A.1 System Overview - Sun Microsystems Fire 6800 Service Manual

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A P P E N D I X
Functional Description
This appendix provides functional descriptions of the hardware and software
components and contains the following sections:
Section A.1 "System Overview" on page A-1
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Section A.2 "System Packaging" on page A-2
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Section A.3 "Software" on page A-8
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Section A.4 "Device Hot-Plug Procedures" on page A-9
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Section A.5 "CPU/Memory Board" on page A-10
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Section A.6 "I/O Assemblies" on page A-12
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Section A.7 "Power Supplies" on page A-16
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Section A.8 "Fan Trays" on page A-18
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Section A.9 "System Controller Board" on page A-19
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A.1 System Overview
The Sun Fire 6800 system has card cage slots for the System Controller boards and
the CPU/Memory boards in the front of the system. In the rear of the system are
slots for the I/O boards and the Repeater boards (
The Sun Fire 4810 and Sun Fire 4800 systems have similar card cage layouts.
However, in the Sun Fire 4810 system, all boards are located in the front of the
system (
the system (
The Sun Fire 3800 system has both front and rear access. See
FIGURE A-5
). In the Sun Fire 4800 system, all boards are located in the rear of
FIGURE A-2
).
FIGURE A-3
for rear view of the system.
).
FIGURE A-1
FIGURE A-4
for front and
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