Sun Fire 15K Support Expertise

Independent Sun Fire 15K Support Expertise



Sun Fire 15KWith rock-solid availability and hot-swappable components, common across the entire Sun Fire server family, the Sun Fire 15K server helps you to control total cost of ownership (TCO) across your IT organization. The only high-end data center server with 5th-generation Dynamic System Domains, the Sun Fire 15K server, running the robust Solaris 8 Operating Environment, reliably supports thousands of mission-critical applications -- with the flexibility to support multiple configurations as your business needs change.
Built on the success and experience of delivering the leading high-end UNIX servers for the most demanding world-class customers, the Sun Fire 15K is the ultimate system to slash TCO.

Processors

  • Number of Processors : Up to 106
  • Architecture : 900-MHz Cu Superscalar SPARC V9, ECC-protected UltraSPARC III processors
  • Cache per Processor : Level 1: ECC protected 32 KB instruction and 64 KB data on chip Level 2: ECC protected 8 MB external cache
  • System Interconnect : 150 MHz Sun Fireplane redundant 18X18 data, address, and response crossbar interconnect
 

Performance

  • Overall System Bandwidth : Up to 172.8 GBps peak, up to 43.2 GBps sustained
  • Overall I/O Bandwidth : Up to 21.6 GBps sustained
 

Availability

  • Full hardware redundancy
  • Hot CPU upgrades
  • Online upgrades
  • Journaling file system
  • Concurrent maintenance
  • Redundant network connections
  • Redundant storage connections
  • Hardened operating system kernel
  • Hardened I/O drivers
 

Security

  • Domain Management Dedicated network connections between the System Controller and 18 Dynamic System Domains are physically embedded inside Sun Fireplane Interconnect for added security. Administrative Roles Separate roles and responsibilities, including role-based access controls for enhanced security. Unique ID for platform operator
 

Software

  • Operating System : Solaris 8 Operating Environment (10/01 or later)
  • Languages : C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, Java[tm] technology
  • Networking : ONC/NFS, TCP/IP, SunNet OSI, X.25 Start, DCE, Novell NetWare
  • System Management : Sun Management Center 3.0 software System Management Services (SMS) 1.1 software Centralized administration of multiple applications on a single server)
  • System and Storage Network : Solstice Site Manager and Solstice Domain Manager, Solstice Backup, Solstice DiskSuite, Sun StorEdge Volume Manager, VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1.1, VERITAS File System 3.4, Sun Cluster 3.0 software
 

Mass Storage

  • Netra S1 Thin Storage (Boot Device); 250+ terabytes direct connect storage available; Fibre Channel, Low Voltage Differential and Differential SCSI supported; Sun StorEdge A5200; Sun StorEdge array products supported, Sun StorEdge 9900 products will be supported
 

Upgrades

  • Full system upgrades are available for Sun Enterprise 4x00, 5x00, 6x00 and 10000 systems, along with the Sun Fire 6800 server. Older Sun servers are eligible under Sun's Server Consolidation Program, and trade-in programs for other vendors' servers are also available. For more information, contact your local sales representative