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---+ Hardware Card for Sun Blades 6048
This is a description for a 12-blade case full of blades. Each blade is model X6275, and each has two computers inside. 

Each computer has two E5540 Intel CPU with 4 Hyper-Threading cores each.

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---++ Specifications
What's inside the hardware, probably depending on what we're talking about.
   * Disk controller model. Linux driver needed?
   * Network card model
   * Space that takes in the rack (U's)
   * Max CPUs, Max Disks, Max Mem slots.
   * CDROM?
   * Dual power supply?
   * Front / Back picture (maybe available online?)
   * Any other?

---+++ Power consumption (measured before and during the CPU/Disk tests)
   * Minimum: *4000 W*
   * Maximum: *6250 W*

---+++ Ambiental details
   * External working temperature
   * Normal CPU/memory internal temperature
   * Air flow (cubic meters per hour)
   * Power disipation: 21000 BTU/h
   * Noise (dB)


---++ Operations
Interesting information like how to handle it, anything interesting which is not trivial.
---+++ How to get into the ILOM
---+++ Power up/down procedures
---+++ Commands to issue in an internal console
---+++ Firmware updates
---+++ Replacement of internal components

---++ Installation notes
Instructions on how to set up a new machines that arrives, with things like:
---+++ BIOS settings
---+++ RAID configuration
---+++ Drivers required / kernel compatibility
---+++ Check firmware homogeneity with other machines in the cluster


---++ Benchmarks
Information about benchmarks performed in the machine.
---+++ Disk benchmarks (i.e. Bonnie++)
---+++ CPU benchmarks (i.e. HepSpec06)
---+++ Network benchmarks (i.e. Iperf)

---++ Monitoring
Instructions about monitoring the hardware 
---+++ Power Consumption
---+++ Raid Sanity
---+++ Other?

---++ Manuals
External links to manuals


---++ Issues
Information about issues found with this hardware, and how to deal with them
---+++ Issue1
---+++ Issue2

HardwareCardForm
Model name	SB6048
Manufacturer	Sun
Used for	WNs
Number in production	4
You install OS inside	Yes
First purchase date	Dec 2009
CPU performance in HS06	2825
Disk performance in MB/s	N/A
Power consumption in Watts	6250