Sun FireTM 12K System and Sun FireTM 15K System JUST THE FACTS and Configuration Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 December 2, 2003 Sun Proprietary – Internal Use Only Copyrights © 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 901 San Antonio Road • Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA. All Rights Reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers. 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UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively JUST THE FACTS Sun Proprietary - Internal Use Only December 2, 2003 licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. JUST THE FACTS Sun Proprietary - Internal Use Only December 2, 2003 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1............................................................................................................................................. Sun Fire 12K & 15K Server Positioning...............................................................................................1 Product Overview: Sun Fire 12K/15K Servers..................................................................................1 Target Markets and Users for the Sun Fire 12K and 15K Systems...................................................2 Technical Computing Customers.........................................................................................................3 Performance...........................................................................................................................................4 Benchmarks...........................................................................................................................................4 Markets and Applications....................................................................................................................10 Sun Fire 12K One Minute Summary:.................................................................................................11 A few Sun Fire 12K Q&As:..................................................................................................................12 Channels and Support.........................................................................................................................13 CHAPTER 2 Performance - Key Selling Factors.......................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 3 Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)........................................................................................1 Reliability................................................................................................................................................1 Availability...............................................................................................................................................1 Serviceability..........................................................................................................................................2 Highly-available vs fault-tolerant...........................................................................................................2 UltraSPARC III Cu processor error protection.....................................................................................3 Data cache error protection..................................................................................................................4 System interface error protection.........................................................................................................4 Address interconnect error protection..................................................................................................4 Data interconnect error isolation...........................................................................................................4 Console bus error protection.................................................................................................................5 Redundant Components.......................................................................................................................5 Redundant CPU/Memory boards.........................................................................................................5 Redundant expander boards................................................................................................................5 Redundant hsPCI assemblies..............................................................................................................5 Redundant PCI cards............................................................................................................................6 Redundant MaxCPU boards.................................................................................................................6 Redundant system controllers................................................................................................................ Redundant system clocks.....................................................................................................................6 Redundant power..................................................................................................................................7 Redundant fans......................................................................................................................................7 Reconfigurable Logic Centerplane (Fireplane)....................................................................................8 Automatic System Recovery.................................................................................................................9 System Controller..................................................................................................................................9 Console Bus.........................................................................................................................................10 Environmental Monitoring...................................................................................................................10 Temperature.........................................................................................................................................10 Power Subsystem................................................................................................................................10 Field Replaceable Unit Identification..................................................................................................11 Concurrent Serviceability....................................................................................................................11 Dynamic Reconfiguration of System Boards.....................................................................................12 System controller removal and replacement.....................................................................................12 Remote Service...................................................................................................................................13 Regulatory Compliances.....................................................................................................................13 RAS features........................................................................................................................................14 JUST THE FACTS Sun Proprietary - Internal Use Only December 2, 2003 Chapter 1 - 1 CHAPTER 4 Enabling Technology.............................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 5 .........................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................1 Logic Centerplane..................................................................................................................................1 Address Crossbar..................................................................................................................................2 Response Crossbar...............................................................................................................................2