Sun External I/O Expansion Unit

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Introducing the new Sun External I/O Expansion Unit for Sun's midrange and high-end SPARC Enterprise Server family. The I/O unit provides rapid, scalable I/O adapter expandability to meet the most demanding I/O connectivity needs, independent of processor and memory requirements.


At a Glance

  • External I/O expandability for Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000, T5120, T5140, T5220, T5240, and T5440 servers
  • Each unit accepts up to 12 PCI-X or PCIe I/O adapters
  • Rack optimized 4RU chassis
  • Meet data center I/O connectivity needs
  • Scale I/O independent of processor and memory requirements

Key Applications

  • The I/O unit is an extremely flexible incremental I/O expansion option for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000, T5120, T5140, T5220, T5240, and T5440 servers
  • Designed to meet the demanding I/O connectivity needs of the data center

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Customer Endorsement

"The SPARC Enterprise servers announced today demonstrates the continuing innovation of the SPARC/Solaris platform architecture."Ted Stinson, Senior Director, Strategic Operations,Symantec Data Center Management Group

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The Sun/Fujitsu Alliance

Sun and Fujitsu bring you the next generation Sun SPARC Enterprise servers where scalable, mainframe reliability meets Solaris 10, the world's most advanced OS.

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Sun External I/O Expansion Unit Tour

Have a look inside the Sun External I/O Expansion and explore its features and design in detail.

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