10 SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Overview Guide • July 2009
■ Network Performance – Completely rewritten TCP/IP stack dramatically
improves the performance and scalability of your networked services.
You can use the preinstalled Solaris 10 OS, or reinstall a supported version of the
Solaris 10 OS from your network, CD, or downloaded copy. Refer to the SPARC
Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes for information on the supported OS
releases for your server.
Related Information
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes
■ Solaris OS
documentation (http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris)
Hardware-Assisted Cryptography
The UltraSPARC T2 multicore, multithreaded processors provide hardware-assisted
acceleration of symmetric, asymmetric, hashing and random number generation
cryptographic operations as follows:
■ Asymmetric algorithms – RSA, DSA, Diffie Hellman, and Elliptic Curve
cryptography
■ Symmetric algorithms – AES, 3DES, and RC$
■ Hashing algorithms – SHA1, SHA256, and MD5
The Solaris 10 OS provides the multithreaded device driver that supports the
hardware-assisted cryptography.
Related Information
■ SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Product Notes
■ Solaris OS
documentation (http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/solaris)
Support for Virtualization Through
Logical Domains (LDoms)
The SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers support the use of Logical Domains
(LDoms) technology. Through the use of the Solaris OS and the built-in server
firmware, and by installing the Logical Domains Manager software, you can
virtualize the compute services that run on your server.