Cod Boards - Sun Microsystems SPARC Enterprise M4000 User Manual

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COD Boards

A COD board is a system board that has been configured at the factory for COD
capability. COD boards come in the same configurations as standard system boards.
The number of CPUs per COD board depends on the configuration of your server.
COD boards are subject to the same limitations for mixed architectures and CPU
speeds as system boards. Likewise, COD board software requirements, such as the
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Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) or OpenBoot PROM version, are the same
as those of system boards.
For Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 (high-end) servers, you can order COD
boards at original purchase or at any time afterward. High-end servers support any
combination of COD boards and system boards.
For Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 (midrange) servers, COD boards can be
ordered only at original purchase. Midrange systems can be configured with COD
boards or system boards, but not both.
Once a COD board has been licensed, you can configure it into a domain in the same
way as a system board. Until it has been licensed, however, you cannot configure it
into a domain.
COD boards are identified by a special field-replaceable unit (FRU) ID and by a
COD label. Except for their FRU ID, label, and COD capability, once COD boards are
licensed, they are handled by the rest of the hardware and software in exactly the
same way as system boards. COD boards fully support dynamic reconfiguration
operations.
For more information about COD boards, see the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000
Servers Service Manual, the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual,
and the SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Servers Dynamic
Reconfiguration (DR) User's Guide.
2 Sun SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Capacity on Demand (COD) User's Guide • September 2007