The Oracle/Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC-II Chassis is a hardware enclosure engineered to house and support UltraSPARC-II series server systems operating on SPARC V9 architecture. It provides the mechanical and thermal environment necessary for sustained operation of legacy enterprise systems and specialized applications built on established SPARC platforms.
Technical Specifications
Processor Architecture & Performance
• SPARC V9, UltraSPARC-II family
• Clock frequencies: 250 MHz to 480 MHz (Sapphire-Black variant); up to 650 MHz (later iterations)
• CPU module speeds: 250 MHz, 300 MHz, 400 MHz
• On-chip instruction cache: 16 KB
• On-chip data cache: 16 KB, non-blocking
• L2 cache range: 256 KB to 16 MB (1 MB to 8 MB for Sapphire-Black; up to 16 MB for UltraSPARC-II module)
• L2 cache bandwidth: 5333 MB/sec
• L2 SRAM clocking ratios: 1-1-1, 2-2 (dual Ecache modes)
• Die size: 149 mm² (0.35 μm process) to 126 mm² (0.25 μm process)
• Transistor count: 5.4 million
• Process technology: 0.35 μm, 0.25 μm, 0.18 μm (UltraSPARC IIe+)
• Data path width: 576 bits
• Core voltage: 1.9 V
• Power dissipation: 25 W at 205 MHz; 21 W at 400 MHz; 57.5 W for 400 MHz module with 2.0 MB E-cache
Memory & Storage
• Main memory capacity: Up to 2 GB
• SIMM modules: 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB
• Memory speed: 60-ns modules
• Internal disk capacity: Up to two 3.5-in. drives (18.2 GB maximum)
Power & System I/O
• System power supply: 350 W
• System I/O voltage: 3.3 V
– Key Features
I/O Interfaces
• Audio: Four ports (headphone, line-in, line-out, microphone) via 3.5-mm jacks
• Ethernet: 10BASE-T/100BASE-T (RJ-45) or MII external transceiver
• SCSI: One 20-MB/sec fast/wide SCSI-2 (68-pin)
• Parallel: Centronics DB25
• Keyboard/mouse: Mini DIN-8
• SBus: Four slots (32- or 64-bit, 25-MHz)
• UPA graphics slot: One 100-MHz Ultra Port Architecture slot
UPA Interconnect
• 128-bit data bus with 16-bit ECC
• LVTTL-compatible signal levels
• Differential low-voltage PECL clock inputs (CPU_CLK, UPA_CLK0, UPA_CLK1)
• CPU-to-system clock ratios: 2:1, 3:1, 4:1
– Typical Applications
Supports legacy enterprise deployments, mission-critical applications requiring SPARC V9 architecture, and specialized workloads dependent on established UltraSPARC-II platforms.
– Compatibility & Integration
Designed for UltraSPARC-II series systems with native SBus and UPA expansion support. Compatible with SCSI storage, Ethernet networking, and analog audio peripherals.
