Sun Management Center 4.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

Recommended Server Hardware Platforms

The hardware systems specified in the following table represent four broad classes of machines that can be employed as Sun Management Center server platforms. In each case, alternate machine configurations could provide equivalent performance.

For Solaris SPARC:

Table C–7 Recommended Sun Management Center Server Hardware Platforms for Solaris SPARC

Architecture 

Machine Type 

CPU Type 

RAM 

Swap Space 

Small 

Sun Fire V120 

One 650 MHz UltraSPARC IIe/i CPU 

2 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

Medium 

Sun Fire V440 

Two 1.02 GHz UltraSPARC III CPUs 

4.096 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

Large 

Sun Fire V480 

Four 900 MHz UltraSPARC III CPUs 

16.384 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

Extra-large 

Netra-T12 

Twenty-four 1.35 GHz UltraSPARC III CPUs 

49.152 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

T2000 (CMT) 

Sun Fire T2000 

Sixteen 1 GHz SPARCv9 CPUs 

8.184 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

For Solaris x86:

Table C–8 Recommended Sun Management Center Server Hardware Platforms for Solaris x86

Architecture 

Machine Type 

CPU Type 

RAM 

Swap Space 

Small 

AMD PC 

One 2.393 GHz AMD processor 

1.023 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

Medium 

Sun Fire V20z 

Two 2.393 GHz AMD processors 

4.032 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended 

Large 

Sun Fire X4100 

Four 2.200 GHz AMD processors 

3.968 Gbyte 

1 Gbyte minimum, 2 Gbyte recommended