[SunHELP] SS2000E question

[Dave Garten]

James <james at jdfogg.com> said:

> What CPU modules does an SS2000E take? Are they mbus and would the SM81 
> work? P/N 501-3033.

James,

Yes, to MBus modules.  The SPARCcenter CPU boards take up to two MBus modules 
each, ten boards in the chassis, 20 total in a machine.

SM81's work (1 Meg Cache)
501-3033
501-2953
501-4810 

or SM82's work (2 Meg Cache)
501-3022
501-3098
501-4780
501-5056

SM61s work as well as do SM61-2s (sometimes called SM62s).  They (61s) do 
fine in my SS1000E.  I lose the second Meg of cache with the SM61-2s   

Haven't tried it, but I have no reason to doubt the 41s, 51s or 71s would 
work, but I don't think the the later SPARCserver/SPARCcenters were shipped 
with them.  YMMV

The proms check for motherboard 'series' on startup and will not allow you to 
mix a x000E clock/controller card with odler x000 motherboards or vice 
versa.  Tried it.  :^(

I haven't seen my 1000E complian about a CPU combo.  I have mixed 61s and 81s 
without trouble, but it runs all the CPUs at the 61s native speed.  :-(  
SS1000s don't use the second Meg of cache of the SMx2s per the book...only 
the SC2000s 8P.

Your manuals at: 
http://www.sun.com/products-n-
solutions/hardware/docs/Servers/Midrange_Servers/SPARCcenter_2000/

..Or Google for "SPARCcenter manual"
 
V/R

DG
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Dave Garten
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dgarten at totalimage dot org