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Sun Blade X8450 Server Module

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Chances are, you're taking a serious look at the benefits of virtualization. Sun Blade modular systems are the first and only four-socket, 16-core blade servers on the market that support Solaris 10, Linux, Windows, and VMware. That means you can run Solaris LDOMs, Xen, Sun xVM, VMware, and the upcoming Windows virtualization software all on Sun Blade X8450 server modules powered by Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core processors with hardware-level virtualization.

Key Specifications

  • 4 Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core processors
  • Up To 128GB Memory
  • 32 DIMM slots for 667 MHz ECC fully buffered DDR2 DIMMS
  • Up to 2 SAS or SATA hot-swappable 2.5" disk drives
  • Solaris 10, Linux, Windows Server, VMware

Details

Architecture
Processors
  • Up to four quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors
  • Full support for the fastest 7300 series Intel® Xeon® processors at 50W and 80W power consumption
  • L7345, (1.86GHz),50W
  • E7320, (2.13GHz),80W
  • E7340, (2.40GHz),80W
  • Supports dual-core Intel® Xeon® processors
  • E7220, (2.93GHz), 80W
Main Memory
  • Up to 128GB of RAM per Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
  • 2 DIMMs/Processing Core, 32 DIMM slots total for a large memory footprint using cost-efficient (2GB) memory DIMMs
  • Supports DDR2/667, PC2-5300 ECC-registered 2GB, 4GB, 8GB DIMMs
Interfaces
Storage
  • Two hot-swappable 2.5" SAS or SATA disk drives per server module
  • Externally accessible disk drives
  • Hard disk drives currently supported:
    • 73GB 15,000 RPM 2.5" SAS
    • 73GB 10,000 RPM 2.5" SAS
    • 146GB 10,000 RPM 2.5" SAS
    • 200GB 5,400 RPM 2.5" SATA
Graphics Embedded graphics using an ATI ES100 video controller
Midplane I/O
  • Six PCIe Lanes To The Mid Plane I/O
  • Two x8 PCIe lanes to (2) ExpressModules
  • Two x8 + (2) x4 PCIe lanes (with PCIe switching) To Network Express Modules (NEMs)
Front Panel I/O
  • Available via Dongle Cable
  • Serial Console to Server Module ILOM 2.0
  • Dual USB Ports for keyboard, mouse, or storage
  • 2 SFF Disk Drive Bays, Supporting SAS /SATA SFF Disk Drives
Software
Operating Systems
  • Sun Solaris Operating System
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • VMware ESX Server
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 Service Processor. Key functionality:
  • ILOM 2.0
  • Local and Remote KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse)
  • Local and Remote Media (CD, floppy, USB)
  • DMTF style Command Line
  • IPMI 2.0
  • SNMP v1, v2c, v3
  • SSH 2.0, HTTPS
  • RADIUS, LDAP and MS Active Directory support
  • Sun xVM Ops Center - Generation of profiles to ensure compliance and compliance reporting, discovery and registration of data center assets, job scheduling to perform network tasks, system provisioning, updates to Linux and Solaris operating systems
Dimensions and Weight
Height 42.67 mm (1.68 in.)
Width 499.36mm (19.66 in.)
Depth 465.58mm (18.33 in.)
Weight (fully configured) 28lbs.
Weight (empty – no disks or memory) 24lbs.

Download Collateral

Sun Blade X8450 Datasheet
Sun Blade 8000 Architecture White Paper