Cpu Operational Modes - Sun Microsystems Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Administration Manual

Note – On midrange and high-end servers, SPARC64 VII processors run only with
certain versions the Solaris OS and XCP firmware (beginning with XCP 1070). For
specific information about minimum OS and firmware requirements, see the Product
Notes (no earlier than the XCP 1070 edition) for your server.
The first firmware to support the newer entry-level server is the XCP 1080 firmware.
For specific information about minimum OS requirements, see the Product Notes for
your server.
shows an example of a mixed configuration of SPARC64 VI and SPARC64
FIGURE 4-7
VII processors.
CPUs on CPU/Memory Board Unit (CMU) and Domain Configuration
FIGURE 4-7
CMU#2
CMU#1 CMU#3
CMU#0
CMU mounted with CMU mounted with CMU of mixed CPU
CMU of mixed CPU
SPARC64 VII only SPARC64 VI only configuration
configuration
Domain 1
Domain 0
Domain 2
: SPARC64 VI processor
: SPARC64 VII processor
A mix of SPARC64 VI and SPARC64 VII processors can be mounted on a single
CMU, as shown in CMU#2 and CMU#3 in . And a single domain can be
FIGURE 4-7
configured with a mix of these SPARC64 processors, as shown in Domain 2 in
.
FIGURE 4-7

CPU Operational Modes

A domain runs in one of the following CPU operational modes:
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