Sun Ultra series

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The original Sun Ultra series was a series of UltraSPARC-based computer workstations and servers developed and sold by Sun Microsystems from 1995 to 2001. The Ultra series introduced the 64-bit UltraSPARC processor and in later versions, lower-cost PC-derived technology, such as the PCI and ATA buses (the initial Ultra 1 and 2 models retained the SBus of their predecessors).

The Ultra workstations and the Ultra Enterprise (later, simply Enterprise) servers replaced the earlier SPARCstation and SPARCcenter/SPARCserver series respectively. The Ultra/Enterprise series itself was later replaced by the Sun Blade (workstations) and Sun Fire (servers) ranges.

The Enterprise 220R is an Ultra 60 motherboard in a rackable server chassis with hot-swappable power supplies. Similarly, the Enterprise 420R is an Ultra 80 motherboard in a server chassis.

The Ultra range were sold during the dot com boom, and became one of the biggest selling series of computers ever developed by Sun Microsystems. Many companies and organisations (including Sun Microsystems) still rely on Sun Ultra products.

The Ultra brand was later revived in 2005 with the launch of the Ultra 20, Ultra 40 and Ultra 45 workstations and the Ultra 3 laptop. Confusingly, some of these "Ultra" workstations are not UltraSPARC-based systems, but are based on AMD64-architecture processors.

Contents 1 Sun Ultra models 1.1 Ultra workstations (1995-2001) 1.2 Ultra Enterprise/Enterprise servers 1.2.1 Entry-level 1.2.2 Mid-range 1.2.3 High-end 1.3 Ultra workstations (2005 onwards) 2 External links

[edit] Sun Ultra models

[edit] Ultra workstations (1995-2001)

Model	Code	Codename	Processor(s)	Processor MHz
Ultra 1	A11	Neutron	US-I	143, 167
Ultra 1E	A12	Electron	US-I	143, 167, 200
Ultra 2	A14	Pulsar	Up to two US-I or US-II	143, 167, 200, 300, 400
Ultra 30	A16	Quark	US-II	250, 300
Ultra 3000	A17	Duraflame	Up to six US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Ultra 4000	A18	Campfire	Up to 14 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Ultra 450	A20	Tazmo	Up to four US-II	400
Ultra 5	A21	Otter	US-IIi	270, 333, 360, 400
Ultra 10	A22	Sea Lion	US-IIi	300, 333, 360, 440
Ultra 60	A23	Deuterium	Up to two US-II	300, 360 or 450 (400 works, but is unsupported)
Ultra 80	A27	Quasar	Up to four US-II	450

[edit] Ultra Enterprise/Enterprise servers

[edit] Entry-level

Model	Code	Codename	Processor(s)	Processor MHz
UltraServer 1 Ultra Enterprise 1	A11	Neutron	US-I	143 or 167
UltraServer 1E Ultra Enterprise 1E	A12	Electron	US-I	143, 167, 200
UltraServer 2 Ultra Enterprise 2	A14	Pulsar	Up to two US-I or US-II	143, 167, 200, 300
Ultra Enterprise 150	E150	Dublin	US-I	167
Enterprise Ultra 5S	A21	Otter	US-IIi	270, 333, 360,400
Enterprise Ultra 10S	A22	Sea Lion	US-IIi	300, 333, 360, 440
Enterprise 450	A25	Tazmax	Up to four US-II	250, 300, 400, 480
Enterprise 250	A26	Javelin	Up to two US-II	250, 300, 400
Enterprise 420R	A33	Quahog	Up to four US-II	450
Enterprise 220R	A34	Razor	Up to two US-II	360, 450

[edit] Mid-range

Model	Code	Codename	Processor(s)	Processor MHz
Ultra Enterprise 3000	E3000	Duraflame	Up to six US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Ultra Enterprise 4000	E4000	Campfire	Up to 14 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Ultra Enterprise 5000	E5000	Campfire	Up to 14 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Ultra Enterprise 6000	E6000	Sunfire	Up to 30 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400
Enterprise 3500	E3500	Duraflame+	Up to eight US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400, 464
Enterprise 4500	E4500	Campfire+	Up to 14 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400, 464
Enterprise 5500	E5500	Campfire+	Up to 14 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400, 464
Enterprise 6500	E6500	Sunfire+	Up to 30 US-I or US-II	167, 250, 336, 400, 464

[edit] High-end

Model	Code	Codename	Processor(s)	Processor MHz
Enterprise 10000	E10000	Starfire	four to 64 US-II	250, 336, 400, 466

[edit] Ultra workstations (2005 onwards)

Model	Code	Codename	Processor(s)	Processor freq.
Ultra 3	A60/A61	?	US-IIi or US-IIIi	550 MHz, 650 MHz, 1.28 GHz
Ultra 20	A63	Marrakesh	AMD Opteron Dual Core 144, 148 or 180	1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 3.0 GHz
Ultra 45	A70	Chicago	Up to two US-IIIi	1.6 GHz
Ultra 40	A71	Sirius	Up to two AMD Opteron Dual Core 246, 254 or 280	2.0, 2.4, 2.8 GHz
Ultra 20 M2	A88	Munich	AMD Opteron Dual Core 1200 series	1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 GHz
Ultra 25	A89	South Side	US-IIIi	1.34 GHz
Ultra 40 M2	A90	Munich	AMD Opteron Dual Core 2000 Series	1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 GHz
Ultra 24	B21	?	Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Quad Extreme	2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.66, 3.0, 3.16 GHz

[edit] External links

• Sun System Handbook
• Sun Field Engineer Handbook, 20th edition

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