The document provides an overview of the Sun Fire X2250 server including: - It has two Intel Xeon processors, up to 8GB of RAM, and can run Solaris, Linux or Windows. - The hardware includes two SATA hard drives, a DVD drive, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and one PCIe expansion slot. - It also describes the server's architecture, storage, I/O ports, dimensions, and compares it to competing 1U rackmount servers from HP, Dell, and IBM.

1. Sun Fire X2250
Technical Training v1.4
Token # 535321
Ron Graham
Systems Technical Marketing
Sun Microsystems

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• Architectural overview
• Hardware
• Software
• Remote management
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3. Sun Fire X2250 Compute
Entry x64 Intel Rackmount ● Two Intel Xeon processors (5200 series
1U 2-Socket dual-core or 5400 series quad-core)
● Eight FB-DIMM slots (DDR2-667/800,
32GB max)
I/O
● One PCIe x16 slot
● Two 3.5-inch 7,200 RPM SATA HDD
● Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
● Tray load slim DVD
● Five USB 2.0 ports
Ideal for HPC and Web 2.0 Hardware RAS
applications ● Remote management with ILOM 2.0
● RAID 0, 1
● Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
● DIMM Mirroring and Sparing
Software
● Solaris, Linux, and Windows
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4. Sun Fire X2200 M2 vs X2250
Feature Sun Fire X2200 M2 Sun Fire X2250
Form Factor 1RU 1RU
Processor 2 AMD Opteron 2000 series 2 Intel Xeon 5000 sequence
(dual- or quad-core) (dual- or quad-core)
I/O Chipset nVidia nForce Professional 3600 Intel 5400 Chipset
CPU to I/O Interconnect HyperTransport 2.0 Front Side Bus
Memory Type ECC registered DDR2-667 FB DIMM DDR2-667/800
Memory Capacity 16 DIMM slots, 64GB max 8 DIMM slots, 32GB max
(512MB, 1GB, 2GB, & 4GB) (1GB, 2GB, & 4GB)
Storage Up to 2 SATA or SAS HDD Up to 2 SATA HDD
Optical Drive DVD-ROM or DVD-RW DVD-ROM or DVD-RW
Service Processor Aspeed AST2000 Aspeed AST2000
Remote Management Embedded LOM ILOM 2.0
Network Management Shared 10/100 with Broadcom port Dedicated 10/100 port through AST2000
PCI Express 2 x8 PCIe or 1 x16 PCIe (1.0) 1 x16 PCIe (1.0)
Ethernet 2 nVidia GigE, 2 Broadcom GigE 2 Intel GigE
USB 2.0 6 (2 front, 4 rear) 5 (2 front, 2 rear, 1 internal)
Serial Ports 1 serial DB-9 male port 1 TIA/EIA-232-F asynchronous RJ45 port
Power Supply 450 Watt 500 Watt
Operating System Solaris, RedHat, SuSE, Windows, Solaris, RedHat, SuSE, & Windows
& Vmware
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5. Sun Fire X2250 Competitive Landscape
Competitors → HP Dell Dell IBM
Sun Fire X2250
Features ↓ DL160 G5 PE SC1435 PE1950 X3550
Rack Space 1U 1U 1U 1U 1U
CPU Type Intel Xeon 5000 Intel Xeon 5000 AMD Opteron 2200 Intel Xeon 5000 Intel Xeon 5000
Broadcom HT-2100
Chipset Intel 5400 Intel 5400 Intel 5000X Intel 5000X
and HT-1000
DIMMs / Chassis 8 FBDIMM 8 FBDIMM 8 RDDR2 8 FBDIMM 8 FBDIMM
Max Memory 32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB
Memory FB DDR2-667/800 FB DDR2-667 RDDR2-667 FB DDR2-667 FB DDR2-667
2x 3.5” SATA/SAS
HDD 2x 3.5” SATA 4x 3.5” SATA/SAS 2x 3.5” SATA/SAS 4x 2.5” SAS
4x 2.5” SAS
GbE Ports 2x GbE 2x GbE 2x GbE 2x GbE 2x GbE
Expansion Slots 1x PCIe x16 2x PCIe x16 (2.0) 1x PCIe x8 or PCI-X2x PCIe x8 or PCI-X 2x PCIe or PCI-X
I/O ports USB, Serial USB, Serial,PS/2 USB, Serial USB, Serial USB, Serial
PSU 500W 650W 600W 2x670W 2x670W
Management ILOM 2.0 LO 100i IPMI 2.0 IPMI 2.0 IPMI 2.0
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6. Agenda
• Introduction
• Architectural overview
• Hardware
• Software
• Remote management
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7. Sun Fire X2250 Architecture Overview
X2250 is based on Intel Stoakley Platform
• Intel Xeon 5000 sequence processors
> Intel Quad Core Xeon 5400 series processor (Harpertown)
> Intel Dual Core Xeon 5200 series processor (Wolfdale-DP)
• Intel 5400 Chipset
> Intel 5400 Chipset Memory Controller Hub (MCH) (Seaburg)
> Intel 632xESB I/O Controller Hub (IOCH)
For more details on Intel Platforms, see SunWIN document #520953
“Intel Codenames Explained”
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8. Sun Fire X2250 – Block Diagram
DIMM B1
IDE
DIMM B0 CD/DVD
1x Internal
USB 2.0
DIMM A1
2x Rear
Intel Xeon DIMM A0 USB 2.0
5200/5400
5.3 GB/s
5.3 GB/s
Channel B
Channel A 2x Front
USB 2.0
10.5 GB/s PCIe
Dual FSB to MCH MCH ESI (PCIe) IOH
Intel Xeon 1333/1600 MT/s Intel 5400 ESB-2
5200/5400 GB
Ethernet
10.5 GB/s 0&1
PCI 32-bit 33 MHz
Channel C
Channel D
SATA
5.3 GB/s
5.3 GB/s
PCIe x16
Serial
RJ-45
DIMM C0
DIMM C1
Management
USB 10/100
Ethernet
DIMM D0
USB VGA
Video
DIMM D1
2x SATA
PCIe x16 - 1
HDDs
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9. Intel Xeon 5200/5400 Series
45nm Hi-k (penryn) next generation Intel Core microarchitecture
• Intel Xeon 5400 series (Harpertown)
> 2x 6MB L2 cache, quad-core
> 2.0GHz – 3.2GHz clock speeds
> 1333 and 1600 MT/s FSB
• Intel Xeon 5200 series (Wolfdale)
> 6MB L2 cache, dual-core
> 1.86GHz – 3.4GHz clock speeds
> 1066, 1333, and 1600 MT/s FSB
• Single or dual processor configurations
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10. Intel 5400 Chipset MCH (Seaburg)
• Two independent Front Side Bus (FSB) connections
> FSB speed of 1066/1333/1600 MT/s
> Integrated 24MB snoop filter
> Quad pumped
• Four channels of Fully Buffered DIMM (FBD) memory with 8
DIMMs/channel
> FBD DDR2-533/667/800, up to 128GB
> Memory sparing support (post RR)
> No memory mirroring support
• Nine x4 PCIe 2.0 ports, supporting configurations of x8 and x16
slots
> PCIe 1.0 support only
• Intel 631x/632x IOCH connectivity
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11. Intel 632x ESB IOCH
• Dual-gigabit MAC IDE
> Compliant with 1000 Mb/sec CD/DVD
Ethernet/802.3z spec 1x Internal
USB 2.0
> Multi-speed operation: 10/100/1000Mb/s 2x Rear
USB 2.0
• Integrated Serial ATA controller 2x Front
USB 2.0
> Six ports, data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gbs
(300 MB/s)
IOH
• Integrated IDE controller ESB-2
GB
Ethernet
0&1
PCI 32-bit 33 MHz
> Ultra ATA/100/66/33
SATA
• USB 2.0 Serial
RJ-45
• PCI v2.3 Bus Interface USB
Management
10/100
Ethernet
> PCI v1.0 support only
USB VGA
Video
2x SATA
HDDs
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12. Snoop Filter Overview
> Snoop Filter helps lower FSB utilization and improves FSB headroom
> Snoop Filter (SF) is a cache-tag structure stored in the chipset
– Keeps track of the status of cache lines in the processor caches
– Contains only TAGs and status of cache lines and NOT the data
– Filters all unnecessary snoops to the remote bus
> Snoop Filter decreases the FSB utilizations
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– Forwards only requests that need to be snooped on O
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– Cache line that could potentially be present in a
dirty state on the remote bus 6MB Cache 6MB Cache 6MB Cache 6MB Cache
– Cache lines that need to be invalidated
– Filters all the other processor snoops & large
fraction of IO-snoops
– All I/O-bound applications benefit automatically
24MB Snoop Filter Cache
– No source code changes or recompile required
Intel® 5400
chipset
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13. Agenda
• Introduction
• Architectural overview
• Hardware
• Software
• Remote management
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14. Sun Fire X2250 – Internal Layout
2 Blowers cooling CPUs
and DIMMs
High Efficiency
Power Supply
2 SATA Drives
DVD
8 FB-DIMM
Slots
1 PCI-Express
Expansion Slot
2 Intel Xeon 5200/5400 CPUs
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15. Sun Fire X2250 – Chassis Design
3.5-inch SATA HDD Locator light Status LEDs Power button USB ports Tray load DVD 3.5-inch SATA HDD
500W PSU NET MGT SER MGT USB ports HD-15 VGA 2 Intel GigE Ethernet x16 PCIe slot
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16. Sun Fire X2250 – Storage
• Two internal 3.5-inch 7,200 RPM SATA HDD
> Intel SATA controller
> RAID 0,1 – Windows only
> 250 GB, 500 GB, and 1 TB disk drives available
– Mixing different density disk drives is supported
• Internal tray load DVD
• PCIe based HBA's
> Sun StorageTek PCI Express x4 Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter
> Sun StorageTek PCIe Enterprise 4Gb Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter, Dual
channel
> 4Gb Dual Fiber Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter, Emulex
> Sun StorageTek (TM) PCIe SAS Host Bus Adapter, 8 port pass-thru
> 4Gb Single Fiber Channel PCIe Host Bus Adapter, Emulex
> Sun StorageTek PCIe Enterprise 4 Gb Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter, Single
Channel
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17. Sun Fire X2250 - I/O ports
• Three network ports
> Two 10/100/1000 RJ45 connected to the host
MACs provided by Intel ESB, brought out through Gilgal PHY
> One 10/100 RJ45 to the AST2000
• One serial port
> TIA/EIA-232-F asynchronous RJ45 port routed through AST2000
• 5+2 USB ports
> Two USB 2.0 front, two rear, one internal, two wired to AST2000
• One video port
> Analog HD15 VGA connector
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18. PCIe Expansion Slot
• PCI-Express slot
> Low Profile form factor
> PCIe v1.0
> x16 electrical, x16 mechanical
> Right-angle riser
> Connected to MCH
PCIe Riser
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19. Dimensions and Rack Mount
• Same chassis as Sun Fire X2100/X2200 M2
> Height x Width x Depth
– 43 x 425.5 x 633.7 mm
– 1.7 x 16.8 x 25.4-inches
> Maximum weight: 27.2 lbs (13.3 kg)
• Two 4-post rack mount options
> Standard slide rail kit
> Tool-less slide rail kit
– Snaps into most 3rd party racks
> Cable management kit
– Ordered separately from slide rail kits
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20. Sun Fire X2250 – Power, Cooling
• One 500 Watt power supply
> Non-redundant, non-hot swappable
> High efficiency, 80+
> 120/240V auto sensing
> Built-in 2 cooling fans
• Three internal fans
> Two blowers for main chassis area (CPU & memory)
> One fan for PCIe cards
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21. Sun Fire X2250 – Cooling and Fans
• Cooling Front to Back
• Airflow provided by 3 Fans + 2 Blowers
> 2 blowers forcing air to CPUs/DIMMs area
> 1 fan for PCIe slot area
> 2 fans in PSU
2 Air Blowers
Fan for PCIe slot area
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22. Sun Fire X2250 Options
Intel Xeon Processor Choices Infiniband, 10GbE, Fiber Channel, SCSI, SAS, Crypto
Quad Core ● Sun Dual Port 4x Infiiniband (X1236A)-Z
● X5472 ( 1600MHz FSB, 3.00GHz,120W) ● Sun Dual Port DDR IB Host Channel Adapter (X4127A-Z)
● E5462 ( 1600MHz FSB – 2.80GHz – 80W) ● Sun Dual-Port Multi-threaded 10GbE NIC (X1027A)
● X5460 ( 1333MHz FSB – 3.16GHz – 120W) ● Sun Single-Port (Intel 82598 Controller) (X1106A-Z)
● E5405 ( 1333MHz FSB – 2.0GHz – 80W) ● Sun Dual-Port (Intel 82598 Controller) (X1107A-Z)
Dual Core ● Sun StorageTek dual-channel Ultra320 (SG-XPCIE2SCSIU320Z)
● X5272 (1600MHz FSB – 3.4GHz) ● Sun StorageTek 8-port SAS HBA (SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z)
● Sun StorageTek Dual-channel 4Gb FC HBA (SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4)
50W Quad Core
● L5420 ( 1333MHz FSB – 2.5GHz) ● Emulex 4Gb Dual FC HBA (SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4)
● Sun StorageTek 4Gb Single-channel FC HBA (SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4)
● Sun StorageTek 4Gb Single-channel FC HBA (SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4)
Memory Choices ● Sun 2-port Gigabit Ethernet NIC Copper (X7280A-2)
● 8GB 800MHz: 2x4GB
● Sun 2-port Gigabit Ethernet NIC Fiber (X7281A-2)
● 4GB 800MHz: 2x2GB
● Sun 4-port Gigabit Ethernet NIC Copper (X4446A-2)
● 8GB 667MHz: 2x4GB
● Sun Crypto Accelerator 6000 SSL/IPsec Accelerator (X600A)
● 4GB 667MHz: 2x2GB
●
Storage Choices Standard Configurations
● One X5472, 2x 4GB 800MHz (X2250-14-H300-24-A) - $3,395
● 1TB SATA 7,200rpm
● One E5460, 2x 2GB 667MHz (X2250-14-H316-22-A) - $2,995
● 500GB SATA 7,200rpm
● One E5405, 2x 2GB 667MHz (X2250-14-M200-22-A) - $1,495
● 250GB SATA 7,200rpm
● One L5420, 2x 2GB 667MHz (X2250-14-L250-22-A) - $1,995
● DVD-ROM or 8x double-layer DVD burner
● JBODs, RAID Arrays, Tape options (40+)
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23. Agenda
• Introduction
• Architectural overview
• Hardware
• Software
• Remote management
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24. Sun Fire X2250 – Operating Systems
Operating System Notes
Solaris 10 8/07 Pre Installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 6 64 bit version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 AS Update 1 64 bit version
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 w/ SP1 64 bit version
Microsoft Server 2003 Standard & Enterprise 32 & 64 bit version
VMWare ESX 3.5, ESXi Not Supported
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25. Sun Fire X2250 – Tools & Drivers
• Hardware Diagnostics (PC-Check)
> DOS based diagnostics utility, run from CD/DVD
> Writes results to diagnostics partition on primary HDD
• System BIOS/SP flash update utility
> Updates BIOS and SP together
• OS specific drivers
> Post-installation scripts for each OS
> Microsoft Windows 2003 reburn script
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26. Agenda
• Introduction
• Architectural overview
• Hardware
• Software
• Remote management
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27. Sun Fire X2250 – Remote Management
• ILOM 2.0
> GUI and CLI based management
> Remote KVMS
> User access control
– Local users, LDAP, Active Directory
• Service Processor based on Aspeed AST2000
> One 10/100 BaseT Ethernet (RJ45)
> Serial port multiplexed with system serial port
> BIOS flash upgrades via SP or host
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28. Aspeed AST2000
• Embedded 200MHz ARM CPU
• BMC controller with IPMI 2.0/1.5
• Graphics controller
> VGA/2D controller
> 1600 x 1200 @ 60Hz
• Video Redirection over IP
• Storage over IP
• Single 10/100 Mbps MAC
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29. Sun Fire X2250 – Management Interfaces
• All management interfaces call the same underlying system
management functions, allowing the user to choose preferred
access method
> Secure web browser (GUI)
– Remote Console application
> Secure Shell (SSH) command line (DMTF SMASH CLP)
> Serial port through terminal server or direct host attach
> IPMI v2.0 command interface
> Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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30. Sun Fire X2250 – RKVMS
• Remote keyboard, video, mouse, and storage
> Full video passed to remote application
– Max resolution 1600x1200
> Connect local CD/DVD or .iso image to host through SP
• Java Web Start application
> Downloaded through secure web connection
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31. Sun Fire X2250 – System Sensors
• The service processor can monitor and report status and errors on
the following system components
> CPU core voltage
> Memory voltage
> System 3.3V, 5V, and 12V
> System fans
> CPU temperature
> Chassis temperature
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32. Sun Fire X2250
Technical Training
Ronald Graham
Ronald.Graham@sun.com