supports two E5 CPUs.
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes
Refer to this guide for detailed information about supported CPUs.
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Memory
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Twenty-four registered DDR3 LR-DIMMs with ECC memory slots total (12 slots per CPU).
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes
Refer to this guide for details on supported memory.
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Storage drives
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes
Refer to this guide for details on supported drives.
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Rear panel ports
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Two internal USB 2.0 ports with rear panel access. One internal USB port might be preinstalled
with a USB drive containing Oracle System Assistant.
Oracle System Assistant USB stick is installed on server module USB drive port 0, in a
standard configuration.
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Front panel ports
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Two USB 2.0 ports.
A universal connector port (UCP) connects to a multi-port cable.
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Multi-port cable
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Each Sun Blade 6000 series chassis is typically shipped with a multi-port cable. The
multi-port cable enables you to connect communication devices directly to the Sun Blade X4-2B. The
multi-port cable provides the following interface connections to the front panel UCP:
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VGA graphics port (2D embedded graphics controller)
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RJ-45 serial management port
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Two USB ports (keyboard, mouse, USB drive)
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Network express module (NEM) compatibility
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Both 10 GbE and 1 GbE NEM interfaces are supported.
Note -
The procedures in this guide do not cover cabling of PCIe ExpressModules (PCIe EMs) or network
express modules (NEMs) installed in the chassis and connected to the server module through the
chassis midplane. Refer to the chassis, PCIe EM, or NEM documentation for instructions on cabling
these components.
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes for details on supported NEMs.
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RAID expansion module (REM) compatibility
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Two optional LSI REM host bus adapters are supported:
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Sun Storage 6Gb/s SAS REM HBA (SGX-SAS6-REM-Z)
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Sun Storage RAID 6Gb/s SAS RAID REM HBA, (SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z)
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Operating systems
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Oracle Solaris can be optionally preinstalled on the server module.
Oracle Linux can be optionally preinstalled on the server module.
Installation of the following operating systems are supported.
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Oracle Solaris 11.1
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Oracle Solaris 10 Update 1/13
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Oracle Linux 5.x (64-bit)
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RHEL 6.4 (64-bit)
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SUSE Enterprise Server 11 SP3
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Windows Server 2012 (x64)
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Virtualization software
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Oracle VM software is supported for the server module.
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Oracle VM software can be optionally preinstalled on the server module.
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VMware ESXi is also supported for the server module.
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Sun Blade X4-2B Product Notes for information about specific versions
supported.
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Management software
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Oracle System Assistant (OSA)
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Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM version 3.1)
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Oracle Hardware Management Pack (HMP)
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Service processor (SP)
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The server module includes an AST2300 service processor (SP). The SP provides IPMI
2.0-compliant remote management capabilities. SP connection options are:
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Remote network connection: 10/100 management Ethernet port to midplane
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Remote connection: keyboard, video, mouse, and storage (KVMS) over IP
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Local connection: Oracle ILOM command-line access using a serial connection or local
KVM
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Video
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A maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 is supported with 8 MB of video memory. Resolutions up to
1,280 x 1,024 x 16 bits @ 60 Hz and 1,024 x 768 when viewed remotely through ILOM RKVMS.
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