Supported IO Cards for M8000

IO Card	Model Numbers	MaxQ	With IO Box	Comments
Network Interface Card (NIC)
Sun Multithreaded 10 GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) Networking Cards	X1027A-Z	2 per domain	N/S
Sun Multithreaded Quad Gigabit Ethernet Networking Cards	X4447A-Z	8 per domain	4 (2 per PCIe IO Boat)
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Low Profile NIC	X7280A-Z or X7281A-Z	12 per domain	4 (2 per PCIe IO Boat)
Fiber Channel (FC) Host Bust Adaptor (HBA)
Sun StorageTek 4 Gb Fibre Channel Low Profile PCIe HBA	Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gb FC PCIe HBA, QLogic: Sun part number: SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 Dual Port Sun part number: SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 Single Port; Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4 Gb FC PCIe HBA, Emulex: Sun part number: SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 Dual Port Sun part number: SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 Single Port	30 per domain	12 (6 per PCIe IO Boat)
Sun 4Gb 2 Port Fiber Channel Low Profile PCIx HBA	SG-XPCI2FC-QF4, SG-XPCI1FC-QF4, SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z, SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z	1 per domain	4 (2 per PCI-X IO Boat)
Sun 8Gb Single Port Fiber Channel Low Profile PCIe HBA	QLogic: SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z	30per domain
Sun 8Gb Single Port Fiber Channel Low Profile PCIe HBA	Emulex: SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z	30 per domain
Sun 8Gb Dual Port Fiber Channel Low Profile PCIe HBA	QLogic: SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z	30 per domain
Sun 8Gb Dual Port Fiber Channel Low Profile PCIe HBA	Emulex: SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z	18 per domain
SAS Host Bus Adaptor (HBA)
Sun StorageTek SAS Host Bus Adapter	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	10 per domain	4 (2 per PCIe IO Boat)
Sun StorageTek (TM) 8-port external SAS RAID Host Bus Adapter	SGXPCIESAS-R-EXT-Z	2 per domain	2 per domain	The 2 HBAs can be placed either in the host slots or IO Box but there is a total limit of 2 per domain regardless of where it is placed.
Miscellaneous Cards
Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 PCIe Card	X6000A	3 per domain	3 per domain	You either put the 3 cards in the host slots or in the IObox but that there is a total limit of three per domain no matter where you place them.
HSI/U high speed serial interface	X1355A-2	N/S	4 (2 per PCI-X IO Boat)
Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator	X3000A	N/S	N/S
Sun StorageTek Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus AdaptersPCIe	SG-XPCIE2SCSIU320-Z	14 per domain	4 (2 per PCIe IO Boat)
Ultra 320 LVD SCSI HBA PCI-X	SGXPCI2SCSILM320-Z	N/S	N/S	Previously supported; N/S after 04/01/08

Other Cards Supported on Mx000 servers

XVR 100 (PCI-X) Graphics ((X)7296A)

Product Name	MaxQ	Comments
SE M4000	1 per domain	1 card per domain per IO boat, 2 cards per domain per IO Expansion Unit
SE M5000	1 per domain	1 card per domain per IO boat, 2 cards per domain per IO Expansion Unit
SE M8000	N/S
SE M9000	N/S

XVR 200 (PCI-E) Graphics ((X)3777)
Note: EOL has been announced for this card

Product Name	MaxQ	Comments
SE M4000	1 per domain	1 card per domain per IO boat, 2 cards per domain per IO Expansion Unit
SE M5000	1 per domain	1 card per domain per IO boat, 2 cards per domain per IO Expansion Unit
SE M8000	N/S
SE M9000	N/S

Base IO Card (SEMX7BS1Z, SEMY7BS1Z)

Product Name MaxQ Comments

SE M4000 N/S

SE M5000 N/S

SE M8000 6 per IOU No IO Expansion Unit support

SE M9000 6 per IOU No IO Expansion Unit support

Notes

IO Expansion Unit

Sun External Link: http://www.sun.com/servers/midrange/external_io/
Sun Solve Link:

IO Box Connectivity
IO Boxes Supported	M4000=2; M5000=4; M8000=8; M9000=16	Max qty per server
IO Boats Supported	2 per IO Box	Max qty IO Boats supported: M4000 = 4; M5000 =8; M8000 = 16; M9000 = 32
10m Optical Link (Fiber + 2 Cards)	1 link kit per IO Boat	Max qty: M4000 = 4; M5000 = 8; M8000 = 16; M9000 = 32
25m Optical Link (Fiber + 2 Cards)	1 link kit per IO Boat	Max qty: M4000 = 4; M5000 = 8; M8000 = 16; M9000 = 32
Copper Link (4m Cu Link + 2 Cards)	1 link kit per IO Boat	Max qty: M4000 = 4; M5000 = 8; M8000/M9000 = N/S

M8000

Supported IO Cards for M8000

Other Cards Supported on Mx000 servers

Notes

IO Expansion Unit

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