sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash 20-Way SPARCcenter 2000 Support SunFLASH Vol 62 #14 February 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62.14 SMCC Announces Support for 20-Way SPARCcenter 2000 * 20-way (i.e. 20 CPUs in a symetric configuration) support on Solaris 2.3 * The Industry's Most Powerful Server * SPARCcenter 2000 sets performance records in 5 Industry Standard Benchmarks (286 lines) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation announced that it is providing full support for configurations of the SPARCcenter 2000 with up to 20 SuperSPARC CPUs on Solaris 2.3. Based on the results of a successful series of extensive internal and external tests involving SPARCcenter 2000s with more than 8 CPUs, Solaris 2.3 has shown itself to be a robust, high performance software environment for large MP systems. Following the ramp up of support organizations in SunSoft and SunService, SMCC is now able to support systems with more than 8 CPUs. No special software is required to support these larger systems. In 1993, SPARCcenter 2000 systems ranging in size from 8 to 20 CPUs set records in 5 industry standard benchmarks, including TPC-A, AIM-III, LADDIS, SPECrate_int92, and SPECrate_fp92. These benchmarks measure a wide variety of data processing and computing workloads, including database performance (TPC-A), timesharing (AIM-III), file service (LADDIS), and compute intensive tasks (SPECrate_int92 and SPECrate_fp92). A configuration chart, detailing the maximum sizes and capacities for all currently supported options on the SPARCcenter 2000, is included in this article. SPARCcenter 2000 Officially Supported Configurations 1 December, 1993 Option Order # Number Supported Number Supported In Solaris 2.2 In Solaris 2.3 ================================================================================ CPU's | | 8 | 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Boards | | 5 | 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum Memory | | 2.5 Gbytes | 5 Gbytes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memory Options | | | 64 MB |X170A | 10 | 20 256 MB |X173A | 10 | 20 8 MB NVSIMM |X172A | 2 | 2 | | | (Each memory option | | | occupies one memory | | | bank. There are a max- | | | imum of 20 banks in a | | | system (2 per board, 10 | | | boards per system.) | | | Any combination is | | | possible, except that | | | a system requires at | | | least one bank of 64 MB | | | or 256 MB memory. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum Disk Capacity | | 214 Gbytes | 491 Gbytes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disk Options | | | 2.1 Gbyte Dscsi |X575A | 102 disks | 234 disks Two disk tray |573A | | Four disk tray |574A |18 in system rack |18 in system rack Six disk tray |576A | in three trays. | in three trays. | |48 in 8 trays in one |216 in 36 trays in | | disk only expansion | disk only expansion Maximum of 3 trays in | | cabinet. | cabinets, or a the system rack, | |36 in six trays in one | combination of disk 6 trays in a combination| | tape/disk expansion | and tape/disk disk and tape rack, | | cabinet | cabinets. and 8 trays in a disk | | | only rack. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disk Interface cards | | | DSBE |1052A | 17 | 39 | | | DSBE offers DSCSI | | | (narrow mode, 6 2.1 GB | | | disks max) | | | and Ethernet. | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option Order # Number Supported Number Supported In Solaris 2.2 In Solaris 2.3 ================================================================================ Tape Drives | | | 8 mm 5 Gbyte |811A | 7 | 19 | | (3 in the system rack |(3 in the system rack, | | 4 in expansion rack) | 16 in expansion racks | | | in 4 tape trays.) | | | 4 mm 20 Gbyte Stacker|826A | Not Supported | 19 | | |(3 in the system rack, | | | 16 in expansion racks | | | in 4 tape trays.) | | | 1/4" 150 Mbyte |660C | 1 | 1 1/2" Front Load |685A | 1 | 4 1/2" drives mount | | | in the expansion | | | rack only. | | | Up to 2 drives per | | | rack. | | | The 1/2" drive | | | requires its own | | | FSBE card (1053A). | | | Two drives can be | | | driven off of one | | | FSBE. | | | | | | Tape Tray |816A | 1 | 4 in expansion rack | | | only. | | | Each Tape tray holds | | | up to 4 of the 8 mm | | | drives or 4 of the | | | 4 mm stackers. | | | Up to 2 Tape Trays per| | | expansion cabinet. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tape Interface cards | | | SBE |1054A | 5 | 5 FSBE |1053A | 5 | 5 | | | SBE and FSBE are used | | | to drive single ended | | | SCSI devices such as | | | tapes and CDROM, and to | | | provide Ethernet ports. | | | Using these cards to | | | drive single ended SCSI | | | disks has not been | | | tested and is not | | | supported on the SC2000.| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CD-ROM |557A | 1 | 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option Order # Number Supported Number Supported In Solaris 2.2 In Solaris 2.3 ================================================================================ Network Interfaces | | | | | | The DSBE,SBE and FSBE | | | cards provide one | | | Ethernet port | | | each (as well as | | | providing SCSI ports).| | | The QED card provides | | | 4 Ethernet ports. | | | | | | The maximum number of | | | active interfaces is a| | | function of system | | | software and may be | | | less than the number | | | of physical Ethernet | | | ports on a system. | | | | | | Maximum number of | | | active ethernet | | | interfaces of | | | all kinds supported by | | | Solaris. | | 8 | 20 | | | E.g., one can have 17 | | | DSBE cards (in 2.2) or | | | 39 DSBE cards (in 2.3), | | | each with an Ethernet | | | port, but only 8 (2.2) | | | or 20 (2.3) of those | | | Ethernet ports can be | | | used. All the SCSI ports| | | (17 or 39) can be used. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Ethernets | | | On SBE |1054A | 5 | 5 On DSBE |1052A | 8 | 20 On FSBE |1053A | 5 | 5 On QED |1058A | Not Supported | 20 | | | QED SBus Ethernet card|1058A | Not Supported | 5 (cards), (4 TP Ethernet ports| | | 20 interfaces per card.) | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Token Ring |1014A | 4 | 4 Requires version 3.1 | | | of TR HW and SW | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDDI |1005A | 4 | 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISDN |1012A | 1 | 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HSI |1019A | 4 | 4 ================================================================================ Option Order # Number Supported Number Supported In Solaris 2.2 In Solaris 2.3 ================================================================================ Other Options | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPC/S (serial/parallel) |1008A | 4 | 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARCprinter card |1130A | 4 | 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NeWSprint20 Card | | 4 | 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to certain OS | | | limitations, the maximum| | | combined number of SPC/S| | | cards and printer cards | | | supported is less than | | | the sum of the individual | | maximums. | | | Maximum combined number | | | of SPC/S, SPARCprinter | | | and NeWSprint20 cards | | 8 | 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GX and 19" color mon. |355A | 1 | 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total number of all | | | Sbus Cards | | 20 | 40 (Each system includes | | | one tape controller and| | | one disk controller, | | | leaving 18 or 38 slots | | | available for expansion| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country kit w/keyboard |X35xxL | 1 | 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expansion Rack |955A | 2 | 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ballast Kit for |969A | 1 | 4 Front Load Tape | | | | | | Each 1/2" Front Load Tape | | installed in a rack must| | | be counterbalanced by | | | either two fully loaded | | | disk trays (6 disks each) | | or by one ballast kit. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. 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