Date: 27-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/servers/highend/uniboard/index.jsp

Sun Fire Uniboard Options

Overview

Get the best return on your investment by upgrading your current Sun Fire servers with easy incremental upgrades. Because of our unique binary compatibility you can mix and match processors while accelerating time to market and lowering total cost of ownership(TCO). Sun's selection of Uniboards allow you to maximize the utilization of your Sun Fire cabinets -- no additional racks or enclosures required. Just plug in your Uniboard option and start experiencing the unprecedented performance increase.

At A Glance

Mix & match UltraSPARC III, UltraSPARC IV, and UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboards in the same system
Forwards & Backwards Upgradeability & Compatibility
Compatibility with entire Sun Fire Uniboard line offers revolutionary investment protection
Increase memory capacity for Sun Fire midrange and high end systems
Hot-swappable, on-line upgrades with Dynamic Reconfiguration

Upgrade Services

Sun Services' Enterprise Installation Services (EIS)
A comprehensive installation and configuration service that will ensure the system's optimization for stability and performance right from the start.
SunSpectrum service
A portfolio of Service Plans for systems, storage, and software that focuses on delivering proven expertise, and responsive, consistent service quality, in order to achieve high availability in your IT infrastructure.

Uniboard Upgrade Options

1.95GHz UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboard
- Incrementally grow your existing workloads and meet the demands of new services up to 6% faster than the 1.8GHz processor.
1.8GHz UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboard
- Delivers over 5 times the throughput of UltraSPARC III technology and on commercial applications and doubles memory capacity for Sun Fire midrange and high end systems
1.35GHz UltraSPARC IV Uniboards
- Increase capacity and memory for Sun Fire midrange and high end systems without compromising your system architecture and no downtime