C H A P T E R 1

Product Description

Topics covered in this chapter are:

Section 1.1, Product Overview

Section 1.2, External System Description

Section 1.3, Supported Sun Monitors

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 UltraSPARC 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.

SunPCi III Pro coprocessor card

PCI SCSI host bus adapters

PCI serial communications adapters

PCI network adapters

PCI Fibre Channel adapters

Sun StorEdge hard drive arrays

Sun StorEdge tape drive arrays

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:

Sun XVR-100 Graphics Accelerator Installation Guide, 816-7560

Sun XVR-2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User's Guide, 817-7517