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Sun Ultra 30

The Ultra 30 (code-named Quark) is a family of Sun Microsystems workstations based on the UltraSPARC II microprocessor. It was the first Sun workstation to use the industry-standard PCI bus instead of Sun's proprietary SBus, and is a member of the Sun Ultra series. It launched in July 1997 [1] and shipped with Solaris 2.6. The Ultra 30 reached its end-of-life in May 1999.

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The Ultra 30 ran off of a single UltraSPARC II CPU; however, it was only compatible with two models: the 250 MHz module (501-4857) and the 300 MHz module (501-4849). The system supports two Ultra SCSI hard drives and 16 DIMM slots for a maximum of 2 GB memory capacity. The machine also featured four full-sized PCI slots, two UPA slots, two RS-232C/RS-423 serial ports, and 100BASE-T Fast Ethernet. [2]

Compatible Sun Part Numbers

Item NumberDescription
Boot PROM
525-1669N/A
Communication
370-2811FDDI/P SAS 1.0
370-2812FDDI/P DAS 1.0
375-0001Token Ring Interface (TRI/P) 1.0
370-2728High Speed Serial Interface (HSI/P) 1.0
370-2810Serial Asynchronous Interface (SAI/P) 1.0
501-3028SunATM-155/MFiber 3.0
501-3027SunATM-155/UTP 3.0
501-3029SunATM-622/MFiber 3.0
CPU Module
501-4857250 MHz UltraSPARC II Module
501-4849300 MHz UltraSPARC II Module
Disks
370-2367Seagate ST34371WC (4.2 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-2809Quantum VK45J05 (4.2 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-3412Fujitsu MAB3045SC (4.2 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-3403IBM DDRS-34560 (4.2 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-3413Fujitsu MAB3091SC (9.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-3404IBM DDRS-39130 (9.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-3595Seagate ST39173WC (9.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
390-0004Fujitsu MAE3091LC

(9.1 GB, 7200 RPM)

390-0007IBM DNES-309170

(9.1 GB, 7200 RPM)

370-3649Seagate ST39102LC (9.1 GB, 10,000 RPM)
390-0005Fujitsu MAG3091LC (9.1 GB, 10,000 RPM)
390-0009Seagate ST39103LC (9.1 GB, 10,000 RPM)
390-0037Seagate ST39204LC (9.1 GB, 10,000 RPM)
370-2369Seagate ST19171WC (9.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-2365Seagate ST32171WC (2.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
370-2808Quantum VK22J05 (2.1 GB, 7,200 RPM)
Ethernet
501-5019SunFastEthernet (FE/P)
501-5406Sun Quad FastEthernet (QFE/P)
375-0002Gigabit Ethernet 1.0 (GBE/P)
501-4373Gigabit Ethernet 2.0 (GBE/P)
501-5426Gigabit Ethernet FC-AL/P
Graphics
370-3278SunVideo Plus
501-4174Creator Series 2 (FFB2)
501-4172Creator3D Series 2 (FFB2)
370-2256PGX 8-Bit Color Frame Buffer
501-4789Creator Series 3 (FFB2+)
501-5690Creator3D Series 3 (FFB2+)
501-5484Elite3D-m3
540-3902Elite3D-m6
370-3753PGX32 8/24-Bit Color Frame Buffer
IDPROM
525-143048T59 NVRAM
595-1865SunButtons 32-key function I/O device
595-1737SunDials 8-dial interactive graphics I/O for 3-D
370-1414SunMicrophone
370-1678SunMicrophone II
Memory
501-247932 MB (2 × 16 MB DIMM)
501-262264 MB (2 × 32 MB DIMM)
501-2480128 MB (2 × 64 MB DIMM)
501-3136256 MB (2 × 128 MB DIMM)
PSU
300-1343Zytec EP071295-C 350 Watt Power Supply
300-1325Lucent LP300A 300 Watt Power Supply (Pre-FCS)
300-1337Lucent LP300A 300 Watt Power Supply (A116)
SCSI
501-5656Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (SunSwift PCI)
501-5727Dual FastEthernet + Dual SCSI PCI Adapter
375-0005Dual Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI)
375-0006Dual Differential Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI)
540-3016Floppy and SCSI Adapter (Drive Bay FRU)
330-2148Floppy and SCSI Adapter (Drive Bay)
530-2322Floppy and SCSI Adapter (Cable Assembly)
System Board
501-31390MB FRU

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References

  1. "New Ultra 30 workstations signal end of SBus - SunWorld - July 1997".
  2. "Ultra 30 - Hardware Specifications". SunShack System Hankbook. Sun Microsystems, Inc. March 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2012.