... h4. [Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers Configuration Concepts !Main^download.gif!|http://mapping.sun.com/profile/offer.jsp?id=126]
*by James Hsieh{*}{excerpt}
December 2008{excerpt}
The Sun SPARC® Enterprise M-series server line is the newest addition to Sun Microsystem's mid-range and high-end server families. Designed for the enterprise\- class datacenter, all members of the server line offer a great deal of configuration flexibility in addition to high performance and reliability. The configuration flexibility offered by these platforms provides multiple deployment options that require careful consideration. This Sun Blueprints™ article covers basic and advanced configuration concepts and goes through several sample configurations for the Sun SPARC® Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers. This article should help readers avoid common configuration mistakes. Please note, the entry-level Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 server is not covered in this article.
h4. Contents
* Introduction
* Basic Configuration Concepts
** Types of Systems
** Overview of Configurable Components
*** CPUs and System Boards
*** Memory and Memory Modules
*** I/O Units
** Important Concepts
*** Physical System Boards (PSBs)
*** The eXtended System Board (XSB)
*** Understanding Connectivity Between Components
** Basic Configuration Examples
*** Adding Components to the Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Servers
*** Adding Components to the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 Servers
* Advanced Configuration Concepts
** Quad-XSB Configurations
*** Quad-XSB Mode and IOUs
** Dynamic System Domain Configuration Examples
*** Domain Configurations and RAS Concerns
** Advanced Memory Configuration
*** Memory Configuration Rules
*** Adding DIMMs with Different Capacities
*** Memory Mirroring Configurations
** I/O Performance Considerations
*** PCIe Slot Utilization
*** PCIe Relaxed Ordering
* Software Notes
** XSCF Units
*** XSCFU Functionality
*** Email Alerts
*** XCP Software Versions
** Solaris™ OS Compatibility
*** Required Solaris Packages
* Summary
* About the Author
* Acknowledgements
* References
* Related Resources
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James Hsieh is a Staff Engineer with Sun's Systems Group responsible for the Sun SPARC Enterprise server line. Prior to his current role, James was a member of Sun's Technology Service Center (TSC) providing advanced support for Sun's mid-range server line and a member of Sun Services supporting mission critical customers. Prior to Sun, James worked for over 13 years with UNIX® and Sun systems as a software engineer and as a systems administrator for large groups of UNIX systems.
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