Sun Fire X4100 cluster

Sun Fire X4150 Motherboard

Sun Fire X4200 servers

Sun Fire is a series of server computers introduced in 2001 by Sun Microsystems (since 2010, part of Oracle Corporation). The Sun Fire branding coincided with the introduction of the UltraSPARC III processor, superseding the UltraSPARC II-based Sun Enterprise series. In 2003, Sun broadened the Sun Fire brand, introducing Sun Fire servers using the Intel Xeon processor. In 2004, these early Intel Xeon models were superseded by models powered by AMD Opteron processors. Also in 2004, Sun introduced Sun Fire servers powered by the UltraSPARC IV dual-core processor. In 2007, Sun again introduced Intel Xeon Sun Fire servers, while continuing to offer the AMD Opteron versions as well.

SPARC-based Sun Fire systems were produced until 2010, while x86-64 based machines were marketed until mid-2012. In mid-2012, Oracle Corporation ceased to use the Sun Fire brand for new server models. ^[1][2]

Operating systems

UltraSPARC-based Sun Fire models are licensed to run the Solaris operating system versions 8, 9, and 10. Although not officially supported, some Linux versions are also available from third parties, as well as OpenBSD and NetBSD.

Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron based Sun Fire servers support Solaris 9 and 10, OpenBSD, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 - 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2 .

Model nomenclature

Sun Fire V40z with 4× AMD Opteron CPU

Sun Fire T2000 (top)

Later Sun Fire model numbers have prefixes indicating the type of system, thus:

• V: entry level and mid-range rackmount and cabinet servers (UltraSPARC, IA-32 or AMD64)
• E: high-end enterprise class cabinet servers with high-availability features (UltraSPARC)
• B: blade servers (UltraSPARC or IA-32)
• X: rackmount x86-64 based servers
• T: entry level and mid-range rackmount servers based on UltraSPARC T-series CoolThreads processors

When Sun offered Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron Sun Fire servers under the V-Series sub brand, Sun used an x suffix to denote Intel Xeon processor based systems and a z suffix for AMD Opteron processor based systems, but this convention was later dropped. The z suffix was also used previously to differentiate the V880z Visualization Server variant of the V880 server.

Sun's first-generation blade server platform, the Sun Fire B1600 chassis and associated blade servers, was branded under the Sun Fire server brand. Later Sun blade systems were sold under the Sun Blade brand.

In 2007, Sun, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Siemens introduced the common SPARC Enterprise brand for server products. The first SPARC Enterprise models were the Fujitsu-developed successors to the midrange and high-end Sun Fire E-series. In addition, the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers were rebranded as the SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 and sold under the Fujitsu brands, although Sun continued to offer these with their original names. Later T-series servers have also been badged SPARC Enterprise rather than Sun Fire.

Since late 2010, Oracle Corporation no longer uses Sun Fire brand for their current T series SPARC servers, and since mid-2012 for new X series x86-64 machines based on Intel Xeon CPUs. x86-64 server models which had been developed by Sun Microsystems before its acquisition, and were still in production, have all been rebranded as Sun Server X-series.

Sun Fire model range

Some servers were produced in two versions, the original version and a later RoHS version. Since a general maintenance and upgrade guideline is that RoHS components and spares may be installed into the original non-RoHS versions of that server, the end-of-life (EOL) date of a server is deemed the EOL date of the RoHS version of that server in this listing.

UltraSPARC architecture

Model	Codename	RU	Max processors	Processor frequency	Max memory	Max disk capacity	EOL Date
280R	Littleneck	4	2× UltraSPARC III/III Cu	750, 900, 1015, 1200 MHz	8 GB	Two 3.5" FC-AL Disks	January 2005
V100	Flapjack-LiteCD500	1	1× UltraSPARC IIe/IIi	500 (IIe), 550 (IIi), 650 MHz (IIi)	2 GB (4GB)	Two 3.5" IDE Disks	June 2006
V120	Flapjack2 plus	1	1× UltraSPARC IIi	550, 650 MHz	4 GB	Two 3.5" SCSI Disks	June 2006
V125		1	1× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.0 GHz	8 GB	Two 3.5" Ultra160 SCSI Disks	April 2008
V210	Enchilada 1U	1	2× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.0, 1.33 GHz	16 GB	Two 3.5" Ultra320 SCSI Disks	September 2007
V215	Seattle 1U	1	2× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.5 GHz	16 GB	Two 2.5" SAS Disks	April 2008
V240	Enchilada 2U	2	2× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.0, 1.28, 1.33, 1.5 GHz	16 GB	Four 3.5" Ultra160 SCSI Disks	September 2007
V245	Seattle 2U	2	2× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.5 GHz	16 GB	Four 2.5" SAS Disks	April 2008
V250	Enchilada 2P Tower	5 (90° tilted)	2× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.06, 1.28 GHz	8 GB	Eight 3.5" Ultra160 SCSI Disks	September 2005
V440	Chalupa	4	4× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.062, 1.28, 1.593 GHz	32 GB	Four 3.5" Ultra320 SCSI Disks	September 2007
V445	Boston	4	4× UltraSPARC IIIi	1.593 GHz	32 GB	Eight 2.5" SAS Disks	April 2008
V480	Cherrystone	5	4× UltraSPARC III Cu	900, 1050, 1200 MHz	32 GB	Two 3.5" FC-AL Disks	December 2005
V490	Sebring	5	4× UltraSPARC IV/IV+	1.05, 1.35, 1.5, 1.8 GHz	64 GB	Two FC-AL 3.5"	April 2009
V880	Daktari	17	8× UltraSPARC III	750, 900, 1050, 1200 MHz	64 GB	Twelve 3.5" FC-AL Disks	October 2005
V880z	Nandi	17	8× UltraSPARC III	750, 900, 1050, 1200 MHz	64 GB	Twelve 3.5" FC-AL Disks	March 2005
V890	Silverstone	17	8× UltraSPARC IV/IV+	1.2, 1.35, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1 GHz	128 GB	Twelve FC-AL 3.5"	April 2009
V1280	Lightweight 8	12	12× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV, IV+	900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV), 1500 MHz (IV+)	192 GB	Two 3.5" UltraSCSI Disks	October 2007
3800	Serengeti 8	8.5	8× UltraSPARC III Cu	750, 900, 1050, 1200 MHz	64 GB	StorEdge D240 Media Tray	August 2003
4800	Serengeti 12	17.5	12× UltraSPARC III, III Cu, IV, IV+	750 (III), 900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV), 1500, 1800 MHz (IV+)	192 GB	StorEdge D240 Media Tray	May 2005
4810	Serengeti 12i	21	12× UltraSPARC III, III Cu, IV, IV+	750 (III), 900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV), 1500, 1800 MHz (IV+)	192 GB	StorEdge D240 Media Tray	June 2003
6800	Serengeti 24	28	24× UltraSPARC III, III Cu, IV, IV+	750 (III), 900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV), 1500, 1800 MHz (IV+)	384 GB	StorEdge D240 Media Tray	May 2005
12K	StarKitty	N/A	52× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV	900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV) MHz	288 GB	Two SCSI Disks	February 2005
15K	StarCat	N/A	106× UltraSPARC III Cu or 72× UltraSPARC IV	900, 1050, 1200 (III Cu), 1050, 1200, 1350 (IV) MHz	576 GB	Two SCSI Disks	February 2005
E2900	Amazon 2	12	12× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV or IV+	0.9, 1.2 (III Cu), 1.05, 1.2, 1.35 (IV), 1.5, 1.8 GHz (IV+)	192 GB	Two Ultra320 SCSI 3.5"	January 8, 2009
E4900	Amazon 4	17.5	12× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV or IV+	0.9, 1.05, 1.2 (III Cu), 1.05, 1.2, 1.35 (IV), 1.5, 1.8 GHz (IV+)	192 GB	None	January 8, 2009
E6900	Amazon 6	28	24× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV or IV+	0.9, 1.05, 1.2 (III Cu), 1.05, 1.2, 1.35 (IV), 1.5, 1.8 GHz (IV+)	384 GB	None	January 8, 2009
E20K	Amazon 20	N/A	36× UltraSPARC III Cu, IV or IV+	0.9, 1.05, 1.2 (III Cu, 1.05, 1.2, 1.35 (IV), 1.5, 1.8 GHz (IV+)	576 GB	None	January 8, 2009
E25K	Amazon 25	N/A	72× UltraSPARC IV or IV+	0.9, 1.05, 1.2 (III Cu, 1.05, 1.2, 1.35 (IV), 1.5, 1.8 GHz (IV+)	1152 GB	None	January 8, 2009
T1000	Erie	1	1× UltraSPARC T1	1.0 GHz	32 GB	One 3.5" SATA or Two 2.5" SAS	January 2010
T2000	Ontario	2	1× UltraSPARC T1	1.0, 1.2, 1.4 GHz	64 GB	Up to four 2.5" SAS	January 2010
T5120	Huron 1U	1	1× UltraSPARC T2	1.2, 1.4, 1.6 GHz	128 GB	Up to eight 2.5" SAS	May 2012
T5140	Maramba 1U	1	2× UltraSPARC T2 Plus	1.2, 1.4 GHz	128 GB	Up to eight 2.5" SAS	August 2011
T5220	Huron 2U	2	1× UltraSPARC T2	1.2, 1.4, 1.6 GHz	128 GB	Up to sixteen 2.5" SAS	August 2011
T5240	Maramba 2U	2	2× UltraSPARC T2 Plus	1.2, 1.4 GHz	256 GB	Up to sixteen 2.5" SAS	November 2011
T5440	Batoka	4	4× UltraSPARC T2 Plus	1.2, 1.4 GHz	512 GB	Up to four 2.5" SAS	August 2012

The SunFire X4540 was used as Wikimedia servers in 2010

Sun Server / Oracle Server

As of 2012, the x86 server range continued under the "Sun Server" or "Oracle Server" names.

See also

• Fireplane

References

• Sun System Handbook, Version 2.1.8, April 2005

External links

• Sun Servers, Sun Microsystems
• OpenBSD's Sunfire support
• Oracle - Entry-Level Servers - Legacy Product Documentation
• Oracle - Midrange Servers - Legacy Product Documentation
• Oracle - x86 Servers - Legacy Product Documentation
• Oracle - High-End Servers - Legacy Product Documentation

Sun timeline