vi Sun Fire V890 Server Owner’s Guide • September 2004
Memory Interleaving 53
Independent Memory Subsystems 53
Configuration Rules 54
About PCI Cards and Buses 56
Configuration Rules 58
About the System Controller Card and RSC Software 59
Configuration Rule 60
About Power Supplies 61
Configuration Rules 63
About Fan Trays 64
Configuration Rules 66
About Removable Media Devices 67
About the Serial Ports 67
About the USB Ports 68
About Hardware Jumpers 69
About Serial Port Jumpers 70
About Flash PROM Jumpers 72
System I/O Board 72
FC-AL Disk Backplane 74
4. Mass Storage Subsystem Configuration 77
About FC-AL Technology 77
About Sun Fire V890 Mass Storage Features 79
About the Mass Storage Subsystem Components 80
About the FC-AL Disk Backplanes 82
Dual-Loop Configurations 83
Full vs. Split Backplane Configurations 83
Configuration Rules 84
About Internal Disk Drives 84