Sun Microsystems 280R manual Hardware and Software Configuration

C H A P T E R 4

Hardware and Software

Configuration

This chapter describes the hardware and software configuration of the Sun Fire 280R system. Topics covered in this chapter include:

■“About System Memory” on page 80

■“About Central Processing Unit (CPU) Modules” on page 83

■“About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses” on page 84

■“About Network Interface Options” on page 86

■“About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts” on page 87

■“About Internal Disk Drives” on page 91

■“About Power Supplies” on page 95

■“About the Serial Ports” on page 97

■“About the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Port” on page 98

■“About the Parallel Port” on page 101

■“About the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports” on page 102

■“About the Standard Ethernet Port” on page 103

■“About the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Port” on page 104

■“About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107

■“About the Main Logic Board Jumpers” on page 112

■“About Changing Serial Port Settings” on page 113

■“About Flash Permanent Read Only Memory (PROM) Jumpers” on page 114

■“About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107

■“About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software” on page 110

■“About Multipathing Software” on page 115

■“About Sun Clustering Software” on page 117

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