Sun Ultra series

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The Sun Ultra series is the name given to a series of UltraSPARC-based computer workstations and servers developed and sold by Sun Microsystems. The Ultra series introduced the 64-bit UltraSPARC processor and in later versions, lower-cost PC-derived technology, such as the PCI and ATA busses. Ultra-1 and Ultra-2 used SBus and SCSI.

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

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 Sun Ultra brand has recently (2005) been resurrected with the launch of the Ultra 20, Ultra 40 and Ultra 45 workstations and the Ultra 3 laptop. Confusingly, the Ultra 20 and 40 are not UltraSPARC-based systems, but are based on AMD64-architecture processors.

Contents 1 Sun Ultra models 1.1 Ultra workstations 1.2 Ultra Enterprise/Enterprise servers 1.2.1 Entry-level 1.2.2 Mid-range 1.2.3 High-end 1.3 Recent Ultra models 2 External links

[edit] Sun Ultra models

[edit] Ultra workstations

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
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] Recent Ultra models

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 144, 148 or 180	1.8, 2.2, 2.6 GHz
Ultra 45	A70	Chicago	Up to two US-IIIi	1.6 GHz
Ultra 40	A71	Sirius	Up to two AMD Opteron 246, 254 or 280	2.0, 2.4, 2.8 GHz
Ultra 20 M2	A88	Munich	AMD Opteron 1200 series	1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8 GHz
Ultra 25	A89	South Side	US-IIIi	1.34 GHz

[edit] External links

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