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Midrange Servers: UltraSPARC IV+/IV Processor-based Systems
Product Specifications		 Sun Fire
V490		 Sun Fire
V890		 Sun Fire
E2900		 Sun Fire
E4900		 Sun Fire
E6900
CPUs		 Up to 4 Up to 8 Up to 12 Up to 12 Up to 24
Processor		 UltraSPARC IV+,
IV		 UltraSPARC IV+,
IV		 UltraSPARC IV+,
IV		 UltraSPARC IV+,
IV		 UltraSPARC IV+,
IV
Clock speed		 Up to 2.1 GHz Up to 2.1 GHz Up to 1.95 GHz Up to 1.95 GHz Up to 1.95 GHz
Uniboards or CPU/Memory Boards		 Up to 2 dual processor/
memory modules		 Up to 4 dual processor/
memory modules		 Up to 3 CPU/memory boards*

 Up to 3 Uniboard slots Up to 6 Uniboard slots
I/O Slots		 6 PCI 9 PCI 6 PCI-X 16 PCI-X 32 PCI-X
Maximum Memory		 Up to 64 GB Up to 128 GB Up to 192 GB Up to 192 GB Up to 384 GB
Domains (fault isolated)		 1 1 1 1-2 1-4
Operating System
(Minimum version)		 2.1 GHz + 1.8 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.35 GHz UltraSPARC IV: Solaris 8 2/04, Solaris 9 4/04, and Solaris 10 3/05 		2.1 GHz + 1.8 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.35 GHz UltraSPARC IV: Solaris 8 2/04, Solaris 9 4/04, and Solaris 10 3/05 		1.95 GHz + 1.8 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV processors: Solaris 8 2/04, Solaris 9 4/04, and Solaris 10 3/05 		1.95 GHz + 1.8 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV processors: Solaris 8 2/04, Solaris 9 4/04, and Solaris 10 3/05 		1.95 GHz + 1.8 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ processors: Solaris 9 9/05 and Solaris 10 3/05 HW1

1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV processors: Solaris 8 2/04, Solaris 9 4/04, and Solaris 10 3/05
Server Virtualization/
Partitioning		 Solaris
Containers 		Solaris
Containers 		Solaris
Containers 		Dynamic System Domains, Solaris Containers Dynamic System Domains, Solaris Containers

*The Sun Fire E2900 server CPU/memory board is common, and therefore interchangeable, with the Sun Fire V1280 server. However, these boards are not identical to and thus not inter-changeable with the Sun Fire E4900-E25K server Uniboard technology.

* Mix and Match of USIV and USIV+ processors excludes 2.1GHzprocessors

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High-End Servers: Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 Server Comparison
Product Specifications		 Sun
SPARC Enterprise
M8000		 Sun
SPARC Enterprise
M9000-32		 Sun
SPARC Enterprise
M9000-64
Processor
2.28 or 2.4-GHz SPARC64 VI
Max. Number of Processors
 16 (32 Core) 32 (64 Core) 64 (128 Core)
L2 Cache per Processor
5 or 6 MB 5 or 6 MB 5 or 6 MB
Max. Memory
 512 GB,
128 DIMM slots
(ECC, Extended ECC, Mirror)		 1 TB,
256 DIMM slots
(ECC, Extended ECC, Mirror)		 2 TB,
512 DIMM slots
(ECC, Extended ECC, Mirror)
Max. Internal Disks
 16
(2.5-inch SAS)		 32
(2.5-inch SAS)		 64
(2.5-inch SAS)
Max. Internal Disks
 16
(2.5-inch SAS)		 32
(2.5-inch SAS)		 64
(2.5-inch SAS)
Removable Media
 DVD, DAT
Max. CPU/Memory Units and IOUs
 4 8 16
Max. PCI Slots (on IOU)
 32 (PCIe) 64 (PCIe) 128 (PCIe)
External I/O Expansion
 Yes (2 x IOU)
Redundant Parts
 CMU, IOU, XSCF, Clock Board, Disk, PSU, Fan, XB
Hot-Swappable Parts
 CMU, IOU, XSCF, Clock Board, Disk, PSU, Fan CMU, IOU, XSCF, Clock Board, Disk, PSU, Fan, XB
Power Options
 1-Phase/3-Phase/Dual-Grid
Max. # Domains
 16 24
RAS Management
Extended System Control Facility (XSCF)

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Midrange Servers: Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Server Comparison
Product Specifications		 Sun
SPARC Enterprise
M4000		 Sun
SPARC Enterprise
M5000
Processors
 Up to four 2.15-GHz SPARC64 VI Up to eight 2.15-GHz SPARC64 VI
Max. dynamic domains
 2 4
Max. memory
 128 GB1 256 GB1
Memory bandwidth
 32 GB/sec. peak
12.7 GB/sec. stream		 64 GB/sec. peak
25.2 GB/sec. stream
Max. disk drives
 2 4
PCI slots
 One PCI-X slots
Four PCI-E slots		 Two PCI-X slots
Eight PCI-E slots
Form factor
 6RU 10RU

[1] Maximum memory values for the M4000/M5000 servers are based upon 4-GB DIMMs, which will become available during the second half of calendar year 2007.

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High-End Servers: UltraSPARC IV+/IV Processor-based Systems
Product Specifications		 Sun Fire E20K Sun Fire E25K
CPUs		 Up to 36 Up to 72
Processor		 UltraSPARC IV+/IV UltraSPARC IV+/IV
Clock speed		 Up to 1.95 GHz Up to 1.95 GHz
Uniboards or CPU/Memory Boards		 Up to 9 Uniboard Slots Up to 18 Uniboard Slots
PCI-X		 36 hot-swappable PCI+-X 72 hot-swappable PCI+-X
Maximum Memory per domain		 576 GB 1.15 TB
Maximum Storage (all Sun Fire data center servers support external storage)		 250+ TB 250+ TB
Domains (fault isolated)		 Up to 9 Up to 18
Operating System		 Solaris 9 U8, Solaris 10 3/05 Solaris 9 U8, Solaris 10 3/05
Server Virtualization/Partitioning		 Dynamic System Domains
Solaris Containers		 Dynamic System Domains
Solaris Containers

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