C H A P T E R  1

Sun Fire X4440 Server Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the features of the Sun Fire X4440.

The following information is included:


1.1 Product Description

The Sun Fire X4440 Server is an enterprise-class four-socket rackmount x64 system powered by the AMD Opteron processor, packing high performance and room for growth with six PCIe slots and 32 DIMM slots into a compact 2-RU footprint.

The product features are listed in TABLE 1-1.


TABLE 1-1 Sun Fire X4440 Server System Features

Feature

Description (Sun Fire X4440)

Processor

AMD64 Opteron Socket F [1207] (1 MByte L2 cache per CPU chip) - dual core capable. Supports dual, and quad core.

Memory

8 DDR-2 DIMM slots per socket. Up to 800 MHz memory speeds depending upon processor type and memory configuration. PC2-4200R 533 MHz Registered DIMMs with ECC PC2-5300R 667 MHz

Registered DIMMs with ECC

PC2-6400R 800 MHz Registered DIMMs with ECC

1GB, 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB per DIMM

See DDR2 DIMM Guidelines.

Ethernet ports

4 ports, 10/100/1000 Mbps, auto-negotiating through two separate controllers

Internal drives

SAS (up to 8) or SATA (up to 8) disk drives, and SSDs (up to 4).

  • Up to 8 SFF SAS 73-GB or 146-GB 2.5-inch form factor drives. Support for hardware-embedded RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring)

Optional RAID Levels 0, 1, IE, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60 with SAS drives

Removable media

1 slimline DVD drive, supporting CD-R/W, CD+R/W, DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W

USB ports

5 USB 2.0 ports: 2 in front, 2 in rear, plus 1 internal USB port

Service ports

1 RJ-45 serial management port (SER MGT)
(default connection to access service processor)

1 10-MB network management port (NET MGT)
(to access service processor)

HD15 VGA video port to view redirected service processor video.

Cooling

6 hot-service system fan modules (2 fans per module)

An air duct facilitates processor/memory airflow

PCI interfaces

6 standard low-profile PCIe slots on three riser boards

(2 - x8 and 4 - x4 electrical / 3 - x16 and 3 - x8 mechanical)

See Sun Fire X4440 PCIe Card Guidelines.

Power

AC power: 100-240VAC, 12-5A, 50-60Hz

1 or 2 hot-service 1050W power supply units (PSUs) to provide N+N redundancy, with energy efficient design

Remote management

On-board Integrated LOM service processor providing:

  • DMTF CLP-based command line interface (CLI) over SSH
  • Web-based browser interface GUI over HTTPS
  • IPMI 2.0
  • SNMP (v1, v2c, and v3)
  • Remote graphical access (remote KVM) over Ethernet
  • Remote storage over Ethernet

Operating system

Solaristrademark 10, Update 4

Solaris 10 OS with specific Sun Fire X4440 Server software components

Supports:

bullet Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U4 (AS) (32-bit/64-bit)

bullet Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit/64-bit)

bullet SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit)

bullet VMware ESX 3.0.2

bullet Windows Server 2003 x32 SP2 or greater (Standard Edition/ Enterprise Edition)

Other software

Javatrademark Enterprise System with a 90-day trial license



1.2 Sun Fire X4440 Server Chassis Overview

The Sun Fire X4440 Server is based on an all-new chassis family.



Note - Some of the procedures in this manual are for customer-replaceable units (CRUs) and some are for field-replaceable units (FRUs), as noted in the procedures and in the list below. FRU components should be replaced only by trained service technicians. Contact your Sun Service representative for assistance with FRU replacements.


1.2.1 Infrastructure Boards

The Sun Fire X4440 has the boards listed in TABLE 1-2 installed in the chassis.


TABLE 1-2 Infrastructure Boards

Board

Description

Reference

Motherboard

FRU

The motherboard is on a removable tray. It has 16 DIMM slots and the service processor (ILOM) subsystem. Hyper-transport connector slots to a mezzanine tray support two additional processors and memory.

The server motherboard provides an integrated lights out management (ILOM) service processor function, which includes remote boot and remote software upgrades. The service processor (ILOM) subsystem controls the host power and monitors host system events (power and environmental). The iILOM controller draws power from the host’s 3.3V standby supply rail, which is available whenever the system is receiving AC input power, even when the system is turned off.

Servicing the Motherboard Assembly

 

Refer to the Sun Fire 4140, 4240, and 4440 Server Diagnostics Guide for ILOM sensor information.

Refer to the Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 User's Guide

Mezzanine tray

FRU

This removable mezzanine tray includes 2 additional CPU modules, slots for 16 DIMMs, and memory control subsystems.

Servicing the Mezzanine Tray

Power distribution board

FRU

This power distribution board board distributes main 12V power from the power supplies to the rest of the system. It is directly connected to the Vertical PDB card, and to the motherboard through a bus bar and ribbon cable. It also supports a top cover interlock (“kill”) switch.

In the Sun Fire X4440, the power supplies connect to the power supply backplane which connects to the power distribution board.

Servicing the Power Distribution Board (PDB)

Vertical PDB card

FRU

This vertical power distribution board serves as the interconnect between the power distribution board and the fan power boards, drives backplane, and I/O board.

Servicing the Paddle Card

Power supply backplane card

FRU

This board connects the power distribution board to power supplies 0 and 1.

Servicing the Power Supply Backplane

Fan power boards (2)

FRU

These boards carry power to the system fan modules. In addition, they contain fan module status LEDs and transfer I2C data for the fan modules.

Servicing the Fan Power Boards

Drives backplane

FRU

This board includes the connectors for the drives, as well as the interconnect for the I/O board, Power and Locator buttons, and system/component status LEDs. The Sun Fire X4440 has an eight-disk backplane. Each drive has an LED indicator for power/activity, fault, and ok-to-remove.

Servicing the Drives Backplane

Front I/O board

FRU

This board carries the front panel USB connections from the drives backplane. The board connects directly to the drives backplane. It is packaged with the DVD drive as a single unit.

Servicing the DVD/USB Module

PCIe risers

FRU

In the Sun Fire X4440, each riser supports two PCIe cards. There are three risers per system, each attached to the rear of the motherboard.

Servicing PCIe Risers


1.2.2 System Cables

The Sun Fire X4440 internal cables are listed in TABLE 1-3.


TABLE 1-3 Sun Fire X4440 Server Cables

Cable

Connects...

1

Drives data cables (2)

Between the optional HBA PCI-Express Card and the drives backplane

2

Motherboard to PDB cable

Between the power distribution board and the motherboard

3

PSU backplane cable

To the power supply units

4

Top cover interlock cable

To the power distribution board


FIGURE 1-1 shows the SAS cables on the Sun Fire X4440.

FIGURE 1-2 shows the SATA cables on the Sun Fire X4440.

FIGURE 1-3 shows the diskless configuration on the Sun Fire X4440.

FIGURE 1-1 Cables (SAS)


 

FIGURE 1-2 Cables (SATA)




caution icon Caution - The Drives Data Cable (1) and (0) connectors must be placed in the order shown.


FIGURE 1-3 Cables (Diskless Configuration)


1.2.3 Dimensions

The 2U chassis form factor dimensions are listed in TABLE 1-4.


TABLE 1-4 Sun Fire X4440 Server Dimensions

Dimension

Sun Fire X4440

Height

87.85 mm/3.46 inches

Width

445.71 mm/17.55 inches (includes ears - chassis is 425.46 mm/16.75 inches)

Depth

733.65 mm/28.88 inches (includes PSU handle - chassis is 711.25/28.00)

Weight

Maximum: 28.6 kg/62.9 lbs


 


1.3 Sun Fire X4440 Front Panel Features

FIGURE 1-4 shows front panel features on the Sun Fire X4440.

FIGURE 1-4 Front Panel Features


This figure shows the location of the front panel features on the Sun Fire X4140.


Figure Legend

1

Locator LED/Locator button (white)

5

Power Supply Service Required LED (amber)

2

Service Action Required LED (amber)

6

System Overtemperature LED (amber)

3

Power/OK LED (green)

7

Fan Module Service Required LED (amber)

4

Power button

8

Drives map



1.4 Sun Fire X4440 Rear Panel Features

FIGURE 1-5 shows rear panel features on the Sun Fire X4440. For more detailed information about ports and their uses, see the Sun Fire X4450 Server Installation Guide. For a detailed description of PCIe slots, see Servicing PCIe Risers.

FIGURE 1-5 Rear Panel Features


This figure shows the location of the rear panel features on the Sun Fire X4140.


Figure Legend

1

PSU 1

9

Rear Panel System Status LEDs

Locator LED/Locator button (white)

Service Action Required LED (amber)

Power/OK LED (green)

2

PSU 0

10

Serial Management Port (SER MGT)

3

PCIe 3

11

Network Management Port (NET MGT)

4

PCIe 0

 

NMI button (Behind panel, not shown)

5

PCIe 4

 

Reset Button (Behind panel, not shown)

5

PCIe 1

12

Gbit Ethernet Ports (0, 1, 2, 3)

7

PCIe 5

13

USB Ports (0, 1)

8

PCIe 2

14

HD15 Video Port



1.5 Illustrated Parts Breakdown

The following illustrations provide exploded views of system components. Use these illustrations, and the accompanying tables, to identify parts in your system.

FIGURE 1-6 I/O Components (Sun Fire X4440)


This illustration shows system I/O components for the server.


Figure Legend

1

Top Cover

5

Drives (16)

2

Hard Disk Backplane

6

DVD/USB Module

3

Hard Disk Cage

7

Right Control Panel Light Pipe Assembly

4

Left Control Panel Light Pipe Assembly

 

 


FIGURE 1-7 Power Distribution/Fan Module Components (Sun Fire X4440)


Figure showing power distribution and fan module components.


Figure Legend

1

Paddle Card

5

Fan Modules

2

Power Distribution Board/Bus Bar Assembly

6

Fan Boards

3

PSU Backplane

7

Air Baffle

4

Power Supplies

8

Mezzanine Tray