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System Overview
This chapter introduces you to the Sun Fire V890 server and describes some of its
features. The following information is covered in this chapter:
■ “About the Sun Fire V890 Server” on page 1
■ “Locating Front Panel Features” on page 7
■ “Locating Rear Panel Features” on page 9
■ “About the Status and Control Panel” on page 11
■ “About Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Features” on page 15
About the Sun Fire V890 Server
The Sun Fire V890 server is a high-performance, shared memory, symmetric
multiprocessing server system that supports up to eight Sun UltraSPARC
®
IV
processors. The UltraSPARC IV processor incorporates a chip multithreading (CMT)
design featuring two threads on each physical processor. The UltraSPARC IV
processor implements the SPARC V9 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and the
Visual Instruction Set (VIS™) extensions that accelerate multimedia, networking,
encryption, and Java™ processing.
Physical Enclosure
The system is housed in a roll-around tower enclosure, which measures 28.1 inches
high, 18.9 inches wide, and 32.9 inches deep (71.4 cm x 48.0 cm x 83.6 cm). The
system has a maximum weight of 288 lb (130.6 kg).
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