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Relates to the SPARC architecture of CPUs, originally designed by Sun Microsystems and intended to run the Solaris operating system. Similar to the UltraSPARC CPU line, the terms "sparc" and "UltraSPARC" are frequently interchangeable.

The term "SPARC" (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) was coined for the RISC-based CPU introduced by Sun Microsystems in the late 1980s. Fabrication is currently done by Fujitsu, but the "OpenSPARC" project allows others to adopt the CPU design.

The initial layout took elements from the RISC I and RISC II CPUs and attempted to simplify the design to match the execution behavior of the MIPS processors, effectively "marrying" aspects of both architectures.

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reboot solaris to "ok" prompt

I need to reboot a solaris sparc machine to the "ok" prompt so I can do a net jumpstart reinstallation on a machine. I have remote access to the machine via the ALOM. How can do do this? Thanks.
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Can I install oracle linux or debian in Sun enterprise m4000 sparc?

I would like to install a linux OS on this server but after trial and error always came back with a error, i know that the installation is fully compatible with SPARC architecture, every time i used oracle linux, debian, gentoo... After i boot cdrom…
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Solaris 8 - Root Password Reset Still Showing Expired

I have a Solaris 8 2/02 SPARC test server that has an issue with the root account. I am able to log in with this account but every time I do, I am met with this message... WARNING: Your password has expired. If you have cron jobs, they may fail.…
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Is there a way to slow down a processor to a specific speed?

We have some Sun Blade T6320s Servers that run on Sparc 64-bit UltraSparc T2 processors. We recently found out that the 2nd generation of these servers have a faster processor speed (1415 MHz) than the 1st gen ones (1165 MHz). The faster machines…
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Format of Solaris Open Boot Prompt boot-device?

I have the following boot-device: /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@w32a6b2f6484021d2,0:a And I would like to understand the syntax. What I know is: /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0: This is the name of the controller shown by…
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Problems installing Oracle Database 11 on solaris 11.3

i'm trying to install Oracle Database on Solaris 11.3 and i'm getting the following error: INFO: /usr/ccs/bin/make -f /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/precomp/lib/ins_precomp.mk relink EXENAME=proc INFO: Linking…
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inconsistency between format and probe-scsi-all outputs

my platform: SPARC T4-1 solaris 10 Generic_150400-24 sun4v sparc sun4v 1 of the disk is seems different in the output of format when I am on console cli even though relevant disk seems same as others in the output of probe-scsi-all output what can…
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Sparc T5240 ILOM password grief

I'm trying to reset the ILOM root password on a SPARC Enterprise T5240. Neither of the 2 methods described below work for me, so I'm after further suggestions (short of guessing the root password - I've been trying that!). Method 1 - Jumper…
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How to install only mysql client on solaris?

I have a mysql server already running on RHEL 5 server. I have other Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 machines (SPARC based T4-4 servers) which need to connect to the server. I downloaded a pkg (mysql-5.6.23-solaris11-sparc-64bit.pkg.gz) from MySQL CE…
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SPARC T4 iLom CLI not accessible from SER MGT Port. (NET MGT - inaccessible)

Our 3 SPARC T4 Sun servers have all of a sudden began the exact same behaviour. -Fans are at full RPM -Attentions lights on all 3 are on solid amber -ILOM network interfaces not responding (all 3 were working fine previously) -When connecting to the…
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Solaris 10: How do I get to the {ok} prompt from here?

My Sparc box which is running Solaris 10 stopped working due (I think) to a power outage. Now I can't get it to boot up. I'm not interested in trying to recover the contents of the hard-disk. I just want to make the machine usable again. So I am…
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Sun Netra 240: How to get from ALOM menu to ok prompt?

I am connected to my server using a serial connection. I am currently at the ALOM menu (as shown below. I need to get to the {ok} prompt. How do I get there from here? FYI, One major complication: I don't have the boot password. I'm trying to reset…
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"Inserted disabled" while upgrading Sun Sparc t5120 memory

I'm trying to upgrade a Sun t5120 server from 4GB to 8GB of RAM memory: I followed all the steps described on the section "Upgrade Memory Configuration With Additional FB-DIMMs" "Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Service Manual" When I…
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How does an UltraSPARC IV+ compare to Intel

I'm trying to compare an 2.1 GHz UltraSPARC IV+ to something I'm more familiar with, and Intel seems to be the benchmark. What would be a comparable processor on the Intel side?
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Compiling PHP on Solaris

I'm compiling PHP with --enable-fpm on Solaris 10 (sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000) and it stops at #error Sparc v8 and predecessors are not and will not be supported (see bug report 53310) Following the error, the CPU I have is a v9 ? Why is the…
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