Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Installation Guide
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Initial Installation of RNCS Software
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Introducing the Sun Fire V240 Server and the ALOM Port
The Sun Fire V240 Server
Cisco has chosen the Sun Fire V240 server for the platform in the Regional Network
Control System (RNCS). The Sun Fire V240 server uses Sun’s existing SPARC and
Solaris architecture. This highly available server is configured with the following
components:
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Two UltraSPARC III processors
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Four GB of memory
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Two hard drives (36 or 73 GB)
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Four Gigabit Ethernet ports
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Serial management port
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Network management port
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Three PCI slots
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Two redundant power supplies
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A system configuration card
The server is designed to easily mount within a standard computer equipment rack.
The ALOM Port
Taken as a whole, the serial management port and the network management port of
the Sun Fire V240 server constitute the Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM)
port. The ALOM port is a system controller that allows the Sun Fire V240 server to
be managed and administered from a remote location. Through the ALOM port, an
engineer can monitor and control the server through a serial connection (using the
SERIAL MGT port) or an Ethernet connection (using the NET MGT port).