Sun Fire T2000: first impressions

nospam@example.com (Gleb Reys) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:52:51 +0400

I was glad to find all the necessary serial port connectors arrive with the server, along with 2 network cables - this allowed me to connect everything up and turn the server on in just a couple of minutes, and then immediately get a console using hypertrm (standard connection settings - 9600 8N1). After I watched the diagnostics finish, I saw the system banner (strangely enough it says T200, and not T2000):

Sun Fire T200, No Keyboard
Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.20.4, 16376 MB memory available, Serial #70080736.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:2d:58

Upon the first reboot, you'll have to answer standard system idenfitication questions to configure the default language and locale, hostname and other parameters.

After the system came up, I finally could check out the mighty power packed in a system unit:

root@t2000 # psrinfo -vp
The physical processor has 32 virtual processors (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31)
UltraSPARC-T1 (cpuid 0 clock 1000 MHz)

root@t2000 # psrinfo -v | more
Status of virtual processor 0 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:55.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 1000 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 1 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:56.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 1000 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 2 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:56.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 1000 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 3 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:56.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 1000 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 4 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:56.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 1000 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 5 as of: 07/19/2006 22:50:58
on-line since 07/19/2006 22:42:56.

root@t2000 # prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4v Sun Fire T200
System clock frequency: 200 MHz
Memory size: 16376 Megabytes

========================= CPUs ===============================================

CPU CPU
Location CPU Freq Implementation Mask
------------ ----- -------- ------------------- -----
MB/CMP0/P0 0 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P1 1 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P2 2 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P3 3 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P4 4 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P5 5 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P6 6 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P7 7 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P8 8 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P9 9 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P10 10 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P11 11 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P12 12 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P13 13 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P14 14 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P15 15 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P16 16 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P17 17 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P18 18 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P19 19 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P20 20 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P21 21 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P22 22 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P23 23 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P24 24 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P25 25 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P26 26 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P27 27 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P28 28 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P29 29 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P30 30 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1
MB/CMP0/P31 31 1000 MHz SUNW,UltraSPARC-T1

========================= IO Configuration =========================
IO

Location Type Slot Path Name
Model
----------- ----- ---- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------
IOBD/NET-1 PCIE IOBD /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network network-pciex8086,105e
IOBD/NET-1 PCIE IOBD /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network network-pciex8086,105e
IOBD/PCIE PCIE IOBD /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0 scsi-pci1000,56 LSI,1064E
IOBD/PCIX PCIX IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/isa@2 isa
IOBD/PCIX PCIX IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@5 usb-pciclass,0c0310
IOBD/PCIX PCIX IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@6 usb-pciclass,0c0310
IOBD/PCIX PCIX IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide ide-pci10b9,5229
IOBD/NET-1 PCIE IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci/network network-pciex8086,105e
IOBD/NET-1 PCIE IOBD /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci/network network-pciex8086,105e

========================= HW Revisions =======================================

System PROM revisions:
----------------------
OBP 4.20.4 2006/05/12 14:13

IO ASIC revisions:
------------------
Location Path Device
Revision
-------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------
------------ ---------
IOBD/SAS-SATA-HBA /pci@780 SUNW,sun4v-pci 0
IOBD/SAS-SATA-HBA /pci@780/pci@0 pciex10b5,8532.aa 170
IOBD/SAS-SATA-HBA /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9 pciex10b5,8532.aa 170
IOBD/IO-BRIDGE /pci@7c0 SUNW,sun4v-pci 0
IOBD/PCI-SWITCH1 /pci@7c0/pci@0 pciex10b5,8532.aa 170
IOBD/SAS-SATA-HBA /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0pci13e9,56 2

pS: T2000 is VERY NOISY. Forget about using it as your home server ;) But any datacenter will definitely benefit by having a few of these servers!

UltraSPARC-T1 - Niagara

nospam@example.com (Gleb Reys) — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:00:24 +0300

Finally! A new SPARC processor from Sun has been announced yesterday, aimed to make a mini-revolution on the market.

The main advantages of a new series is a multi-core design (8 cores, 4 threads per core) and a low power consumption. Both these features will help customers greatly reduce their servers maintenance cost.

It is promised that we will see new servers based on Niagara by the end of this year..

Links:
Offician introduction of Niagara
New processor's specification

A lion and a StarCat

nospam@example.com (Gleb Reys) — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:30:24 +0300

Rather typical server of the hi-end - SunFire 15k, codename StarCat... and a lion.

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