Sun Fire™ V250 Server Just the Facts (Sunwin Token# 384544)
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Sun Fire™ V250 Server Just the Facts (SunWIN token# 384544) Last Updated: September 20th, 2005 Sun Proprietary/Confidential – Sun Employees and Authorized Partners Only Copyrights © 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Netra, Solaris, Sun VTS, SunSpectrum, SunSpectrum Platinum, SunSpectrum Gold, SunSpectrum Silver, SunSpectrum Bronze, SunStart, SunVIP, SunSolve, and SunSolve EarlyNotifier are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. Sun Fire V250 Server Just the Facts 1 Sun Proprietary/Confidential – Sun Employees and Authorized Partners Only Table of Contents Sun Fire™ V250 Server Positioning...........................................................................................................1 Introduction...............................................................................................................................................1 Product Family Placement........................................................................................................................2 Sun Fire V250 - Feature Comparison with V240 and E250......................................................................2 Key Messages...........................................................................................................................................3 Availability.................................................................................................................................................4 Target Users and Markets........................................................................................................................4 Target Applications..................................................................................................................................4 Selling Highlights.........................................................................................................................................5 Market Value Proposition..........................................................................................................................5 Features Functions and Benefits..............................................................................................................6 Enabling Technology...................................................................................................................................7 Technology Overview................................................................................................................................7 Connectivity..................................................................................................................................................9 Storage........................................................................................................................................................10 Server Management...................................................................................................................................11 System Configuration Card (SCC)..........................................................................................................11 Visual Indicators......................................................................................................................................11 System Switches.....................................................................................................................................11 ALOM......................................................................................................................................................12 Power Supply ............................................................................................................................................13 Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)....................................................................................14 Reliability Features..................................................................................................................................14 Availability Features................................................................................................................................14 Serviceability...........................................................................................................................................14 Cooling and Air Flow...............................................................................................................................14 MTBF......................................................................................................................................................14 System Architecture..................................................................................................................................15 Specifications.............................................................................................................................................16 Sun Fire V250 Server Specifications......................................................................................................16 Dimensions and Weight..........................................................................................................................17 Environment............................................................................................................................................17 Software......................................................................................................................................................18 Compatibility and options.........................................................................................................................20 Supported PCI Cards..............................................................................................................................20 Supported Storage..................................................................................................................................20 Ordering Information.................................................................................................................................22 Configurations.........................................................................................................................................22 Options....................................................................................................................................................22 Field Replaceable Units..........................................................................................................................23 Upgrades.....................................................................................................................................................24 Upgrade Paths........................................................................................................................................24 Upgrade Ordering...................................................................................................................................24 Sun Fire V250 Server Just the Facts 2 Sun Proprietary/Confidential – Sun Employees and Authorized Partners Only Service and Support..................................................................................................................................25 Warranty.................................................................................................................................................26 Education................................................................................................................................................26 Glossary......................................................................................................................................................27 Materials Abstract......................................................................................................................................28 Competitive Information............................................................................................................................29 Future/Roadmap.........................................................................................................................................30 Sun Fire V250 Server Just the Facts 3 Sun Proprietary/Confidential – Sun Employees and Authorized Partners Only Sun Fire™ V250 Server Positioning Introduction Sun continues to build on its reputation for developing secure and reliable solutions with the introduction of the Sun Fire V250, a two-processor tower server. The tower server market represents a large share of the overall server market despite the growing popularity of rack-optimized and blade server products. According to the IDC worldwide quarterly server forecast (September, 2002), the two-processor tower server (with $7.2 billion in annual revenues in 2002) represents about 54% of overall two processor server market revenue. Further, the two-processor tower server market is expected to grow by approximately 25% between 2002 and 2006 in terms of units sold. The Sun Fire V250