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Archived Sun Hardware Articles
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04 Feb 2008
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Sun x4 PCIe Quad Gigabit Ethernet ExpressModule for Sun Blade Servers [19117]
Increased Server I/O Utilization for Network Connectivity
The new Sun x4 PCIe Quad Gigabit Ethernet ExpressModule for Sun Blade Servers provides cost savings to customers through increased server I/O utilization for network connectivity and four high speed ports with a single low Profile PCI Express slot operating over existing Ethernet infrastructure.
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04 Feb 2008
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Sun Hardware Spare and Repriced Parts [19389]
Includes Parts for Sun Fire, Sun StorEdge, Sun SPARC Enterprise Systems
System administrators and support engineers working with OEMs or companies performing self maintenance on Sun systems, as well as companies that require on-site spares to support critical applications with demanding system availability and uptime requirements, will be interested in Sun's spare and repriced parts, ranging from Sun Fire, Sun StorEdge, Sun SPARC Enterprise systems to motherboards and director switches.
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04 Feb 2008
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Updated Options Offered for QLogic 9000 and 5000 Series [19394]
Hyperstacking, Fault Tolerance, and Enterprise Fabric Suite Software
The QLogic 9000 Directors and 5000 Switches now include options such as QLogic Hyperstacking license kit and QLogic Fault Tolerant License for the QLogic 9000 Directors, and QLogic Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 for both the QLogic 9000 Directors and 5000 switches. QLogic SANbox 9100 and 9200 FC Directors offer 99.999 percent availability with fault tolerant CPU failover, and the 9000 Directors scale to 256 4Gb ports through Hyperstack configuration of multiple technologies and protocols.
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04 Feb 2008
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Retirement of Select UltraSPARC III Uniboard Bundles [19395]
UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboards Suggested Replacements
Select UltraSPARC III uniboard bundles and unique x-options are being retired. The last order date is set for May 02, 2008 with the last ship date scheduled for August 01, 2008, and the end of service life designated as August 01, 2013. The UltraSPARC IV+ uniboards are the suggested replacement product as is the ROHS version part number for the select x-options.
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12 Nov 2007
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New Capacity-On-Demand Uniboards with 1.95GHz UltraSPARC IV+ Processors [18925]
For Sun Fire E4900-E25K and Sun Fire 4800-15K
Just made available this week, new Capacity-On-Demand (COD) Uniboards with 1.95GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors. Available as both factory-configured and add-on options, these boards may be used with the current generation of Sun Fire E4900-E25K servers as well as appropriately upgraded previous generations of Sun Fire E4900-E25K servers and Sun Fire 4800-15K servers.
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05 Nov 2007
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New Riser Cards for Sun Fire V215 and V245 Server [18816]
Provides Enhanced I/O Configurability
New riser cards for the Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers change the characteristics of the I/O subsystem for more flexibility in configurations. Two of the new riser cards provide an effective means to change I/O slots from PCI-X to PCIe, while two other ones, PCI-X riser cards, support adapters such as the X1256A-2 serial asynchronous adapter, SAI/P.
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05 Nov 2007
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End of Life for Sun Blade X8400 Server Module DDR1-400 Memory [18819]
Last Order Date Set for January 9, 2008
An end of life announcement has been issued for the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module DDR1-400 Memory. The last order date is set for January 9, 2008, with a last ship date scheduled for April 8, 2008 and end of service life for April 8, 2013.
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05 Nov 2007
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10GbE Ports on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 [18862]
Two Methods Available for Customer Preference
10 GbE ports can be used with the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers by either plugging in a dual--port PCI-e Network Interface Unit (NIC) or using the on-chip dual 10GbE Network Interface Unit (NIU). There are important tuning parameters for both the NIU and PCI-e 10 GbE options.
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05 Nov 2007
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Download Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS) 4.0 [18943]
Certify Systems and Controllers for Solaris OS on x86 and x64 Platforms
Sun is offering a free download of the Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS) 4.0. This GUI-based application allows users to certify their systems and controllers for the Solaris Operating System on x86 and x64 platforms
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01 Oct 2007
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Using Performance Counters on UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Processors [18699]
Finding Core Load as a Means to Improving Performance
Darryl Gove explores the question of whether there is a performance benefit proportional to the number of processors assigned work in his article "Calculating Processor Utilisation From the UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC T2 Performance Counters." Gove's study involves using performance counters to estimate core load and identify potential areas for performance improvement.
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