About External I/O Ports and Power Inlets

The following Sun Blade 8000 Series modules provide external I/O ports:

GbE, FC, or IB Network Express Module (NEM)

The Network Express Module is a hot-pluggable I/O interface module that connects to all ten Sun Blade Server Modules simultaneously. Each Server Module connects to a NEM via a PCI Express bus.

Today, Sun offers three types of NEMs:

  • 20-Port GbE NEM

  • 20-Port FC NEM

  • 10-Port DDR IB NEM

The number of data network ports available for configuration in a fully populated system chassis is the number of data ports provided on the NEM multiplied by the number of NEMs installed. For example, for each GbE NEM installed, there are 20 external Gigabit Ethernet ports available. In a fully populated Sun Blade 8000 System Chassis, 80 external GbE ports are available (four NEMs).

GbE, FC, or IB PCIe Express ExpressModule (EM)

The PCIe ExpressModule is a hot-pluggable modular I/O interface that provides dedicated I/O functions to each Sun Blade Server Module. The Sun Blade 8000 Chassis midplane provides PCI Express connectivity between the EMs and the blades, and assigns two EMs to each blade.

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Two data network ports are available in the initial EMs offered.

Today, Sun offers the following two-port EMs:

  • GbE (Gigabit Ethernet)

  • IB (InfiniBand)

  • FC (Fibre Channel)

The Sun Blade 8000 Chassis supports up to 20 EMs. The number of data network ports available for configuration in a fully populated system chassis is the number of data ports provided on the EM multiplied by the number of EMs installed. For instance, if you have a fully populated system chassis with 20 two-port EMs, a total of 40 data network ports would be available for configuration.

Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM)

The Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM) provides chassis-level monitoring. If a second CMM is added, the CMMs are automatically set up in a failover mode via the internal management switch. All chassis-level monitoring functions are accessible through HTTP(s), XML, SNMP, and CLI. For additional information about the management network and chassis level monitoring functions, see System Management Levels and Capabilities.

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One RJ-45 Network Management Ethernet (NET MGT) port

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One DB-9 Serial Management (Serial MGT port)

In a fully populated chassis, there are two CMMs with one Ethernet NET MGT port and one serial port available on each CMM.

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The AUX port on the CMMs is not supported.

AC Power Interface

The Sun Blade 8000 Series Modular Systems provide a specific AC Power Interface for each chassis platform:

  • Sun Blade 8000 Chassis. This chassis provides six AC Power inlets to support all six power supplies, as well as AC power grid redundancy. Each AC Power inlet requires a 200VAC to 240VAC, 20A rated circuit (16A for EMEA, APAC except Japan and Taiwan)

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    Six AC power inlets available on the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis Power Interface.

  • Sun Blade 8000 P Chassis. This chassis provides four AC Power inlets to support all four power supplies, as well as N+1 power supply redundancy. Each AC Power inlet requires a 200VAC to 240VAC, 20A rated circuit (16A for EMEA, APAC except Japan and Taiwan.

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    Four AC power inlets available on the Sun Blade 8000 P Chassis Power Interface.

Sun Blade Server Module

The Sun Blade Server Modules (blades) are independent hot-pluggable servers that share the same chassis infrastructure. You can have up to 10 Server Modules per chassis. Each Server Module supports four dual-core Opteron processors (or quad-core processors, depending on the blade) with 64 GB of memory, 192 Gbps of I/O throughput, and two optional SAS or SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives.

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Analog VGA port

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USB 2.0 high-speed port

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DB-9 Serial Management port

Each Server Module provides one VGA port, two USB ports, and one serial port. The local Server Module ports enable direct communication with the blade. For instance the VGA and USB ports enable you to communicate with the Server Module BIOS and OS. The Server Module serial port enables you to communicate with the blade service processor.

Direct management of an individual server is through the embedded blade service processor, Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM). Access to the blade service processor is via the local serial port or the CMM management network. For more information about blade-level or chassis-level management, see System Management Levels and Capabilities. For information about the management network, see Management Ethernet Network.