Reliability and Availability

Certified tough
The Netra 440 server provides a number of features to deliver excellent reliability and availability. NEBS Level 3 certification (DC version only), NEBS level 3 compliant (AC version) enables continuous operation in earthquake risk Zone 4 environments and complies with regulations for deployment in central telco office environments. Certification also means that ruggedized Netra 440 servers have passed tests showing that they can tolerate extremes of temperature and humidity; operate in environments where there is dust, pollutants, or other air contaminants; retard fire; and resist other electrical hazards. In addition, the SPARC/Solaris architecture delivers the reliability, availability, and security users expect from Sun servers.

Steady power
The Netra 440 server comes with four hot-pluggable AC or DC power supplies with separate power cords. The system requires two of the power supplies for normal system operation, enabling the other two power supplies to be configured to provide redundancy and load sharing to enhance system availability and application uptime. DC power is less susceptible to power spikes than AC power and can be used for battery backup of the power supply.

Hands-off recovery
The server's Automatic System Recovery (ASR) monitors system components and automatically configures around failed DIMMs or PCI cards to restore system to operation as quickly as possible, increasing system availability and minimizing the need for manual intervention.

High Performance

64-bit processing nails the big stuff
The Netra 440 server incorporates Sun's latest low-cost, high-performance processor technology, with up to four UltraSPARC IIIi processors delivering excellent performance, increased system efficiency, and better scalability. The 64-bit SPARC V9 architecture also enables the system to handle 64 bits of data simultaneously versus 32 bits. This 64-bit processing increases application scalability and performance, particularly for applications with large files, large numbers of files, or a large number of users.

Fast I/O, low latency Jbus
Dual integrated 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports provide increased throughput and redundancy, enhancing the efficiency of network traffic while ensuring data integrity. A 2.67-GBps Jbus interconnect also increases system efficiency by ensuring scalability with minimal contention and latency between processing and I/O subsystems.

Manageability

Lights out, costs down
The Netra 440 server lets you leverage the power of sophisticated manageability. Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) monitors and reports system status, component status, and environmental conditions from a single console via a network or serial connection. By enabling remote system management and diagnosis, ALOM increases staff productivity and system availability, helping to cut your system management costs.

Easier recovery
The Netra 440 server also comes standard with a system configuration card (SCC), unique in the industry. The SCC is a plastic card that stores system host ID, MAC addresses, and NVRAM settings. In the event of a failed system, the SCC allows administrators to quickly and easily transfer system data to a standby server for rapid recovery.

Alarms
Four programmable dry contact alarms--critical, major, minor, and user-defined--further enhance system manageability and availability. These alarms enable use of a relay to signal fault conditions to a rack or control room as well as to an alarm monitoring system.

UltraSPARC Processing

High entry-level performance
The Netra 440 server is four-processor system based on Sun's low-cost, high-performance UltraSPARC IIIi processor technology, designed for entry-level systems. Offering excellent price/performance, the Netra 440 server delivers the power of up to four 1.28/1.6-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors.

IIIi
The UltraSPARC IIIi processor is a highly-integrated processor that implements the 64-bit, SPARC V9 architecture and Sun's Visual Instruction Set (VIS). The UltraSPARC IIIi processor contains primary data and instruction caches and a unified 1MB of Level 2 cache. It also contains a DDR-1 SDRAM memory controller, a JBus controller, and sophisticated power management capabilities.

Suitable applications
A high-performance integrated processor, the UltraSPARC IIIi processor is used with a wide range of applications. Its RISC architecture and VIS technology make it ideally suited for compute servers and embedded applications in telecommunications and imaging. VIS support is the means to accelerate multimedia, networking encryption, and Java processing.

Platform protection
Sun systems adhere to a consistent, binary compatible system design, based on SPARC technology, Solaris OS, and an SMP architecture. This design consistency from generation to generation gives Sun systems a degree of compatibility not available from any other platform vendor, protecting your investment in applications and labor.