Sun Fire X4170 M3, X4270 M3 Servers Product Page

Asset ID:	1-79-1345627.1
Update Date:	2012-09-12
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Solution Type Predictive Self-Healing Sure

Solution 1345627.1 : Sun Fire X4170 M3, X4270 M3 Servers Product Page

Applies to:

Sun Server X3-2L - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun Server X3-2 - Version Not Applicable and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

This document contains the Sun Fire X4170 M3, X4270 M3 servers Product Page.

Details

Documentation(X4170M3 X4270M3) Overview Patches&Firmware(X4170M3 X4270M3) Product Issues Training/Knowledge SSH(X4170M3 X4270M3) X86 Home

Support Alias: [email protected]
Support forum: Support_Merrimack

Overview:

2-socket 1RU and 2RU servers based on Intel Romley-EP server architecture

X4170 M3 (Nashua)

1RU "Bonnie" extensible chassis with three available storage configurations
Oracle.com X4170 M3 Marketing Page

X4270 M3 (Concord)

2RU "Clyde" extensible chassis with three available storage configurations
Oracle.com X4270 M3 Marketing Page

CPU:

X4170 M3 & X4270 M3

Two CPU socket systems

Intel Xeon E5-2609 4-core 2.4 GHz

80W, DDR3-1066, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 10 MB cache

Intel Xeon E5-2640 6-core 2.4 GHz

95W, DDR3-1333, 7.2 GT/s, 15 MB cache

Intel Xeon E5-2660 8-core 2.2 GHz

95W, DDR3-1600, 8.0 GT/s, 20 MB cache

Intel Xeon E5-2690 8-core 2.9 GHz

135W, DDR3-1600, 8.0 GT/s QPI, 20 MB cache

Memory:

Memory controller integrated into the Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPU
three DIMM sizes

8 GB DDR3-1600 (1.35V, dual-rank)
16 GB DDR3-1600 (1.35V, dual-rank)
32 GB DDR3-1066 (1.35V, quad-rank) * supported in X4270M3 post-RR

X4170 M3 and X4270 M3 servers

up to 16 DDR3-1600 RDIMMs (8 DIMM slots per CPU)
512 GB DRAM maximum using 32 GB DIMMs * supported in X4270M3 post-RR

Basic DIMM population rules (see Service manual for expanded/detailed rules and Examples)

A single DIMM configuration for a processor is supported
Do not populate DIMM slots next to empty CPU sockets

All shipping configurations will always have all CPU sockets populated

When using memory of mixed sizes install the DIMMs from largest to smallest
DIMMs are populated starting with D0 of processor 0 and alternating between P0 and P1 (fill all blue slots then white slots)

Service Manual Graphic of DIMM installation order

PCI:

PCIe controller integrated in Intel Sandy Bridge CPU
X4170 M3

4x PCIe Gen3 (8.0 GT/s) slots

Slot 1- x16
Slots 2 & 3 - x8
Slot 4 - x8 Internal slot dedicated to SAS controller for internal storage (physically located beneath slot 3)

X4270 M3

6x PCIe Gen3 (8.0 GT/s) slots

Slot 1- x16
Slots 2,3,4,5,6 - x8

Network:

4x on-board 10Gb Ethernet ports
100/1000/10000Mb/s (No 10Mb support - 100 Mb operation full-duplex only)
PXE boot supported on all 4 interfaces
ports numbered net0-3 from right to left (right-most port is 0)

Internal Storage:

Configurations that support DVD drives will have one populated (no option to leave it unpopulated with a filler)

DVD drive is a standard slim-line Serial ATA (SATA) DVD-ROM drive
Connected via standard SATA cable to one of the SATA host controllers on the system board

The Merrimack Family of Servers can utilize three different storage configurations for each of the 1RU and 2RU chassis

The 1RU X4170M3 server chassis supports three configurations

4x 2.5" disks with DVD drive
8x 2.5" disks - no optical drive
4x 3.5" disks - no optical drive

The 2RU X4270M3 server chassis supports three configurations

8x 2.5" disks with DVD drive
24x 2.5" disks + 2x 2.5" rear drives - no optical drive
12x 3.5" disks + 2x 2.5" rear drives - no optical drive

Merrimack Servers use one of two supported Host Bus Adapters for internal storage control

SG-SAS6-INT-Z Erie-INT: Sun Storage 6Gb SAS PCIe HBA, Internal
SG-SAS6-R-INT-Z Niwot-INT: Sun Storage 6Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal

The HBA for internal storage in the X4170M3 systems takes PCIe slot 4 (internal only PCIe slot located physically beneath slot 3)
The HBA for internal storage in the X4270M3 systems takes PCIe slot 6
Supported Disks

300 GB 10000 rpm 2.5-inch SAS-2 hard disk drive
600 GB 10000 rpm 2.5-inch SAS-2 hard disk drive
100 GB 2.5-inch eMLC SSD in bracket
300 GB 2.5-inch eMLC SSD in bracket
3 TB 7200 rpm 3.5-inch hard disk drive
600 GB 15000 rpm 3.5-inch SAS-2 hard disk drive

Graphics:

on-board A-Speed AST2300 VGA 1600x1200@60Hz 32bpp

Service Processor / Firmware:

Oracle ILOM Service Processor built in to system-board utilizing an Aspeed AST2300
Available sideband management, can be enabled on any of the four on-board 10GbE interfaces (disabled by default)
ILOM version 3.1.X
American Megatrends BIOS

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

Software/OS:

Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 (U10)
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 (with SRU 2, or later, required)
Oracle Linux 5.7
Oracle Linux 6.1
Oracle VM 3.0.2
Windows 2k8 R2 SP1
Windows 2k8 SP2
SLES 11 SP1

Power and Cooling:

All Merrimack servers are configured with 2 redundant Power Supplies (no single PSU configurations will be offered). The system will continue to run with a single PSU in the case of a PSU failure.

1 RU systems - 600Watt PSU (A256)
2 RU systems - 1000Watt PSU (A258)

Front to back cooling provided by Hot-swap redundant fans

Code Names:

Merrimack Server family - this refers to all three of the M3 servers
Nashua - X4170 M3
Concord - X4270 M3

EOL:

X4170 M3 EOL N/A
X4270 M3 EOL N/A
for latest EOSL information check the Oracle Lifetime Support pages

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