Sun E5500, Sun Enterprise 5500 Servers

Alta Technologies buys & sells new, used, and refurbished Sun Enterprise 5500 Servers and upgrades. Whether you need a fully configured system or simply require a feature or part, we carry a broad array of Sun Microsystems & Oracle hardware, including the Sun E5500.

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Sun Enterprise 5500 Servers Information:

The Sun Enterprise 5500 server stands as a scalable and reliable datacenter solution tailored to support mission-critical applications and cater to the needs of thousands of users. Designed to meet mainframe-class system requirements, it offers unparalleled performance and reliability. The server's architecture, built around a centerplane with system slots in both the front and rear, allows for flexible configurations.

Each slot can accommodate CPU/memory, I/O, or disk boards, enabling nearly any combination of components as long as the minimum requirement of one CPU/memory board and one I/O board is met. This versatility ensures optimized performance and scalability, making the Sun Enterprise 5500 an ideal choice for enterprises seeking a robust and adaptable datacenter solution.

The Sun Enterprise 5500 Servers and the Sun Fire 6800 share numerous similarities, positioning them as reliable choices for enterprise-level computing needs. Both servers are designed to support a wide array of enterprise workloads, encompassing database servers, application servers, and web servers, providing the performance, reliability, and scalability needed for mission-critical applications.

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Sun Enterprise 5500 Servers Specifications:

Processor

Number: One to 14
Architecture: 167MHZ UltraSPARC[tm]; 250MHz, 336 MHz, 400 MHz, or 464 MHz UltraSPARC II
Cache per processor:
- Primary: 16-KB instruction, and 16-KB data on chip
- Secondary: Up to 8 MB external cache
CPU interface: One to 14, 128-bit Ultra Port Architecture (UPA) slots
System Interconnect: Gigaplane[tm], 2.68 GB/sec (at 84 MHz), 3.2 GB/sec (at 100 MHz)

System Boards

Number of boards:
- Maximum of eight boards per system (seven CPU/Memory boards, one I/O board)
- Minimum configuration requires one CPU/Memory board and one I/O board
CPU/Memory board: Holds up to two processors and 16 memory SIMMs
SBus I/O board: Offers two SBus channels, three SBus slots, SunFastEthernet[tm], fast/wide SCSI-2, two FC-AL sockets
Graphics I/O board: Offers one SBus channel, two SBus slots, one UPA slot for Creator and Creator3D graphics, SunFastEthernet, fast/wide SCSI-2, two FC-AL sockets
PCI I/O board: Offers four PCI channels, two (short) PCI slots, SunFastEthernet, fast/wide SCSI-2

Main Memory

64-MB to 4-GB memory capacity per CPU/Memory board
Up to 2-GB memory expansion options (each a group of 8 SIMMs)

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