Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120&T5220 Server RAS Whitepaper

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 Server RAS Whitepaper

October 2007

The Critical Role of Information Technology

  • Requirements for Dependable IT Services
  • Pervasive Demand for Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features
  • Introducing Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers

Designed for Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

  • Minimizing Component Count to Achieve Maximum Reliability
  • Improving Availability — Part Redundancy, On-line Serviceability, and Self Diagnosis and Correction
    • Redundant, Hot-Swap Components and RAID Capabilities
    • Hardware Protection — ECC Everywhere
    • The Robust UltraSPARC T2 Processor
  • Integrated Lights Out Management for Simplified Remote Serviceability

Isolating Faults with Sun Virtualization Technologies

  • Sun Logical Domains Technology
    • Logical Domain Isolation
    • Robust Virtualized I/O
    • Speeding Boot Times
  • Solaris Containers Technology

Sun's Comprehensive Focus On IT Service Uptime

  • Speeding Diagnosis with a Comprehensive Fault Management Architecture
    • Solaris Predictive Self Healing Software
    • Predictive Self Healing for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers
    • Predictive Self Healing for Logical Domains
  • Reducing Downtime with the Solaris Operating System
    • Solaris Memory Page Retirement
    • Solaris File Systems
    • Solaris Flash and Solaris Live Upgrade
  • Sun Software for Efficient System Management
    • Sun Management Center Software
    • Sun N1 System Manager Software

Measuring Server Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

  • Sun Availability Benchmark Framework
  • R-Cubed Metrics
  • Assessing RAS Levels of Scale-Out Architectures

Conclusion

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