System Overview; Product Overview - Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M8000 Overview Manual

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System Overview

This chapter provides an overview of features, specifications, and configurations of
the SPARC Enterprise
Section 1.1, "Product Overview" on page 1-1
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Section 1.2, "System Specifications" on page 1-8
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Section 1.3, "Server Components" on page 1-20
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Section 1.4, "Component Mounting Conditions" on page 1-24
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Section 1.5, "Optional Products" on page 1-24
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Section 1.6, "Software Features" on page 1-27
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Product Overview

SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers have been developed as UNIX servers
using a symmetric multi-processing (SMP) architecture. Each of these systems
merges mainframe technologies for high reliability, and the associated know-how
accumulated over time, with the high-speed technologies of super computers and
the openness of UNIX server development.
If a problem occurs during operation, the errors causing them can be corrected or
isolated without stopping the system. This feature minimizes problems in many
cases, thereby improving job continuity.
Each of the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers contains one or more
SPARC64™ VI/SPARC64™ VII CPUs. They can operate as multiple servers that
permit flexible use of resources, including more efficient execution of job operations.
In the SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers, the SPARC64 VI processor and the
SPARC64 VII processor can be mounted in combination.
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M8000/M9000 servers.
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