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Contents
Prefacevii
Server Features1
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers2
Features at a Glance4
Additional Feature Information6
Chip-Multithreaded Processor and Memory Technology6
Enhancements7
Preinstalled Solaris Operating System7
Hardware-Assisted Cryptography8
Support for Virtualization Through
Logical Domains8
Remote Manageability With ILOM9
High Levels of System Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability10
Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components10
Power Supply Redundancy10
Environmental Monitoring11
Support for RAID Storage Configurations11
Error Correction and Parity Checking12
Fault Management and Predictive Self Healing12
v
Rackmountable Enclosure12
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Preface
This manual provides an overview of the SPARC® Enterprise T5140 and T5240
servers features.
FOR SAFE OPERATION
This manual contains important information regarding the use and handling of this
product. Read this manual thoroughly. Use the product according to the instructions
and information available in this manual. Keep this manual handy for further
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Related Documentation
The latest versions of all the SPARC Enterprise Series manuals are available at the
following Web sites:
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Product Notes
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Site Planning Guide
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Installation Guide
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Service Manual
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Administration Guide
Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0
User’s Guide
Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0
Supplement for SPARC Enterprise
T5140 and T5240 Servers
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers Safety and Compliance Guide
Information about the latest product
updates and issues
Server specifications for site planningC120-H028
Detailed rackmounting, cabling,
power on, and configuring
information
How to run diagnostics to
troubleshoot the server, and how to
remove and replace parts in the
server
How to perform administrative tasks
that are specific to the servers
Information that is common to all
platforms managed by ILOM
How to use the Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM) software on the
servers
Safety and compliance information
that is specific to the servers
C120-E493
C120-E496
C120-E497
C120-E498
C120-E474
C120-E499
(Varies based
on version)
C120-E495
Note – Product Notes is available on the website only. Please check for the recent
update on your product.
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Conventions for Alert Messages
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intended to prevent injury to the user or bystanders as well as property damage, and
important messages that are useful to the user.
Warning – This indicates a hazardous situation that could result in death or serious
personal injury (potential hazard) if the user does not perform the procedure
correctly.
Caution – This indicates a hazardous situation that could result in minor or
moderate personal injury if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. This
signal also indicates that damage to the product or other property may occur if the
user does not perform the procedure correctly.
Alert messages in the text
An alert message in the text consists of a signal indicating an alert level followed by
an alert statement. Alert messages are indented to distinguish them from regular
text. Also, a space of one line precedes and follows an alert statement.
Caution – The following tasks regarding this product and the optional products
provided from Fujitsu should only be performed by a certified service engineer.
Users must not perform these tasks. Incorrect operation of these tasks may cause
malfunction.
■ Unpacking optional adapters and such packages delivered to the users
Prefaceix
Product Handling
Maintenance
Warning – Certain tasks in this manual should only be performed by a certified
service engineer. User must not perform these tasks. Incorrect operation of these
tasks may cause electric shock, injury, or fire.
■ Installation and reinstallation of all components, and initial settings
■ Removal of front, rear, or side covers
■ Mounting/de-mounting of optional internal devices
■ Plugging or unplugging of external interface cards
■ Maintenance and inspections (repairing, and regular diagnosis and maintenance)
Caution – The following tasks regarding this product and the optional products
provided from Fujitsu should only be performed by a certified service engineer.
Users must not perform these tasks. Incorrect operation of these tasks may cause
malfunction.
■ Unpacking optional adapters and such packages delivered to the users
■ Plugging or unplugging of external interface cards
Remodeling/Rebuilding
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Using this product after modifying or reproducing by overhaul may cause
unexpected injury or damage to the property of the user or bystanders.
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Server Features
This document describes the features of the SPARC®Enterprise T5140 and T5240
servers. The following topics are covered:
■ “SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers” on page 2
■ “Features at a Glance” on page 4
■ “Additional Feature Information” on page 6
1
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240
Servers
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 (FIGURE 1) and T5240 (FIGURE 2) servers are scalable,
reliable, high-performance, entry-level servers, optimized for enterprise data centers.
These servers offer the following key features:
■ Two UltraSPARC
technology for high throughput and energy savings.
■ The latest QuadEthernet ASIC for high performance multithreaded networking.
■ High levels of system uptime through the processor and memory reliability,
availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. Redundancy of systems
components, support for hardware RAID (0, 1), and the predictive self-healing
features of the Solaris™ 10 Operating System (Solaris OS).
■ Both servers come in a space efficient, rack-optimized form factor chassis–1U for
the SPARC Enterprise T5140 server, and 2U for the SPARC Enterprise T5240
server.
■ Investment protection with SPARC V9 binary application compatibility and the
Solaris 10 OS. The Solaris 10 OS also provides features such as Solaris Predictive
Self-Healing, Solaris Dynamic Tracing, and support across UltraSPARC platforms.
■ Unified server management through the use of the Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM) system controller interface. ILOM integrates and manages
CoolThreads™ and x64 platforms with the same tool set, in heterogeneous
environments, using industry standard element management tools and enterprise
frameworks.
®
T2 Plus multicore, multithreaded, processors with CoolThreads
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FIGURE 1SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
FIGURE 2SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server
Server Features3
Features at a Glance
TABLE 1 lists the features of the SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers.
TABLE 1Feature Specification Table
FeatureSpecifications
Chassis dimensions
and rackmounting
hardware
ProcessorTwo UltraSPARC T2 Plus multicore, multithreaded, processors each
Both command sets are accessible through the RJ-45 serial and
10/100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces.
Server Features5
TABLE 1
FeatureSpecifications
CryptographyProcessor integrated cryptographic acceleration that supports
Operating SystemSolaris 10 OS preinstalled on disk 0
Other SoftwareJava™ Enterprise System with a 90-day trial licence
* PCIe and PCI-X specifications described in this table list the physical requirements for PCI cards. Additional
support capabilitiesmust also beprovided (suchas device drivers)for aPCI card tofunction inthe server. Refer
to the specifications and documentation for a given PCI card to determine if the required drivers are provided
that enable the card to function in this server.
Feature Specification Table (Continued)
industry standard security ciphers
Refer to the server product notes for information on the minimum
version of supported OS and required patches
Logical Domains Manager
Sun Studio 12
Additional Feature Information
Chip-Multithreaded Processor and Memory
Technology
The UltraSPARC T2 Plus multicore, multithreaded, processor is the basis of the
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers. There are two UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processors in each server.
The UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor is based on chip-multithreading (CMT)
technology that is optimized for highly threaded transactional processing. The
UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor improves throughput while using less power and
dissipating less heat than conventional processor designs.
Depending on the model purchased, each processor chip has four, six, or eight
UltraSPARC cores. Each core has two integer pipelines, each pipeline runs four
threads, for a total of eight threads per core.
Additional processor components, such as L1 cache, L2 cache, memory access
crossbar, memory controllers, and the I/O interface have been carefully tuned for
optimal performance.
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Enhancements
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers expand the CoolThreads family to
include dual socket systems. They deliver extremely high compute density with up
to 128 threads in 1 and 2 rack units.
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers provide advanced power
management through the UltraSPARC T2 power management features that work at
both the core and the memory levels of the processor, including the ability to reduce
instruction issue rates, parking of idle threads and cores, and the ability to turn off
clocks in both cores and memory to reduce power consumption.
In addition, these server offer the following features:
■ High memory density with up to 64 GB in 1 rack unit, and up to 128 GB in 2 rack
units.
■ High internal storage capacity with over 2 TB available in the SPARC Enterprise
T5240 server.
■ Robust I/O bandwidth with 8 lanes available in all of the PCIe slots.
■ Eco-responsibility through the use of power supplies that are compliant with 80
Plus and Climate Savers computing initiatives.
Preinstalled Solaris Operating System
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers are preinstalled with the Solaris 10
OS, and offer the following Solaris OS features:
■ Stability, high performance, scalability, and precision of a mature 64-bit operating
system
■ Support for over 5,000 leading technical and business applications, and thousands
of Java based services.
■ Solaris Containers – Isolate software applications and services using flexible,
software-defined boundaries.
■ DTrace – A comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for tuning applications
and troubleshooting systemic problems in real time.
■ Predictive Self-Healing – Capability that automatically diagnoses, isolates, and
recovers from many hardware and application faults.
■ Security – Advanced security features designed to protect the enterprise at
improves the performance and scalability of your networked services.
Server Features7
You can use the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS, or reinstall a supported version of the
Solaris 10 OS from your network, CD, or downloaded copy. In some cases, if you
reinstall the Solaris OS, you must also install patches. Refer to the SPARC EnterpriseT5140 and T5240 Servers Product Notes for information on the supported OS releases
and mandatory patches for your server.
Hardware-Assisted Cryptography
The UltraSPARC T2 Plus multicore, multithreaded, processors provide hardwareassisted acceleration of symmetric, asymmetric, hashing and random number
generation cryptographic operations as follows:
The Solaris 10 OS provides the multithreaded device driver that supports the
hardware-assisted cryptography.
Support for Virtualization Through
Logical Domains
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers support the use of Logical Domains
(LDoms) technology. Through the use of the Solaris OS and the built-in server
firmware, and by installing the Logical Domains Manager software, you can
virtualize the compute services that run on your server. LDoms technology is open
source technology, and is included at no additional cost.
A logical domain is a discrete, logical grouping with its own operating system,
resources, and identity within a single computer system. Each logical domain can be
created, destroyed, reconfigured, and rebooted independently, without requiring a
power cycle of the server.
You can run a variety of applications software in different logical domains and keep
them independent for performance and security purposes.
Each logical domain can be managed as an entirely independent machine with its
own resources, such as:
■ Kernel, patches, and tuning parameters
■ User accounts and administrators
■ Network interfaces, MAC addresses, and IP addresses
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Each logical domain can interact only with those server resources made available to
it. The configuration is controlled using the Logical Domains Manager.
For more information on Logical Domains, refer to the Logical Domains (LDoms)Administration Guide.
Remote Manageability With ILOM
The Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) feature is a system controller, built into
the server, that enables you to remotely manage and administer the server.
The ILOM software is preinstalled as firmware, and initializes as soon as you apply
power to the system.
ILOM enables you to monitor and control your server over an Ethernet connection
(supports SSH), or by using a dedicated serial port for connection to a terminal or
terminal server. ILOM provides a command-line interface and a browser-based
interface that you can use to remotely administer geographically distributed or
physically inaccessible machines. In addition, ILOM enables you to run diagnostics
(such as POST) remotely that would otherwise require physical proximity to the
server’s serial port.
You can configure ILOM to send email alerts of hardware failures and warnings, and
other events related to the server. The ILOM circuitry runs independently of the
server, using the server’s standby power. Therefore, ILOM firmware and software
continue to function when the server operating system goes offline or when the
server is powered off. ILOM monitors the following SPARC Enterprise T5140 and
T5240 server conditions:
■ CPU temperature conditions
■ Hard drive status
■ Enclosure thermal conditions
■ Fan speed and status
■ Power supply status
■ Voltage conditions
■ Solaris watchdog, boot time-outs and automatic server restart events
In addition to the ILOM CLI and BI, you can set up the server to use an
ALOM CMT compatibility CLI. The ALOM CMT compatibility CLI provides
commands that approximate the ALOM CMT UI that is a system controller interface
provided on some previous servers.
Server Features9
High Levels of System Reliability, Availability,
and Serviceability
Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are aspects of a system’s design that
affect its ability to operate continuously and to minimize the time necessary to
service the system. Reliability refers to a system’s ability to operate continuously
without failures and to maintain data integrity. System availability refers to the ability
of a system to recover to an operational state after a failure, with minimal impact.
Serviceability relates to the time it takes to restore a system to service following a
system failure. Together, reliability, availability, and serviceability features provide
for near-continuous system operation.
To deliver high levels of reliability, availability, and serviceability, the SPARC
Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers offer the following features:
■ Ability to disable individual threads and cores without rebooting
■ Error detection and correction for improved data integrity
■ Easy access for most component replacements
Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components
SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 server hardware is designed to support hotplugging of the chassis-mounted hard drives, and hot-swapping of fan units, and
power supplies. By using the proper software commands, you can install or remove
these components while the system is running. Hot-swap and hot-plug technology
significantly increases the system’s serviceability and availability by providing the
ability to replace hard drives, fan units, and power supplies without service
disruption.
Power Supply Redundancy
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers provide two hot-swappable power
supplies, enabling the system to continue operating should one of the power
supplies fail or if a power source fails.
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Environmental Monitoring
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers feature an environmental
monitoring subsystem that protects the server and its components against:
■ Extreme temperatures
■ Lack of adequate airflow through the system
■ Power supply failures
■ Hardware faults
Temperature sensors are located throughout the system to monitor the ambient
temperature of the system and internal components. The software and hardware
ensure that the temperatures within the enclosure do not exceed predetermined safe
operating ranges. If the temperature observed by a sensor falls below a lowtemperature threshold or rises above a high-temperature threshold, the monitoring
subsystem software lights the amber Service Required LEDs on the front and rear
panels. If the temperature condition persists and reaches a critical threshold, the
system initiates a graceful system shutdown. In the event of a failure of the system
controller, backup sensors protect the system from serious damage, by initiating a
forced hardware shutdown. Service Required LEDs remain lit after an automatic
system shutdown to aid in problem diagnosis.
The power subsystem is monitored in a similar fashion by monitoring power
supplies and reporting any fault in the front and rear panel LEDs.
Support for RAID Storage Configurations
You can set up hardware RAID 1 (mirroring) and hardware RAID 0 (striping)
configurations for any pair of internal hard drives, providing a high-performance
solution for hard drive mirroring.
By attaching one or more external storage devices to the SPARC Enterprise T5140
and T5240 servers, you can use a RAID software application such as Solstice
DiskSuite™ or VERITAS Volume Manager
variety of different RAID levels.
1. Software RAID applications such asVERITASVolumeManager arenot included with this server. Youmust
obtain andlicense them separately.
1
to configure system drive storage in a
Server Features11
Error Correction and Parity Checking
The UltraSPARC T2 Plus multicore, multithreaded, processor provides parity
protection on its internal cache memories, including tag parity and data parity on
the D-cache and I-cache. The internal L2 cache has parity protection on the tags, and
ECC protection on the data.
Advanced ECC corrects up to 4 bits in error on nibble boundaries, as long as they
are all in the same DRAM. If a DRAM fails, the DIMM continues to function.
Fault Management and Predictive Self Healing
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers provide the latest fault management
technologies. The Solaris 10 OS architecture provides a means for building and
deploying systems and services capable of Predictive Self-healing. Self-healing
technology enables systems to accurately predict component failures and mitigate
many serious problems before they actually occur. This technology is incorporated
into both the hardware and software of the of the server.
At the heart of the predictive self-healing capabilities is the Solaris Fault Manager, a
new service that receives data relating to hardware and software errors. This service
also automatically and silently diagnoses the underlying problem. Once a problem is
diagnosed, a set of agents automatically responds by logging the event, and if
necessary, takes the faulty component offline. By automatically diagnosing
problems, business-critical applications and essential system services can continue
uninterrupted in the event of software failures, or major hardware component
failures.
Rackmountable Enclosure
The SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers use a space-saving 1U or 2U-high
rackmountable enclosure that can be installed into a variety of industry standard
racks.
12SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Server Overview Guide • February 2008
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