---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SPARCserver 600MP Upgrades SunFLASH Vol 35 #8 November 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************************************** * * * - Cost effective board exchanges for the entire SPARCsystem series * * * * - Disk and tape investment protection * * * * - Aggressively priced enclosure exchanges for previous generation * * products * * * * - Access to higher performance peripherals * * * * - Enhanced future upgradeability * * * ***************************************************************************** With the announcement of the SPARCserver 600MP upgrades, Sun has reaffirmed its commitment to the world's largest RISC/Unix server installed base. The SS600MP upgrade line has five attractively priced, expandable offerings that provide tremendous multiprocessor performance. As is true with all Sun upgrades, these paths also provide maximum investment protection for the customer's existing peripherals. Board exchange upgrades are available for the entire SPARCserver 300 and SPARCserver 400 series, as well as the Sun-3/470. All board exchanges provide full support of customers existing IPI and SCSI disk investment with expansion support of the new 1.3GB drives. All three board exchanges include a single slot GX card, dual CPUs and 64MB of RAM standard. Additional CPUs and memory are available through the use of standard x-options. For older generation deskside and server products, Sun offers two aggressively priced enclosure exchange upgrades. Sun-3/160, 3/260 and 4/260 machines have a path to a SPARCserver 670MP with a bundled single slot GX card, CDROM and a high performance 1.3GB SCSI disk. Customers moving to multiprocessor performance from Sun-3/180, 3/280, 3/480 and 4/280 rackmounted fileservers have a path to a dual CPU, 64MB SPARCserver 690MP that includes both a CDROM and 2 1.3GB IPI disks. Like all SPARCserver 600MP upgrades, CPU MBus modules and additional memory are available to these paths as x-options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Features Benefits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Board Exchanges: ================ IPI and SCSI Disk Support Investment protection for existing disks Bundled Single-Slot GX Accelerated 8-bit Color graphics Preserves SBus slots for additional expansion Supports existing Analog Mono monitors in accelerated greyscale 64MB Standard Large capacity for memory- intensive applications Economical industry-standard SIMMs ECC memory for data integrity Expandable using standard x-options MBus Maximum flexibility for adding additional CPU's Easy to upgrade to new faster CPUs in the future SIMM Migration Preserves existing SIMM (4/370 and 4/390 only) investment SBus Expansion Access to the latest SBus options: -High-speed serial interface -SBus Prestoserve -SPARC printer interface -Serial parallel controller -Third-party options Support of Current Options Easy to take advantage of higher performance disk, tape and communications options without sacrificing existing IPI or SCSI disks. Enclosure Exchanges ------------------- New Enclosure Access to the latest options Enhanced future upgradeability Bundled SunCD Easy software loading and updates Access to the latest CD-only offerings Large Capacity Disks Makes an easy transition from existing lower capacity, lower reliability SMD drives. HARDWARE CONSIDERATIONS ----------------------- - SPARCserver 600MP software is available on CD-ROM media only. Access to a SunCD is required to install this upgrade. - SMD disk drives and controllers are not supported on SPARCserver 600MP upgrades. Early testing showed them to be a bottleneck to overall system performance. - SPARCserver 600MP upgrades do not support previous generation memory except for qualified SIMMs from SPARCserver 370 and 390 machines. - Upgrades to SPARCserver 600MP systems only support included GX or optional ECL monochrome frame buffers. Other VME, P4 or SBus graphics are not supported. - VME Prestoserve cards do not support NFS acceleration on disks connected to SBus-based controllers, like the SCSI disks on the SS670MP. - Customers with ECL monochrome monitors will need to purchase an SBus monochrome frame buffer (UG-MFB-G) to connect them to SPARCserver 600MP upgrades. - Enclosure exchange upgrades to the SS690MP do not include a frame buffer. Customers requiring ECL monochrome video should order the SBus monochrome frame buffer, UG-MFB-G. SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS ----------------------- - SunOS 4.1.2 is required for all S600MP upgrades. 4.1.2 is binary compatible with SunOS 4.1 applications. - Customers running Sun FDDI/DX (dual attach VME) will require FDA-2.0-4-4-21 version 2.0 software - Customers with NC400 NFS accelerator boards will require SNC-1.0-4.1.2-4-21U Sun Network CoProcessor version 1.0 software. - Migration of Sun Prestoserve requires PRE-2.3-4.1-4-21U Sun Prestoserve version 2.3 software. - SunDBE for 4.1.2 and the SPARCserver 600 family is not available at this time. Sun does, however, intend to release an update for SS600MP platforms at a later date. U.S. PRICING AND ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS -------------------------------------- The End-User and OEM price lists will contain the following entries (please see the actual price list for specific product notes): Discount Same Day Description Order Numbers List Price Category Service Price Adjustment ========================================================================== Board Exchange Upgrades ----------------------- 4/330 to S630, 2 CPUs, UG4/330-MP64 $26,495 A $45 64MB, SBus GX 4/370 or 4/390 to UG4/3X0-MP64 $27,995 A $35 S6X0MP, 2 CPUs, 64MB, SBus GX, 0Mb EXPM Board 4/470 or 4/490 to UG4/4X0-MP64 $26,495 A <$90> S6X0MP, 2 CPUs, 64MB, SBus GX Enclosure Exchange Upgrades --------------------------- Sun-3/160,/260 & 4/260 UG670GX-120-64-P51 $32,995 A $120 to S670MP, 2 CPUs, 64MB, 1.3GB SCSI disk, SBus GX, internal SunCD Sun-3/180,/280,/480 & UG690-120-64-P56* $49,995 A $105 4/280 to S690MP, 2 CPUs, 64MB, 2 1.3GB IPI disks, internal SunCD * Append V3 for 230V operation or V4 for 240V operation. SPARCsystem 600MP upgrades require SunOS 4.1.2 or above; order SX-4.1.2-21 at no charge. Note: Purchase of a system upgrade includes a current SunOS Right-to-Use License Options ------- SBus ECL Monochrome UG-MFB-G $400 A N/C Frame Buffer SM100 SPARC X1160A $12,500 A $50 Module with two 40MHz CPUs 64MB Memory X168A $10,000 A N/C Expansion SIMMS 64MB Memory X164A @ $13,000 A N/C Expansion Board SBus SCSI/ X1054A $1,600 A $20 Buffered Ethernet Card Add-on Internal UPG-X70-CD * $1,295 A $20 SunCD for 4/370 or 4/470 enclosure Add-on Internal UPG-X90-CD * $1,295 A $20 SunCD for 4/390 or 4/490 enclosure 644Mb Desktop SunCD X559A $995 B $20 Pack @ Only available for SS670MP and SS690MP (requires two slots, does not fit in SS630MP). Can be expanded to 256MB using X168A options. A 0Mb memory expansion board is included for the migration of 4/300 SIMMs in UG4/3X0-MP64. * Watch for upcoming promotion on Add-on SunCD Upgrades ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu and paris.cs.miami.edu. All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.