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Oracle's SPARC M5-32 server is a massively scalable symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) architecture data center server with the highest availability features. It is designed specifically for very large business-critical, 24/7, enterprise workloads and for server consolidation. The SPARC M5-32 server is powered by the 6-core, 8 threads-per-core SPARC M5 processor with a 48 MB shared level 3 cache. The SPARC M5-32 delivers high performance per processor core and extreme system throughput with up to 1,536 total processor threads and up to a staggering 32 TB of shared system memory in a 32-processor configuration. Combined with Oracle Solaris, the SPARC M5-32 server delivers leading performance and unmatched reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) with the most comprehensive virtualization capabilities offered in an enterprise-class server.
Key Features
- Massive system scalability and performance with up to 32 SPARC M5 processors and 32 TB of system memory
- 6-core, 8 threads per core, SPARC M5 processor with extra large 48 MB shared L3 cache for exceptional per core performance and system throughput
- Oracle’s highest availability enterprise-class server with most major components redundant and hot pluggable
- Most comprehensive virtualization technologies in a single server cabinet for increased utilization, server consolidation, and security. Built-in capabilities include Oracle’s Dynamic Domains, Oracle VM Server for SPARC, and Oracle Solaris Zones
- Runs Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 10 (guest domains) with guaranteed binary compatibility and support for legacy applications
- New configurable and high RAS server enclosure providing large internal disk capacity and high performance I/O PCIe 3.0 expansion
- Integrated on-chip cryptographic acceleration provides high levels of security without sacrificing application performance
- Designed for the most demanding business-critical workloads and huge expansion capability for future growth needs
- Application investment protection with 100 percent binary compatibility with earlier versions of SPARC Solaris applications
- Provides the highest level of system availability with an extensive RAS design including electrically isolated Dynamic Domains
Product Overview Building on more than 25 years of SPARC heritage, the SPARC M5-32 server combines the best of business-critical data center server technology with the best of the high throughput SPARC T-Series to deliver the most powerful and scalable enterprise-class server in the Oracle product family. This unique combination of technologies includes the binary compatible SPARC S3 processor core, high RAS features and the advanced virtualization technologies of Dynamic Domains, Oracle VM Server for SPARC, and Oracle Solaris Zones. The SPARC M5-32 server is managed using the common Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) system management used in the SPARC T-Series family and in Oracle engineered systems.
The massively scalable SPARC M5-32 server is designed to meet current and future mission-critical workload requirements by utilizing a new highly configurable server enclosure that is optimized for reliability, availability, and serviceability. The SPARC M5-32 server can expand up to 32 processors, 32 TB of system memory, 32 internal disk storage devices, and 64 PCIe 3.0 I/O expansion slots. With the SPARC M5 processor and its extra large shared 48 MB level 3 cache, the SPARC M5-32 server improves single-thread performance by over 150 percent and system throughput performance by over 600 percent versus the previous generation SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers. Additionally, system I/O performance is increased by 400 percent with the 64 PCIe 3.0 hot-pluggable expansion slots providing a high level of I/O connectivity without the need for additional I/O enclosures or storage racks.
Unmatched system virtualization capabilities on the SPARC M5-32 server include Dynamic Domain hardware partitions, and Oracle VM Server for SPARC logical domains. Dynamic Domains are also referred to as physical domains, or PDoms. Additionally, Oracle Solaris Zones can be configured within the PDoms or Oracle VM Server for SPARC logical domains for greater system virtualization and increased system utilization. Up to four Dynamic Domains are supported on the SPARC M5-32 server, and up to 512 logical domains can be created. All SPARC M5-32 server virtualization technologies are included with the system at no additional cost.
The SPARC M5-32 provides the highest level of enterprise-class RAS features including redundancy and hot-plug capability of most major components. Other key high-availability features include use of Dynamic Domains for hardware fault isolation, end-to-end ECC memory protection, and Oracle Solaris Fault Management Architecture. These capabilities enable server self-healing, and no single system failure can prohibit system recovery, which is a requirement for mission-critical computing.
All Oracle servers ship with full function server management tools at no additional cost. Oracle ILOM utilizes industry-standard protocols to provide secure and comprehensive local and remote management. Oracle ILOM includes power management and monitoring, fault detection, and notification. The integrated Oracle System Assistant guides system administrators through rapid server deployment, firmware updates, hardware configuration, and operating system installation with Oracle certified hardware drivers.
The SPARC M5-32 server is part of Oracle's most powerful and efficient SPARC-based server family ever. Based on SPARC M5, SPARC T5, and SPARC T4 processors—which all share the same processor core—the SPARC-based server family provides seamless scalability from 1 up to 32 processors and is designed with mission-critical applications in mind. All of the servers in the SPARC-based family run the Oracle Solaris operating system—the best UNIX system for Oracle deployments. They share the same virtualization capabilities through Oracle VM Server for SPARC and leverage the same systems management framework through Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. This leads to unprecedented simplicity in the deployment of all enterprise workloads, enabling reduction of business risk, delivering savings in management costs, and unlocking flexibility to grow your business to any scale, while maximizing reliability and uptime.
Oracle’s Premier Support customers have access to My Oracle Support and multiserver management tools in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, a system management tool, detects, provisions, and monitors servers, storage, and networking components. Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center also features an automated service request capability, whereby potential issues are detected and reported to Oracle’s support center without user intervention, assuring the maximum service levels and simplified support.