Contents iv
Automatic System Recovery 21
MPxIO 21
Sun Remote System Control Software 22
Hardware Watchdog Mechanism and XIR 23
Dual-Loop Enabled FC-AL Subsystem 23
Support for RAID Storage Configurations 24
Error Correction and Parity Checking 24
3. Hardware Configuration 25
About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components 26
Power Supplies 26
Disk Drives 27
About the CPU/Memory Boards 27
About the Memory Modules 28
Memory Interleaving 30
Independent Memory Subsystems 30
Configuration Rules 31
About the PCI Cards and Buses 31
Configuration Rules 33
About the System Controller (SC) Card 33
Configuration Rules 35
About Hardware Jumpers 36
PCI Riser Board Jumpers 36
About the Power Supplies 38
Configuration Rule 39
About the Fan Trays 39
Configuration Rule 41
About FC-AL Technology 41
About the FC-AL Backplane 42