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CHAPTER
4
Hardware and Software
Configuration
This chapter describes the hardware and software configuration of the Sun Fire 280R
system. Topics covered in this chapter include:
■ “About System Memory” on page 80
■ “About Central Processing Unit (CPU) Modules” on page 83
■ “About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses” on page 84
■ “About Network Interface Options” on page 86
■ “About Disk Array Configurations and Concepts” on page 87
■ “About Internal Disk Drives” on page 91
■ “About Power Supplies” on page 95
■ “About the Serial Ports” on page 97
■ “About the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Port” on page 98
■ “About the Parallel Port” on page 101
■ “About the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports” on page 102
■ “About the Standard Ethernet Port” on page 103
■ “About the Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Port” on page 104
■ “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107
■ “About the Main Logic Board Jumpers” on page 112
■ “About Changing Serial Port Settings” on page 113
■ “About Flash Permanent Read Only Memory (PROM) Jumpers” on page 114
■ “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107
■ “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software” on page 110
■ “About Multipathing Software” on page 115
■ “About Sun Clustering Software” on page 117