shows the Sun Fire 6800 system in single-partition mode. This system has
FIGURE 1-1
four Repeater boards that operate in pairs (RP0, RP2) and (RP1, RP3), six
CPU/Memory boards (SB0 - SB5), and four I/O assemblies (IB6 - IB9).
Domain A
SB0
SB2
SB4
IB6
Sun Fire 6800 System in Single-Partition Mode
FIGURE 1-1
shows the Sun Fire 6800 system in dual-partition mode. The same boards
FIGURE 1-2
and assemblies are shown as in
Partition 0
Domain A
RP0
RP1
SB0
SB2
IB6
Sun Fire 6800 System in Dual-Partition Mode
FIGURE 1-2
Partition 0
Domain B
RP0
RP1
RP2
RP3
SB1
SB3
SB5
IB8
IB7
FIGURE 1-1
Domain B
SB4
IB8
IB9
.
Partition 1
Domain C
RP2
RP3
SB1
IB7
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Domain D
SB3
SB5
IB9
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