Sun X4100 0915ALEB30-HD 0915ALEB30 User Manual

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................4

Building A Smarter, More Powerful Infrastructure.................................................................................................4

Flexible, High Speed x64 Architecture...............................................................................................................6

A Universal Computing Platform.........................................................................................................................6

Breaking Away with the AMD Direct Connect Architecture.....................................................................................7

HyperTransport Technology...........................................................................................................................7

Memory Interface.........................................................................................................................................7

I/O Expansion Capability to High Speed Industry Buses....................................................................................8

Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2 Architecture Overview...................................................................9

Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server...................................................................................................................................9

Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server..................................................................................................................................10

CPU Architecture.............................................................................................................................................12

Next Generation AMD Opteron Processor............................................................................................................12

Processor VRM............................................................................................................................................14

Memory Architecture........................................................................................................................................14

x64 Architecture...............................................................................................................................................15

AMD Direct Connect Architecture.......................................................................................................................16

HyperTransportTM Technology.....................................................................................................................16

Memory Interface........................................................................................................................................17

Chip-to-Chip Interconnect.............................................................................................................................17

I/O Expansion Capability to High-Speed Industry Buses..................................................................................18

I/O Subsystem.................................................................................................................................................20

Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 I/O Subsystem Overview..................................................................................20

Architecture Overview.................................................................................................................................20

NVIDIA nForce Professional 2000 Series Chipset...................................................................................................21

NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 MCP (CK8-04)...............................................................................................21

NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 I/O companion chip (IO-04)...........................................................................21

AMD 8000 Series Chipset...................................................................................................................................21

AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X Tunnel.........................................................................................................21

LSI SAS1064 SAS Controller................................................................................................................................22

Intel 82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers...........................................................................................23

ATI RageTM XL Video........................................................................................................................................23

SMSC LPC47B272 Super I/O Controller...............................................................................................................24

PCI Expansion Slots..........................................................................................................................................24

Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server PCI Expansion Slots................................................................................................24

Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server PCI Expansion Slots................................................................................................24

Cooling and Power..........................................................................................................................................25

Cooling............................................................................................................................................................25

Fans...........................................................................................................................................................26

Power Supplies................................................................................................................................................27

ILOM: Integrated Lights Out Management......................................................................................................28

ILOM Architecture............................................................................................................................................28

ILOM Software.................................................................................................................................................30

In-Band Server Management Interfaces..............................................................................................................30

Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)..........................................................................................................30

Out-of-Band Server Management Interfaces........................................................................................................30

Command Line Interface (CLI)............................................................................................................................30

Web Interface..................................................................................................................................................31

Remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, and Storage (RKVMS).......................................................................................31

Lights Out Management (LOM)..........................................................................................................................33

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).........................................................................................33

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