• Four Sun Blade X6270 (2 processors, 8 cores, 16 threads), running SAP ERP application Release 6.0 Enhancement Pack 4 (Unicode) with Oracle Database on top of Solaris 10 OS delivered the highest eight-processor result on the two-tier SAP SD-Parallel Standard Application Benchmark, as of Oct 12th, 2009.
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• Four Sun Blade X6270 servers with Intel Xeon X5570 processors achieved 1.9x performance improvement from two Sun Blade X6270 with the same processors.

I have heard that it could be easier to configure a Blade 6000 for ordering purposes (I'm looking at you Jeremy & Paul!)

 So, here's what you do:

This tech tip provides a workaround for using the GUI during boot or installation of the Solaris 10 5/09 OS on the IBM HS22 Type 7870 Blade Server.

To read the entire article at its source, please refer to Installing Solaris 10 5/09 OS on IBM HS22 Type 7870 Blade Server

This distribution offers the latest version of firmware for Sun Blade 6000 Chassis.

• ILOM 3.0.6.11 for Sun Blade 6000 Chassis Management Module (CMM) - Adds support for the Sun Blade x6275 3.0 ILOM, improves power supply efficiency through Light Load Efficiency Mode (LLEM), and provides fixes for the issues found in the previous releases.

This distribution offers firmware and software supporting the Sun Blade X6440 Server Module.

This distribution offers firmware and software supporting the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module.

The Sun Cooling Door 5600 System is an energy efficient cooling system for the Sun Blade 6048 Modular System. As a rear door heat exchanger, it removes heat right at the source through the use of refrigerant gas technology and leveraging the Liebert XD system cooling infrastructure.