Starfire Architecture
Each DSD is centrally managed by the SSP. The SSP is an independent workstation loaded with the Solaris operating environment and additional SUNWsspxxx software packages, which manages the Starfire hardware and DSD resource allocation (see FIGURE 8-5). The SSP manipulates system board hardware registers through an Ethernet link attached to the control board to reflect DSD boundaries. The control board converts TCP/IP traffic from the SSP to the JTAG protocol.
Figure 8-5. The SSP Network Connection
The Gigaplane-XB interconnect is at the heart of the Starfire's high performance, availability, and scalability. It uses four interleaved ...
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