Fifteen Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Cards are supported per SPARC M5-32 server physical domain. A SPARC M5-32 server can include one to four physical domains. For example, a server with two physical domains supports 30 Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe cards, fifteen in each physical domain. A server with four physical domains supports 60 cards.
The Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe card requires increased cooling to remove the heat generated by the card. By the internal design of the I/O Unit (IOU), PCIe slot 8 receives less airflow than the other slots. Do not install a Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe card into PCIe slot 8. Hot-plug installation of the Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe card is not supported. For IOU slot priority, additional configuration options, and PCIe card installation instructions, refer to the SPARC M5-32 Server Service Manual at http://www.oracle.com/goto/M5-32/docs.