Specifications
The Sun Blade X6240 Server Module provides 16 DIMM slots (up to 2x the competition) and supports large memory configurations using 2 GB, 4 GB or 8GB DIMMs (all running at 667MHz).
Key Specifications
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Two high performance Six-Core or enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors
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Over 1 Terabyte (TB) of externally accessible, hot plug storage
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Four PCI Express, four SAS, and two 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet interfaces per server module via passive midplane
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Up to 128 GB of main memory using power efficient 8 GB DIMMs
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Support for Flash Solid State Drives to accelerate application response time and reduce energy consumption
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Architecture
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Processors
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- Supports two Six-Core or enhanced Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors: 512 KB dedicated Level 2 Cache per processor core, 6 MB shared Level 3 Cache per processor
- Server Module provides choice of 55W, 75W or 105W processors for optimum power efficiency
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Main Memory
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- Supports 2, 4 or 8 GB DDR2/667 PC2-5300 ECC Registered DIMMs @ 667 MHz
- 16 DIMM slots supporting up to 128 GB of memory per server module
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Interfaces
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Network
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- Two 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet ports using Intel 82575EB Controllers
- One dedicated 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port for the management network
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Storage
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- Eight 3 Gb/s SAS interfaces
- Four SAS interfaces, one to each of the 2.5" SFF (small form factor) drive bays
- Four SAS interfaces to the midplane, two to each NEM slot
- IDE Compact Flash Module Interface (Type 1)
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Graphics
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- Embedded graphics using the AST2000 video controller with 128 MB of shared SDRAM
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Midplane I/O
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- Four (x8) PCI Express busses, two to the Network Express Module (NEM)
slots, two to the Express Module (EM) slots
- Four 3 Gbps SAS interfaces, two to each NEM slot
- Two 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet Interfaces using Intel 82575EB GbE
controller, one interface to each NEM
- 10/100 Ethernet management port to the Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM)
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Front Panel I/O
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- Available via dongle cable:
- VGA graphics (DB-15 connector)
- Serial console to server module onboard
Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM)
- Dual USB ports for keyboard, mouse, or
storage
- Four SFF drive bays
- Supporting SAS disk drives or SATA Solid State Drives (SSD)
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Software
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Operating Systems
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- Solaris™ 10 Operating System
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- VMware ESX and ESXi
- Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 (32-bit/64-bit)
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Networking
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ONC™, ONC+™, NFS, WebNFS, TCP/IP, SunLink™, OSI, MHS, IPX/SPX, SMB Technologies, and XML
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Management
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On-board lights-out management via embedded service processor, providing:
- DMTF-style command line
- Support for SSH 2.0, HTTPS, RADIUS, LDAP, and MS Active Directory
- Browser-based GUI
- IPMI 2.0; SNMP v1, v2c, v3
- Local and remote KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) and media (CD, floppy)
- Optional Sun xVM Ops Center — Generation of profiles to ensure compliance and compliance reporting, discovery and registration of datacenter assets, job scheduling to perform network tasks, system provisioning, and updates to Linux and the Solaris OS
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Dimensions and Weight
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Height
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1.75 in. (44.45 mm)
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Width
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12.88 in. (327.15 mm)
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Depth
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19.56 in. (496.82 mm)
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Weight (fully configured)
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17.41 lb (7.90 kg)
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Weight (empty – no memory, no REM, no FEM, no CF, no HDD)
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13.75 lb (6.23 kg)
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