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SPARC T8-1 Server Installation Guide

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Updated: June 2019
 
 

Identifying Ports

This topic provide the pin descriptions of the ports.

USB Ports

Two USB 3.0 ports can be accessed from the rear of the server and two USB 2.0 ports from the front. See the location of the USB ports at Front Panel Components and Rear Panel Components. The USB ports support hot-plugging. You can connect and disconnect USB cables and peripheral devices while the server is running, without affecting server operations.

Each USB 2.0 port supplies 5V output at 500 mA.

Each USB 3.0 port supplies 5V output at 900 mA.


Note -  You can connect up to 126 devices to each of the four USB controllers (two ports in front, two ports in the rear), for a total of 504 USB devices per server.
image:Figure showing USB connector pin numbering.
No.
Description
1
+5V supply
2
Data –
3
Data +
4
Ground

SER MGT Port

The SER MGT RJ-45 port, located on the rear panel, provides a TIA/EIA-232 serial Oracle/Cisco standard connection to the SP. This port is the default connection to the Oracle ILOM SP. For DTE to DTE communications, you can use the supplied RJ-45 to DB-9 crossover adapter with a standard RJ-45 cable to achieve the required null modem configuration. See Rear Panel Components.

image:Figure showing SER MGT port pin numbering
Pin
Signal Description
Pin
Signal Description
1
Request to Send
5
Ground
2
Data Terminal Ready
6
Receive Data
3
Transmit Data
7
Data Set Ready
4
Ground
8
Clear to Send

NET MGT Port

The NET MGT RJ-45 port, located on the rear panel, provides an optional Ethernet connection to the SP. The NET MGT port is an optional connection to Oracle ILOM on the SP. The SP NET MGT port uses an RJ-45 cable for a 1000BASE-T connection (auto-negotiates to 10 Mb/sec, 100 Mb /sec, and 1 Gb/sec, full-duplex only). If your network does not use a DHCP server, this port will not be available until you configure network settings through the SER MGT port.

image:Figure showing the NET MGT port pin numbering
Pin
Signal Description
Pin
Signal Description
1
Transmit Data +
5
No Connect
2
Transmit Data –
6
Receive Data –
3
Receive Data +
7
No Connect
4
No Connect
8
No Connect

Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Four RJ-45 Ethernet ports (NET 0, NET 1, NET 2, NET 3) can be accessed from the rear panel. See Rear Panel Components. The Ethernet interfaces operate at 100 Mbps, 1000 Mbps, and 10000 Mbps.

image:FIgure showing the pin numbering of a Gigabit Ethernet port.
Pin
Signal Description
Pin
Signal Description
1
Transmit/Receive Data 0 +
5
Transmit/Receive Data 2 –
2
Transmit/Receive Data 0 –
6
Transmit/Receive Data 1 –
3
Transmit/Receive Data 1 +
7
Transmit/Receive Data 3 +
4
Transmit/Receive Data 2 +
8
Transmit/Receive Data 3 –

VGA Port

The server has one 15-pin VGA video port on the rear of the server. See Rear Panel Components. Use a DB-15 video cable to connect to a video adapter to achieve the required connection. Maximum supported resolution is 1024 x 768.


Note -  The cable length used to connect between the monitor and the VGA port should not be over 6 meters.
image:Figure showing video connectors.
Pin
Signal Description
Pin
Signal Description
1
Red Video
9
[KEY]
2
Green Video
10
Sync Ground
3
Blue Video
11
Monitor ID - Bit 1
4
Monitor ID - Bit 2
12
VGA 12C Serial Data
5
Ground
13
Horizontal Sync
6
Red Ground
14
Vertical Sync
7
Green Ground
15
VGA 12C Serial Clock
8
Blue Ground

SAS Ports

The eight SAS connectors are located on the drive backplane inside the server. Four of the connectors also can be used by NVMe drives.

image:Figure showing the SAS connector pin numbering.

The following table lists the pinouts for the SAS connector.

Segment
Pin
Signal
Note
Signal segment
(S1 to S7)
S1
Gnd
Second mate
S2
TX+
Transmit from PHY to hard drive
S3
TX-
S4
Gnd
Second mate
S5
RX-
Receive from hard drive to PHY
S6
RX+
S7
Gnd
Second mate
Back-side signal
(S8 to S14)
S8
Gnd
Second mate
S9
S10
S11
Gnd
Second mate
S12
S13
S14
Gnd
Second mate
Power segment
(P1 to P15)
P1
3.3V
Not Supported
P2
3.3V
Not Supported
P3
3.3V
Not Supported
P4
Gnd
First mate
P5
Gnd
Second mate
P6
Gnd
Second mate
P7
5.0V
Pre-charge, second mate
P8
5.0V
P9
5.0V
P10
Gnd
Second mate
P11
Reserved
Should be grounded
P12
Gnd
First mate
P13
12.0V
Pre-charge, second mate
P14
12.0V
P15
12.0V

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