Sun Microsystems SPARC T5220 - Manual (Page 10)

8 The Evolution of Chip Multithreading (CMT) Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Designed to complement each other, as well as the rest of Sun’s server product line, the
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers address the dynamic needs of the
modern datacenter.
• Efficient and Predictable Scalability
With support for 64 threads and large memories, Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and
T5220 servers are the first to utilize the 10 Gb Ethernet, I/O, and cryptographic
acceleration provided directly by the UltraSPARC T2 processor chip. This approach
provides leading levels of performance and scalability with extremely high levels
of power, heat, and space efficiency.
• Accelerated Time to Market
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers running the Solaris OS provide full
binary compatibility with earlier UltraSPARC systems, preserving investments and
speeding time to market. Sun’s CoolTools for SPARC help accelerate application
selection, profiling, testing, tuning, debugging and deployment of key
applications on CMT systems.
• Simplified Management
Each Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 server provides an Integrated Lights
Out Management (ILOM) service processor, compatible with Sun’s x64 servers.
ILOM provides a command line interface (CLI), a Web-based graphical user
interface (GUI), and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
functionality to aid with out-of-band monitoring and administration. ILOM on
these systems also provides an Advanced Lights Out Management (ALOM)
backwards compatibility mode for administrators familiar with Sun Fire / Sun
SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 servers.
• The Industry's Most Open Platform
Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are the industry’s most open platforms, providing
the only mainstream processor and hypervisor offered under the GNU General
Public License (GPL). These systems offer a choice of operating systems, including
the Solaris OS, Linux, and BSD variants. The Solaris OS is free and open, offering
full binary compatibility and enterprise-class features. Sun Java
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Enterprise
System middleware is pre-loaded.
• Industry-Leading Tools for Virtualization and Consolidation
Sun’s chip multithreading (CMT) technology is ideal for consolidation, providing
low-level multithreading support for virtualization at every layer of the technology
stack. Sun Logical Domains exploit the UltraSPARC T2 processor’s 64 threads to
support multiple guest operating system instances, while Solaris Containers
provide virtualization within a single Solaris OS instance. The advanced ZFS file
system provides storage virtualization for storage and considerable scalability.