Sun Fire™ X4540 Storage Server
The industry’s first open storage server
Highlights
> Sun is launching an open storage revolution. The Sun Fire™ x4540 storage server,
the first open storage server, integrates industry-standard compute and storage
components in an open architecture and runs the Solaris OS and Solaris ZFS. With
state-of-the-art design, the Sun Fire x4540 storage server delivers the highest storage density and
data throughput with a built-in, high-performance, eight-way compute engine, at about half the
• Delivers extreme value through cost and with up to 50% power savings compared to traditional servers and storage arrays.
industry-leading cost/GB for a
storage system Get ahead and stay ahead surveillance, and data backup on disk.
Get started on the open storage movement As a versatile storage system, Sun Fire X4540
• Offers the highest storage den-
sity available with 48 hot-swap- and take advantage of total cost of storage server fits in file-based storage with
pable SATA HDDs (48 TB in ownership savings with this award-winning NFS and CIFS, iSCSI storage systems, as well
a 4U form factor) open storage server. Sun continues to offer as FC-based SAN storage environments.
• Provides unprecedented data breakthrough cost/performance advantages
integrity and dramatically with the Sun Fire x4540 storage server, the The Sun Fire X4540 storage server runs Sun’s
simplified administration with next generation of the award-winning Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) as well
the Solaris™ OS and Solaris ZFS
Fire x4500 storage server. as state-of-the-art remote automation that
• Delivers incredibly high through- integrates at the datacenter level. With zero-
put rates — demonstrated up to touch capabilities managed through a variety
Sun Fire x4540 storage server is the next
2 GB/sec from disk to network
generation of the award winning Sun Fire of interface options, the architecture simplifies
and up to 3 GB/sec from disk to
memory* x4500 storage server. The Sun Fire x4540 stor- installation, deployment, and maintenance.
age server delivers two to three times the
• Fits in a file-based storage,
FC-based SAN storage as well as storage density of traditional solutions (serv- The Sun Fire X4540 storage server also fea-
iSCSI storage environment ers plus storage arrays), the highest data tures one of the most advanced file systems,
• Runs any x64 application throughput at 3 GB/sec from disk to memory, Solaris ZFS, which delivers groundbreaking
directly under the Solaris 10 OS, and 30% to 50% power savings — at almost capabilities by automating administrative
standard Linux, and Microsoft half of the total cost. Plus, it runs any x64 tasks, protecting data from silent corruption,
Windows application. and providing virtually unlimited scalability as
• Try risk-free for 60 days. well as the high data throughput.
Sign up for a free trial at The Sun Fire X4540 storage server is a great
sun.com/tryandbuy fit for applications that take advantage of You can enjoy additional savings when you
the close proximity of data to compute such purchase the Sun Fire X4540 storage server
as a Sun System Pack, which combines the
SM
as HPC storage clusters with Lustre™, high
performance data warehouse and business server with the right services, helping you to
* achieved under specific benchmark
configurations intelligence, video streaming and video get the most value from your assets.
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Sun Fire X4540 Storage Server Specifications
Architecture Networking Learn More
• ONC™, ONC+TM, NFS, WebNFS, TCP/IP, Available as a Sun System Pack.
Disk system
SunLink™, OSI, MHS, IPXTM/SPX, SMB
Maximize IT value while lowering
• Six on board LSI disk controller chips each technologies, and XML
directly connects to 8 SATA drives for max total cost of acquisition and
Management
data throughput ownership. For more information
• 48 hot-swappable, 3.5-in. SATA II HDD internal • Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) on the Sun Fire X4540 server, visit
disks: 250 GB, 500 GB, 1000 GB 7200-RPM service processor providing: CLI (in-band and sun.com/X4540.
disks available; 48 TB total capacity out-of-band), IPMI 2.0 (in-band and out-of-
• Software RAID enabled by RAID-Z, RAID-Z2 in band), SNMP (out-of-band only)
Solaris ZFS, other Linux, or Windows RAID code • Sun xVM Ops Center — manage from one to
hundreds of systems from a central location
Processor
Environment
• Two quad-core AMD™ Opteron processors,
Model 2356 AC power
• One 512-KB Level 2 cache per core
• 100-240 V AC, 50-60 Hz, 10 A, 100 V support
2 MB L3 cache per processor
is with 3 power supply unit configuration
Main memory with 2+1 redundancy
• Operating temperature/humidity 55022, CISPR 22, EN300-396: v1.31, ICES-003
• Sixteen DDR-2 DIMM slots (eight DIMM slots • 5°C to 32°C (37°F to 91°F), 10-90 percent • Immunity: EN55024, EN300-386:v1.3.2
per CPU socket); 32 GB with 2 GB DIMMs, relative humidity, noncondensing,
64 GB with 4 GB DIMMs and 128 GB when Certifications
27°C max. wet bulb • Safety: cULus Mark, CE Mark, GOST R,
8GB DIMM is qualified • Nonoperating temperature/humidity
• Four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports S-Mark
• -40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F), up to 93 • EMC: CE Mark (93/68/3EEC); Emissions and
• Network management: One dedicated percent relative humidity, noncondensing,
10/100Base-T Ethernet port Immunity — Class A Emissions Levels: FCC,
38°C max. wet bulb VCCI, C-Tick, MIC, GOST R2, BSMI2
• Serial: One TIA/EIA-232-F asynchronous, • Operating altitude
RJ45 connector • Other: Labeled per WEEE (Waste Electrical
• Up to 3048 m; maximum ambient and Electronic Equipment) Directive
• USB: Four USB 2.0 ports (two front and temperature is derated by 1°C per 300 m
two rear) above 900 m Dimensions and weight
• Video: VGA video port • Nonoperating altitude Height
• Expansion slots: Three internal MD2 low- • Up to 12000 m
profile PCI-E slots, 8x wide each • Acoustic noise • 6.89 in./175.05 mm
• One compact flash disk port for OS booting • LwAd (1B = 10 dB): At or below 25°C, 7.5B, Width
Software at max. ambient, 8.5B
• 17.28 in./439 mm
• LpAm bystander: At or below 25°C, 65 dB,
Operating systems
at max. ambient, 75 dB Depth
• Solaris 10 05/08 preinstalled Mounting option • 29.52 in./749.90 mm
• Standard Linux distributions, SLES10 SP1 • 19-inch rackmount kit
Weight
64 bit, Rhel4.6 & 5.1 64 bit
• Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Power • 170 lbs./77 kg
version 32 bit and 64 bit • Dual-redundant, hot-swappable power supply
• Power supply output rating: 1,500 W Warranty
OS Booting • Maximum system consumption 1,180 W • Two-year, next business day
• Booting from the flash disk is supported by
Solaris, Linux and windows, the external Regulations (meets or exceeds)
flash Disk OS booting saves up to 2 TB HDD • Safety: IEC60950, UL/CSA60950, EN60950,
capacity for data CB scheme with all country differences
• Two mirrored OS drives are also configured • RFI/EMI: FCC Class A, Part 15 47 CFR, EN
on two different disk controllers for max
availability
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