Sun Firetm X4100 and X4200 Server Architectures a Technical White Paper September 2005 Sunwin Token # 447327 Sun Microsystems, Inc
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Table of Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................................................5 Architecture Overview.....................................................................................................................................7 Sun Fire X4100 Server............................................................................................................................................7 Sun Fire X4200 Server............................................................................................................................................8 CPU Architecture............................................................................................ ................................................10 AMD Opteron Processor.......................................................................................................................................10 CPU Packaging..............................................................................................................................................12 Processor VRM...............................................................................................................................................12 Memory Architecture..........................................................................................................................................12 x64 Architecture.................................................................................................................................................14 AMD Direct Connect Architecture.........................................................................................................................15 HyperTransportTM Technology.......................................................................................................................15 Memory Interface..........................................................................................................................................16 Chip-to-Chip Interconnect...............................................................................................................................16 I/O Expansion Capability to High-Speed Industry Buses....................................................................................17 I/O Subsystem..................................................................... ..........................................................................19 Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 I/O Subsystem Overview...............................................................................................19 AMD 8000 Series Chipset.....................................................................................................................................19 AMD-8131TM HyperTransport PCI-X Tunnel......................................................................................................19 AMD-8111TM HyperTransport I/O Hub............................................................................................................20 LSI SAS1064 SAS Controller..................................................................................................................................21 Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers.............................................................................................22 ATI RageTM XL Video...........................................................................................................................................23 SMSC LPC47B27 Super I/O Controller...................................................................................................................24 PCI-X Expansion Slots..........................................................................................................................................24 Sun Fire X4100 Server PCI Expansion Slots.......................................................................................................25 Sun Fire X4200 Server PCI Expansion Slots.......................................................................................................25 Motherboard.................................................................................................................................................26 Cooling and Power........................................................................................................................................28 Cooling..............................................................................................................................................................28 Fans..............................................................................................................................................................29 Power Supplies...................................................................................................................................................30 ILOM: Integrated Lights Out Management......................................................................................................31 ILOM Architecture...............................................................................................................................................31 ILOM Software....................................................................................................................................................33 In-Band Server Management Interfaces................................................................................................................33 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)...........................................................................................................33 Out-of-Band Server Management Interfaces.........................................................................................................33 Command Line Interface (CLI)..............................................................................................................................33 Web Interface.....................................................................................................................................................34 Remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, and Storage (RKVMS)........................................................................................34 Lights Out Management (LOM)............................................................................................................................36 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)..........................................................................................36 IPMItool........................................................................................................................................................37 SNMP ...........................................................................................................................................................37 Sun N1 System Manager.....................................................................................................................................38 Software Operating Environment...................................................................................................................39