Compared to the previous generation of two-socket x64 systems, the Sun Blade X6270 server module doubles the number of compute threads to 16, more than triples memory bandwidth to 64 GB/sec, doubles I/O bandwidth with PCI Express 2.0, and offers significantly larger storage capacity.
One or two 4 core Intel Xeon processors 5500 series:
X5570: 2.93 GHz, 95W
X5560: 2.80 GHz, 95W
E5540: 2.53 GHz, 80W
L5520: 2.26 GHz, 60W
E5520: 2.26 GHz, 80W
32 KB instruction and 32 KB data L1 cache per core
256 KB of (data and instruction) L2 cache per core
8MB shared (inclusive) L3 cache per processor
These processors provide Intel® Quick Path Interconnect (QPI), Turbo Boost Technology, and Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology
Main Memory
Support for 2GB, 4GB or 8GB DDR3 DIMMs
Eighteen DIMM slots supporting up to 144GB of memory per server module
Interfaces
Storage
Four SAS interfaces to the midplane, two to each NEM
Four hot-swappable SFF SAS or SATA drive bays
IDE Compact Flash (type I and II) interface
Note: RAID Expansion Module (REM) required to enable SAS
Graphics
Embedded graphics using an AST2100 video controller
Midplane I/O
Four (x8) PCIe Gen 2 busses, two to the PCIe EM slots and two to the NEM slots
Four 3 GB/sec SAS/SATA interfaces, two to each NEM slot (REM required)
Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet interfaces using the Intel 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller, one interface to each NEM
10/100 Ethernet management port to the Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM)
Front Panel I/O
Available via Dongle Cable
VGA graphics (DB-15 connector)
ILOM serial console
Dual USB ports for keyboard, mouse, or storage
Four SFF Drive Bays
Supporting SAS/SATA SFF disks and SSDs (REM required for SAS and HW RAID)
Software
Operating Systems
Minimum OS release level:
Solaris 10 10/08 or later
OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 (32-bit/64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (64-bit)
VMware ESX 3.5 U4
VMware ESXi 3.5 U4
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit/64-bit)
Networking
ONC, ONC+, NFS, WebNFS, TCP/IP, SunLink, OSI, MHS, IPX/SPX, SMB Technologies, and XML
Management
Advanced onboard management and monitoring enabled by embedded ILOM service processor, providing:
DMTF style CLI
Support for SSH 2.0, HTTPS, RADIUS, LDAP, and Microsoft Active Directory
Browser-based GUI for control of the system through a graphical interface
IPMI 2.0; SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
Remote management with full keyboard, video, mouse, storage (KVMS) redirection and remote media capability (floppy, DVD, CD, and more.)
Monitor and report system and component status on all FRUs
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
Dimensions and Weight
Height
327mm (12.87 in.)
Width
44mm (1.7 in.)
Depth
512mm (20.16 in.)
Weight
7.9 kg (17.4 lbs.) with four disks, one FEM,
one REM, and two processors
