SUN VOLUME SERVERS
PRODUCT LINE CARD
SUN x64 SERVERS (x86 64-bit)
Sun Fire™ X2100 M2
Sun Fire X2200 M2
Sun Fire X2250
Sun Fire X4100 M2
Sun Fire X4140
Sun Fire X4150
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FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS COMPARE TO
• One Dual-Core AMD™ Opteron 1000 Series processor • Superior price/performance Dell: PE R200, PE R300
• 1 RU • Single function/application IT infrastructure HP: DL120 G5, DL320 G5p
• Four DIMM slots; up to 8 GB total memory • Small, cost effective clusters to compile software IBM: x3250 M2, x3350
• 250/500/750 GB or 1 TB 7,200 SATA II drives; 146 or 300 GB 15K • Web application server
SAS drives
• 2x 8-lane or 1x 16-lane PCIe slots
• Up to two Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors • Industry-leading memory capacity in an entry Dell: PE SC 1435
• 1 RU server HP: DL145 G3, DL160 G5,
• Eight DIMM slots per CPU socket; up to 64 GB total memory • High performance computing (HPC) DL165 G5
• Supports 250/500/750 GB or 1 TB 7,200 SATA II drives; 146 or 300 GB • High scale Web application architectures IBM: x3455
15K SAS drives • Electronic Design Automation (EDA), MCAE
• 2x 8-lane or 1x 16-lane PCIe slots • Financial simulations and modeling
• Up to two Intel® Xeon® Processors 5400 or 5200 series, quad-core or • Fastest 1U server for HPC workloads Dell: PE 1950 III
dual-core • Superior price/performance HP: DL 160 G5
• 1 RU • Web 2.0 and back office applications IBM: x3450, x3550
• Eight DIMM slots; up to 32 GB memory • Runs MCAE simulations
• Up to two SATA drives
• 1x 16-lane PCIe slot
• Up to two Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors • Save up to 56% annually in power and cooling Dell: PE 2970
• 1 RU costs HP: DL365, DL 365 G5
• Four DIMM slots per CPU socket; up to 32 GB memory • Database IBM: x3455
• Up to four 2.5 in. SAS drives • Security
• 2x 8-lane PCIe slots • Development
• Web and application server
• One or two Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors • Up to 2x memory, storage, networking, and Dell: PE SC1435
• 1 RU I/O slots HP: DL365 G5
• Eight DIMM slots per CPU socket; up to 128 GB memory • Web and application server IBM: x3455
• Up to eight SAS disk drives; over 1 TB internal storage • HPC
• 1x 16-lane, 2x 8-lane PCIe slots • File/Print
• Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
• Virtualization
• Up to two Intel Xeon processor 5400 or 5200 series, quad-core or • Up to 2x memory DIMM slots, storage bays and Dell: PE 1950
dual-core networking connectivity HP: DL360 G5
• 1 RU • Web server IBM: x3550
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory • Virtualization and consolidation
• Up to eight SAS disk drives; over 1 TB internal storage • Security, DNS, caching, firewall
• 3x 8-lane PCIe slots • High performance grid computing
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SUN x64 SERVERS (x86 64-bit) FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS COMPARE TO

Sun Fire X4200 M2 • Up to two Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors • Up to 52% lower power and cooling costs over Dell: PE 2970, PE R805
• 2 RU competitive servers HP: DL385 G2, DL 385 G5
• Four DIMM slots per CPU socket; up to 32 GB memory • Database IBM: x3655
• Up to four 2.5 in. SAS drives • Security
• 4x 8-lane PCIe and 1x PCI-X slot • Network, compute, and infrastructure services
• Application server

Sun Fire X4240 • One or two Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors • Up to 2x the storage capacity of similar systems Dell: PE R805
• 2 RU • Small-medium business server HP: DL385 G5
• Eight DIMM slots per CPU socket; up to 128 GB memory • Database front end HPC IBM: x3655
• Up to 16 SAS disk drives; over 2 TB internal storage • Storage area networks
• 1x 16-lane, 4x 8-lane, 1x 4-lane PCIe slots • Video streaming
• Virtualization and consolidation

Sun Fire X4250 • Up to two Intel Xeon Processors 5400 or 5200 series, quad-core or • Most expandable 2U x64 enterprise class Intel Dell: PE 2950
dual-core Xeon-based system HP: DL380 G5
• 2 RU • Up to 2x memory DIMM slots, storage bays and IBM: x3650
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory networking connectivity
• Up to 16 SAS disk drives; over 2 TB internal storage • Virtualization and consolidation
• 6x 8-lane PCIe slots • Web 2.0 and back office applications
• Storage intensive applications

Sun Fire X4440 • Two or four Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8000 Series processors • 16 processing cores in half the size of competitive Dell: PE R905, PE 6950
• 2 RU servers HP: DL585 G2/G5
• 32 DIMM slots; up to 256 GB memory • Network services consolidation and virtualization IBM: x3755
• Up to eight SAS disk drives; over 1 TB internal storage • Database and Web server
• 1x 16-lane, 4x 8-lane, 1x 4-lane PCIe slots • Application server

Sun Fire X4450 • Up to four Intel Xeon Processors 7400, 7300 or 7200 series, 6-core or • Smallest four-socket (24-way) x64 server Dell: PE R900
4-core or 2-core • Server consolidation and virtualization HP: DL580 G5
• 2 RU • Database and Web serving IBM: x3850 M2
• 32 DIMM slots; up to 128 GB of memory • Data warehousing and data analysis
• Up to eight SAS disk drives; over 1 TB internal storage • Business processing
• 2x 8-lane, 4x 4-lane PCIe slots

Sun Fire X4600 M2 • 2, 4, 6, or 8 Dual-Core or Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8000 Series processors • Most compact eight-socket server HP: DL 785 G5, rx4640-8,
• 4 RU • Server consolidation and virtualization rx7640 (10u)
• Eight DIMM slots/processor, max 64 DIMM slots; up to 256 GB memory • Database transaction processing IBM: x3950/x460 (3u-24u),
• Up to four SAS disk drives • Data warehousing and analytics p5 560Q (4u-8u), p5 570
(4u-16u)
• 4x 8-lane, 2x 4-lane PCIe slots, 2 PCI-X slots • Easy upgrade to future processor technologies in
same system

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SUN SERVERS WITH
COOLTHREADS TECHNOLOGY*
Sun Fire/Sun SPARC®
Enterprise T1000 Servers
Sun Fire/Sun SPARC
Enterprise T2000 Servers
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440
*Also known as Sun servers with chip multithreading technology (CMT).
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FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS COMPARE TO
• One six- or eight-core 1.0 GHz UltraSPARC® T1 processor, maximum • Up to 2.7x lower total cost of acquisition • IBM: x346, x3650, p520
32 threads compared to a competitive 1 RU x86 server • Dell: PE SC1425, PE 2850
• 1 RU • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost
• 8 DIMM slots; up to 32 GB memory virtualization technology
• One 250 GB 3.5 in., 7K RPM SATA drive or two 73 GB or 146 GB 2.5 in., • Web serving and streaming media
10K RPM SAS disk drives • Java™ application servers and Java Virtual Machine
• 1x 1-lane, 4-lane, or 8-lane PCIe slots • Compute and network node
• One four- or eight-core 1.0 GHz or eight-core 1.2 GHz, or eight-core • Up to 45% lower total cost of acquisition • IBM: p5+ 505, p5+ 550,
1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T1 processor, maximum 32 threads compared to a competitive 2-socket x86 server p5 505Q, x346, x3650
• 2 RU • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost • HP: rx2660, rx3600, rx4640,
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory virtualization technology rx8620
• Up to four 73 GB or 146 GB 2.5 in., 10K RPM SAS disk drives • Web serving and streaming media
• 3x 1-lane, 4-lane, or 8-lane PCIe slot and 2x PCI-X slots • Java application servers and Java Virtual Machine
• Compute and network node
• Four-, six-, and eight-core 1.2 GHz or eight-core 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC® T2 • Record-breaking performance, breakthrough • IBM: p6 570, p5+ 550,
processors, one processor per system, maximum 64 threads energy and space efficiency, and the industry’s p5+ 505Q
• 1 RU best performance per watt • HP: rx2660, rx6600, DL360 G5,
• 16 FB-DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost DL380G5,
• Up to four 73 GB or 146 GB SAS disk drives virtualization technology • Dell: PE 2950, PE 2900
• 1x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 4-lane PCIe or XAUI • Virtualization and consolidation
• Web serving/network intensive applications
• Java application servers and Java Virtual Machine
• Four-, six-, and eight-core 1.2 GHz or eight-core 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 • Record-breaking performance, breakthrough • IBM: P6 570, p5+ 505Q, x3650,
processors, one processor per system, maximum 64 threads energy and space efficiency, and the industry’s p5+ 560Q
• 2 RU best performance per watt • HP: DL380 G5, DL580 G5,
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost DL585 G2, rx2660
• Up to eight 73 or 146 GB SAS disks virtualization technology • Dell: PE 2900
• 2x 8-lane, 2x 4-lane PCIe, 2x 4-lane PCIe or XAUI • Virtualization and consolidation
• Web serving/network intensive applications
• Java application servers and Java Virtual Machine
• Four-, six-, and eight-core 1.2 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors, two • Up to 128 compute threads per server and 5,120 • IBM: x3550, p5 505, p505Q,
processors per system, maximum 128 threads threads per rack—32x higher compute density p5 510, p5 510Q
• 1 RU than comparable x86 systems • HP: DL360 G5, DL365, rx2660
• 16 FB-DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost • Dell: PE 1950, PE 2950
• Up to four 73 GB or 146 GB SAS disks virtualization technology
• 1x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 8-lane PCIe or XAUI • Virtualization and consolidation
• Web, middleware, application tier workloads
• OLTP databases
• Multithreaded HPC workloads
• Four-, six-, and eight-core 1.2 GHz or eight-core 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 • Up to 5x higher performance, 2.5x higher • IBM: x3655, x3650, x3755,
Plus processors, two processors per system, maximum 128 threads performance per watt, and 2-4x higher memory x3850M2, p520, p550,
• 2 RU and internal storage expandability—all in half p570
• Up to 32 FB-DIMM slots; up to 128 GB memory the space than comparable x86 systems • HP: DL380 G5, DL385 G2,
• Up to sixteen 73 GB or 146 GB SAS disks • Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost DL580 G5, DL585 G2,
virtualization technology rx3600, rx6600
• 4x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 8-lane PCIe or XAUI
• Virtualization and consolidation • Dell: PE 1950, PE 2950/2970,
• Web, middleware, application tier workloads PE 6950, PE R900
• OLTP databases
• Multithreaded HPC workloads
• One to four UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors per system, maximum 256 • World’s first quad-socket, general-purpose server • IBM: p5 560Q Express,
threads; 1.2 GHz or 1.4 GHz with eight-core powered by the UltraSPARC T2 Plus “system on a x3950 M2, p5 570,
• 4 RU chip” processor delivering massive throughput of p6 570, p6 550, p6 520
• Up to 64 FB-DIMM slots, up to 512 GB memory up to 256 compute threads and 512 GB of • HP: DL580 G5, DL785 G5,
memory in just 4 RU of space rx8640, rx7640, rx6600
• Up to four 73 GB or 146 GB SAS disks
• As little as one-fifth the cost of the latest compet-
• 4x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 8-lane PCIe with x16 connector, 2x 8-lane PCIe or XAUI itive systems, while delivering up to four times
higher performance and up to two times higher
performance per watt
• Virtualization and consolidation
• Databases, CRM, ERP
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SUN BLADE™ SERVERS FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS COMPARE TO

Sun Blade 6000 Chassis
• I/O capacity of up to 1.42 Tb/s per chassis
• 10 RU
• Flexible cost-effective standard-based PCIe Express Module
• Up to double the memory and I/O capacity of Rackmount servers:
competing blades and rackmount servers • HP: BL360 G5
• Shared power and cooling, save up to 15% more • IBM: X3550
energy than equivalent rackmount servers • Dell: PE1950
• Maximum flexibility – Run SPARC®, AMD
Opteron, and Intel Xeon processor-based server
modules, as well as the Solaris, Linux, Windows Blade servers:
and VMware operating systems • HP: BladeSystem c7000
• Unified ILOM management across SPARC, AMD • IBM: BladeCenter E,
Opteron, and Intel Xeon processor-based server BladeCenter H
modules • Dell: M1000e
• Industry standard-based PCIe Express Module
technology simplify integration into existing
networks and SAN
• Direct management of each server module for
seamless integration into existing environments

Sun Blade™ T6320 Server Module
• Four-, six- or eight-core 1.2 GHz, or eight-core 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 • Unparalleled Web scale and virtualization • HP: BL860C
processor, one processor per system, maximum 64 threads capabilities • IBM: JS21
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB memory • Up to 2x the memory and I/O capacity of
• Up to four SAS/SATA disks competing blades and rackmounts
• 2x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 4-lane PCIe or XAUI • Engineered for superior availability with hot-
swappable disks and no fans or power supply
units on the blade
• Integrated, flexible, open source, no-cost
virtualization technology
• Virtualization and consolidation
• Web infrastructure
• Back office (CRM, ERP, DIDW)

Sun Blade T6340 Server Module
• Six- or eight-core 1.2 GHz, or eight-core 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T2 Plus
processor, two processors per system, maximum 128 threads
• 32 DIMM slots; up to 256 GB memory
• Up to two SAS/SATA drives
• 2x 8-lane PCIe, 2x 4-lane PCIe or XAUI
• Highest memory capacity in the industry for • HP: BL870c
blade servers; up to 256 GB max • IBM: JS22
• Ideal for virtualization and consolidation
• Extreme density with Sun Blade 6048 and 6000
chassis; up to 768 cores and 6,144 threads
• Web serving/network intensive applications
• Java application servers
• OLTP databases
• ERP, CRM, and other back-office applications

Sun Blade X6220 Server Module
• Two Dual-Core AMD Opteron 2200 Series processors • Up to 2x the memory and I/O capacity of • HP: BL465c
• 16 DIMM slots; 64 GB of memory competing blades and rackmounts • IBM: LS21
• Up to four hot-swappable SAS disk drives • Engineered for superior availability with hot- • Dell: M605, M805
• 4 8x PCIe links, 2 GbE links, 4 SAS links swappable disks and no fans or power supply
units on the blade
• Virtualization and consolidation
• Web infrastructure
• HPC
• Back office (CRM, ERP, DIDW)

Sun Blade X6240 Server Module
• Two AMD Opteron 2300 series Quad-Core processors • Industry-leading memory and I/O for a • HP: BL465c G5, BL495c G5
• 16 DIMM slots; up to 64 GB of memory two-socket blade: 16 DIMM slots and up to • IBM: LS22
• Up to four hot-swappable SAS disk drives 142 Gb/sec I/O throughput • Dell: M605, M805
• 4 x8 PCIe links, 2 GbE links, 4 SAS links • Comprehensive remote management capability
• Web and application servers
• Databases
• Virtualization
• HPC
• Network/IT services

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SUN BLADE™ SERVERS FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS COMPARE TO

Sun Blade X6250 Server Module
• Two Intel Xeon Processors 5000 series, quad-core or dual-core • Up to 2x the memory and I/O capacity of • HP: BL460c, BL480c,
• 16 DIMM slots; 64 GB memory competing blades and rackmounts BL2x220c, DL360
• Up to four SAS or SATA 2.5 in. disk drives • Operating system flexibility: run Solaris 10, Linux, • IBM: HS21
• 110 Gb/sec I/O throughput Windows or VMware • Dell: M600
• 2 x8 PCIe links, 2 x4 PCIe links, 2 GbE links, 4 SAS links • Engineered for superior availability with hot-
swappable disks and no fans or power supply
units on the blade
• Ideal for virtualization, Web infrastructure, and
back office (CRM, ERP, DIDW) workloads
• HPC ready with 10 GbE support

Sun Blade X6450 Server Module
• Two or four Intel Xeon processors 7400, 7300, 7200 series, 6-core or • 50% more memory capacity than competing • HP: BL2x220c, BL680c, DL580
4-core, or 2-core four-socket blade servers
• 24 DIMM slots; 96 GB memory • Advanced onboard management and monitoring
• Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) enabled by embedded ILOM Service Processor
• 16 GB compact Flash support • HPC ready with up to 24 cores per blade
• 2 x8 PCIe links, 2 x4 PCIe links, 2 GbE links, 4 SAS links • Ready with 10 GbE support
• 11 TFLOPS of peak performance in a Sun 6048
chassis
• Ideal for virtualization, Web infrastructure, back
office (CRM, ERP, DIDW)

Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module
• Up to eight SAS disks • Fast deployment with convenient plug and • HP: SB40c
• 1.17 TB per blade of in-chassis storage using 146 GB SAS HDDs deploy design • IBM: BSE-2, SAS Storage
• Two 3.0 Gb/sec SAS interfaces to midplane for routing to NEM GbE • Best-in-class, in-chassis storage scalability per Module
and SAS server module
• New multifabric Network Express Module (NEM)
handles Ethernet and SAS
• Databases for Web applications
• Rich media file storage
• Blade server boot disk

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