SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Series Servers

Get Started

Welcome to the SPARC M7 servers information portal, which provides access to many resources including:

Videos for an introduction to the SPARC M7 servers.
Oracle ILOM quick start for a management tasks overview.
SPARC Servers product page for overview information.

Architecture

Review these topics for an overview of the SPARC M7 Series Server architecture.

Understanding the hardware architecture
Security-enabled architecture overview
Server RAS features
Consolidation with virtualization

Supported Configurations

Server configurations and failover behavior
CMIOU configurations (SPARC M7-8, two PDomains)
CMIOU configurations (SPARC M7-8, one PDomain)
CMIOU configurations (SPARC M7-16)
Firmware compatibility requirements

Installation

Rackmounted server installation overview
Stand-alone server installation overview
Oracle Solaris installation considerations

Administration

Review these topics for an overview of the resources that you can use to administer SPARC M7 Series Servers.

System administration resources
Innovations in lights out management (4 min)
Server management overview (4 min)
Oracle VM Manager 3.3 for virtual SPARC (11 min)

Service

Review these topics for an overview of the locations of components in SPARC M7 Series Servers and the steps involved in preparing to service those components

Identifying components
Preparing for service

Next Steps

Tasks