Sun Microsystems X4600, X4600 M2 I/O Subsystem

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Chapter 3

I/O Subsystem

Sun Fire X4600 I/O Subsystem Overview

The Sun Fire X4600 I/O subsystem is connected to the CPU complex through a HyperTransport link from

processors A and H. The I/O subsystem consists of the following components:

•One tunneling HyperTransport bridge (AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X Tunnels)

•A HyperTransport-attached Southbridge component (NVIDIA nForce4 Professional 2200)

•A HyperTransport-attached Southbridge component (NVIDIA nForce4 Professional 2050)

•Flash memory for the BIOS

•Additional motherboard embedded peripheral I/O consisting of:

•One quad channel SAS RAID controller (LSI SAS1064) attached to one of the AMD-8132 PCI-X

Tunnels on a shared bus with the PCI-X slot 0.

•Two 10/100/1000 dual Gigabit Ethernet MAC/PHY devices (Intel FW82546GB NIC)

•A video controller device attached to the PCI bus of the Southbridge (ATI Rage XL)

•A Super I/O device connecting the Service Processor to the NVIDIA nForce4 Professional 2200 chip

Figure 3-1: Sun Fire X4600 Subsystem

Chipsets

The Sun Fire X4600 Server chipsets architecture consists of:

•HyperTransport interconnects (previously discussed)

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Contents

Main Page Table of Contents Page Introduction Sun Fire x4000 Server Family Overview Sun Fire X4600 Overview Page Page Sun Fire X4600 Target Markets and Applications Chapter 1 Architecture Overview Sun Fire X4600 Server Page Page Page Chapter 2 CPU Architecture Page Page AMD Opteron Processor Page CPU Packaging Processor VRM Memory Architecture Memory is populated in pairs CPU and integrated Heatsink Order of installation x64 Architecture AMD Direct Connect Architecture HyperTransportTM Technology Memory Interface Chip-to-Chip Interconnect I/O Expansion Capability to High-Speed Industry Buses Page Chapter 3 I/O Subsystem Sun Fire X4600 I/O Subsystem Overview Chipsets AMD-8132TM HyperTransport PCI-X Tunnel NVIDIA nForce Professional LSI SAS1064 SAS Controller Intel 82546GB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers ATI Rage XL Video SMSC LPC47B272 Super I/O Controller PCI-X and PCI-E Expansion Slots Sun Fire X4600 Server PCI Expansion Slots Page Chapter 4 Motherboard Page Chapter 5 Cooling and Power Cooling Fans Power Supplies Page Chapter 6 ILOM: Integrated Lights Out Management ILOM Architecture ILOM Software In-Band Server Management Interfaces Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Out-of-Band Server Management Interfaces Command Line Interface (CLI) Web Interface Remote Keyboard, Video, Mouse, and Storage (RKVMS) Lights Out Management (LOM) Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) IPMItool SNMP Sun N1 System Manager Page Chapter 7 Software Operating Environment Solaris Operating System Features Key Productivity Features Manageability Features Interoperability Availability Advanced Networking Bundled Software Sun Studio (90-Day Trial Version) Solaris Flash Software Solaris LIVE! Upgrade Software Real-Time Video Creation and Broadcast Support Solaris 10 OS Bundled Desktop Environments Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Enhancements GNOME 2.0 Desktop Environment Solaris OS Licensing and Usage Chapter 8 Additional Software Included Sun Installation Assistant Appendix A Connector Pinouts USB Serial 10/100 BaseT Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 10/100/1000 BaseT Figure A-5: 10/100/1000 BaseT Pinouts VGA Page Appendix B Sun Fire X4600/X4600 M2 Rack Mounting Specifications Appendix C Sun Fire X4600/X4600 M2 Server Dimensions The Sun Fire X4600/X4600 M2 server has the following size and weight dimensions. Appendix D Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Sun Microsystems, Inc.