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Understanding Server Features 9
Performance Enhancements
The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers running the Solaris 10 OS provide
several new performance enhancing technologies with its sun4v architecture and
multicore, multithreaded UltraSPARC T2 processor.
Some of these enhancements are:
■ A floating point unit (FPU) for each core
■ Four independent dual-channel memory controllers that use the latest fully
buffered memory technology
■ Processor-integrated cyptographic acceleration
■ Large page optimization
■ Reduction on TLB misses
■ Optimized block copy
■ Support for 10-Gbit Ethernet with the addition of XAUI cards
Related Information
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Installation Guide
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Administration Guide
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Service Manual
Preinstalled Solaris Operating System
The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers are preinstalled with the Solaris 10
OS, and offer the following Solaris OS features:
■ Stability, high performance, scalability, and precision of a mature 64-bit operating
system.
■ Support for over 12,000 leading technical and business applications.
■ Solaris Containers – Isolate software applications and services using flexible,
software-defined boundaries.
■ DTrace – A comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for tuning applications
and troubleshooting systemic problems in real time.
■ Predictive Self-Healing – Capability that automatically diagnoses, isolates, and
recovers from many hardware and application faults.
■ Security – Advanced security features designed to protect the enterprise at
multiple levels.