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CHAPTER 4
Hardware and SoftwareConfiguration
This chapter describes the hardwareand software configuration of the Sun Fire 280R
system. Topicscovered in this chapter include:
■“About System Memory” on page80
■“About Central Processing Unit (CPU)Modules” on page 83
■“About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses” on page84
■“About Network Interface Options” on page86
■“About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts” on page87
■“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 page98
■“About the Parallel Port” on page101
■“About the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports” on page 102
■“About the Standard Ethernet Port” on page103
■“About the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Port” on page104
■“About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page107
■“About the Main Logic Board Jumpers” on page112
■“About Changing Serial Port Settings” on page 113
■“About Flash Permanent Read Only Memory (PROM) Jumpers” on page114
■“About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page107
■“About the Remote System Control (RSC)Software” on page 110
■“About Multipathing Software” on page115
■“About Sun Clustering Software” on page117