Sun Microsystems V40z User Manual
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Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers—User Guide • March 2005
1.1.1
User Documentation
For the most up-to-date user documentation, for both the Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire
V40z servers, please visit the following Web site:
V40z servers, please visit the following Web site:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/
Servers/Workgroup_Servers/Sun_Fire_V20z/index.html
This site contains the user manuals, the Release Notes and the individual guides for
each of the customer-replaceable units (CRUs).
each of the customer-replaceable units (CRUs).
To verify whether a document on the site is more recent than the document that you
have, refer to the final two digits (the dash-roll) of the Part Number for that
document.
have, refer to the final two digits (the dash-roll) of the Part Number for that
document.
Note –
A document explaining the differences among the released versions of the
Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z servers is also available at this Web site. Refer to
part number (PN) 817-7185.
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Overview of the Sun Fire V20z Server
The Sun Fire V20z is an AMD Opteron™ processor-based enterprise-class 1U 2P
server. The Sun Fire V20z provides performance and value to an enterprise
environment, offering significantly better performance than current 32-bit
Intel-based solutions. The balanced server design maximizes overall performance
through industry-leading I/O options, and delivers compelling real-world workload
performance.
server. The Sun Fire V20z provides performance and value to an enterprise
environment, offering significantly better performance than current 32-bit
Intel-based solutions. The balanced server design maximizes overall performance
through industry-leading I/O options, and delivers compelling real-world workload
performance.
The Sun Fire V20z server includes an embedded service processor (SP), flash
memory, RAM, a separate Ethernet interface and server-management software. It
comes equipped with superior server-management tools for greater control and
minimum total cost of ownership. You can use the command line interface or SNMP
integration with third-party frameworks to configure and manage the platform with
the SP. The dedicated SP provides complete operating-system independence and
maximum availability of server management.
memory, RAM, a separate Ethernet interface and server-management software. It
comes equipped with superior server-management tools for greater control and
minimum total cost of ownership. You can use the command line interface or SNMP
integration with third-party frameworks to configure and manage the platform with
the SP. The dedicated SP provides complete operating-system independence and
maximum availability of server management.