SPARC S7-2 and SPARC S7-2L

Servers

Oracle’s SPARC S7 servers extend the world’s most advanced systems for enterprise computing into scale-out and cloud applications, with unique capabilities for information security, core efficiency, and data analytics acceleration. Hardware security in silicon, combined with platform support, provides unmatched protection against data hacking and unauthorized access, while full-speed wide-key encryption allows transactions to be secured by default. Up to 1.7x better core efficiency than x86 systems lowers costs for running Java applications and databases¹. Hardware acceleration of data analytics, big data, and machine learning deliver 10x faster time-to-insight and off-load processor cores to run other workloads. The combination of Oracle’s breakthrough Software in Silicon features and the highest performance is the foundation for building the most secure and efficient enterprise clouds.

K E Y B U S I N E S S B E N E F I T S

•   Common hacker exploits and programming errors can be prevented by Silicon Secured Memory.

•   Data encryption can be enabled by default, without compromise in performance, using wide-key cryptography accelerated in hardware.

•   Hackers are stopped from gaining a foothold through verified boot, and immutable zones and virtual machines.

•   Up to 1.7x better core efficiency than x86 systems can lower costs for running Java applications and databases¹.

•   Hardware acceleration delivers 10x better

time-to-insight on data analytics, big data, and machine learning.

Overview

Oracle’s SPARC S7-2 and S7-2L servers are designed to optimally address the requirements of scale-out and cloud infrastructure by removing the trade-off between security and high-performance and improving the overall efficiency of deploying mixed workloads. SPARC S7-2 and S7-2L servers are based on the SPARC S7 processor, which extends the Software in Silicon features of Oracle’s SPARC M7 processor onto scale-out form factors.

The SPARC S7-2 server is a 1U system that favors compute density, and the SPARC S7-2L server is a 2U system that offers versatile storage options, including a large set of extreme-performance NVMe drives. Both servers take advantage of the integrated “system-on-a-chip” design of the SPARC S7 processor, resulting in unmatched efficiency in design, together with a reduced number of components, and high reliability for enterprise applications.

The outstanding efficiency and high performance of these servers start with the SPARC S7 processor, which combines eight powerful fourth-generation cores, the same cores introduced with the SPARC M7 processor. Each SPARC S7 processor core handles up to eight threads using unique dynamic threading technology. The processor is designed to maximize efficiency by integrating most of the hardware interfaces on the processor itself, allowing the server to achieve unmatched memory bandwidth and low latency, which translate into maximum overall and per core

•   Developer productivity and software quality are increased and applications are accelerated by Software in Silicon features.

•   Near-zero overhead virtualization increases efficiency and lowers cost per virtual machine.

K E Y  F E A T U R E S

•   These servers are based on the SPARC S7 processor, the best processor for scale-out and cloud applications.

•   The SPARC S7-2 server offers one or two processors, with up to 1TB of memory.

•   The SPARC S7-2L server offers two processors and up to 98 TB of SAS-3 storage, or up to 38 TB of accelerated NVMe storage.

•   Hardware-integrated security and analytics acceleration are provided through Software in Silicon technology.

•   Oracle Solaris 11 OS provides for secure and compliant application deployment.

•   Open APIs on Oracle Solaris leverage Software in Silicon features for security and analytics acceleration.

•   Built-in, no-cost virtualization technology is provided through Oracle Solaris Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC.

performance for Java applications and databases.

Software in Silicon features are breakthroughs in microprocessor and server design that enable databases and applications to run faster and with unprecedented security. Software in Silicon embeds features such as encryption accelerators, Silicon Secured Memory, and Data Analytics Accelerators (DAX) onto the processor silicon, offloading processor cores to execute other workloads simultaneously.

The SPARC S7-2 and S7-2L systems running Oracle Solaris offer a superior and easy-to-manage platform for developers and enterprise users. Oracle Solaris 11 is a secure, integrated, and open platform engineered for large-scale enterprise cloud environments, with unique optimization for Oracle Database, middleware, and application deployments. Built-in virtualization capabilities in Oracle’s SPARC servers include both Oracle Solaris Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC, which allow enterprise workloads to be run within many virtual machines with near-zero performance impact.

Security

Oracle’s SPARC servers are designed to offer a secure platform, from the processor itself to the operating systems, virtualization environment, and applications.

The Silicon Secured Memory feature of Oracle’s SPARC S7 processor provides the capability of detecting and preventing invalid operations to application data, through hardware monitoring of software access to memory. This can stop malware from exploiting software vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows. The hardware approach of Silicon Secured Memory is much faster than traditional software-based detection tools, meaning that security checks can be done in production without significant impact to performance. In addition, each processor core contains the fastest cryptographic acceleration in the industry, allowing IT organizations to deliver end-to-end data encryption and secure transactions with near-zero performance impact. In summary: you can easily activate data protection and encryption security, by default, without additional hardware investment.

On Oracle Solaris 11, security can be set up easily and enabled by default, while single-step patching and immutable zones and virtual machines allow compliance to be maintained with simplicity. In addition, Oracle Solaris offers high-level security features, like time-based user control, activity-based delegation, and remote tamper- proof auditing, among others. Virtualization also enhances security, by providing secure live migration, by which any user’s session can be securely transferred between servers without interruption, with negligible performance impact.

Efficiency and Performance

Oracle’s SPARC S7 systems offer tremendous efficiency in running enterprise workloads. They provide up to 1.7x better per-core performance than x86 systems for running Java, database, and analytics, which are the bases of cloud applications¹. This is the result of optimal core and processor design, and of bringing memory and PCIe controllers into the processor’s silicon, which creates very low-memory latencies, extremely high-memory bandwidth, and efficient I/O expansion. SPARC S7 servers’ per core efficiency can lower the cost of deploying cloud infrastructure. In addition, the large overhead due to virtualization that is common in cloud infrastructure implemented with x86 commodity computing is virtually eliminated with Oracle Solaris Zones and

Processor

·     Eight-core, 4.27 GHz SPARC S7 processor

·     Up to 64 threads per processor (up to 8 threads per core)

·     Four data analytics accelerators per processor, each supporting four concurrent in-memory query operations with decompression

·     Eight on-chip encryption instruction accelerators with direct nonprivileged support for 15 industry-standard cryptographic algorithms: AES, Camellia, CRC32c, DES, 3DES, DH, DSA, ECC, MD5, RSA, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 (one per core)

·     Eight floating-point units per processor (one per core)

·     One random number generator (one per processor)

Cache per processor

·     Level 1: 16 KB instruction and 16 KB data per core

·     Level 2: 256 KB L2 I$ per four cores, 256 KB L2 D$ per core pair

·     Level 3: 16 MB L3$ on chip

System architecture

·     SPARC V9 architecture, ECC protected

SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS

SPARC S7-2 SERVER

SPARC S7-2L SERVER

Processors

SPARC S7-2 servers are configured with one or two SPARC S7 processors, not expandable.

SPARC S7-2L servers are configured with two SPARC S7 processors.

Memory capacity

Eight dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots per processor support half and fully populated memory configurations using 16, 32, or 64 GB DDR4 DIMMs.

·    1,024 GB maximum memory configuration with 64 GB DIMMs and two processors

Interfaces

Expansion bus:

·     Three low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 slots

Network ports:

·     Four 10GBase-T Ethernet ports (100 Mb/sec, 1 Gb/sec or 10 Gb/sec), full duplex only,

auto-negotiating

Management ports:

·     One RJ45 serial port

·     One 1000Base-T port (10 Mb/sec, 100 Mb/sec or 1 Gb/sec)

Other:

·     Two front USB 2.0 ports

·     Optional external DVD unit available

Expansion bus:

·     Six low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 slots

Network ports:

·     Four 10GBase-T Ethernet ports (100 Mb/sec, 1 Gb/sec or 10 Gb/sec), full duplex only,

auto-negotiating

Management ports:

·     One RJ45 serial port

·     One 1000Base-T port (10 Mb/sec, 100 Mb/sec or 1 Gb/sec)

Other:

·     Two front USB 2.0 ports

·     Optional external DVD unit available

Internal storage

Controllers:

·     One 12 Gb/sec SAS-3 controller

One disk chassis option:

·     Eight-disk chassis: Eight 2.5-inch drive bays, four drive bays support NVMe drives

Choice of three 2.5-inch drives:

·     600 GB or 1,200 GB SAS-3 hard disk drives

·     800 GB SAS-3 solid-state drives

·     3.2 TB NVMe solid-state drives

SAS/NVMe mixing supported

Controllers:

·     One 12 Gb/sec SAS-3 controller

Four disk chassis options:

·     Eight-disk chassis: Eight 2.5-inch SAS-3 drive bays, four drive bays support NVMe drives*

·     Twenty-six-disk chassis: Twenty-four front plus two rear 2.5-inch SAS-3 drive bays, four drive bays support NVMe drives*

·     Twelve-disk chassis: Twelve 2.5-inch NVMe drive bays

·     Fourteen-disk chassis: Twelve front 3.5-inch SAS- 3 drive bays and two rear 2.5-inch SAS-3 drive bays

Choice of three 2.5-inch drives:

·     600 GB or 1,200 GB SAS-3 hard disk drives

·     800 GB SAS-3 solid-state drives

·     3.2 TB NVMe solid-state drives

Choice of 3.5-inch drives:

·     8 TB SAS-3 hard disk drives

*SAS/NVMe mixing supported

External storage

Oracle offers a complete line of best-in-class, innovative storage, hardware, and software solutions, along with renowned world-class service and support. For more information, please refer to oracle.com/storage.

SPARC S7-2 SERVER

SPARC S7-2L SERVER

Power Supplies

·     Two hot-swappable AC 800 or 1,200 W redundant (N+1) power supplies

·     Voltage 100 to 120 VAC at 800 W, frequency 50/60 Hz

·     Voltage 200 to 240 VAC at 1,200 W, frequency 50/60 Hz

·     Max. operating input current at 100/200 VAC: 8.6/4.1 A

·     Max. operating input power at 100/200 VAC: 851/819 W

·     Two hot-swappable AC 1,200 W redundant (N+1) power supplies

·     Voltage 200 to 240 VAC, frequency 50/60 Hz

·     Max. operating input current at 200 VAC: 5.2 A

·     Max. operating input power at 200 VAC: 1,048 W

·     Hot-pluggable disk drives

·     Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans

·     Environmental monitoring

·     Message retry, cache, and memory error correction

·     Oracle Solaris ZFS storage RAID

·     Fault Management Architecture including Predictive Self Healing―both are features of Oracle Solaris

Operating system

Oracle recommends Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later for enhanced performance and functionality, including technologies enabled by Software in Silicon features

·     Control domain: Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later

·     The following versions are supported within guest domains:

·    Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later

·    Oracle Solaris 10 1/13*

* Plus required patches

Applications certified for Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 only may run in an Oracle Solaris 9 or 8 branded zone running within an Oracle Solaris 10 guest domain.

Software included

·     Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later, which includes Oracle VM Server for SPARC

·     Oracle Solaris ZFS (default file system)

Virtualization

Built-in, no-cost Oracle VM Server for SPARC provides the flexibility and power of running multiple logical domains in a single server. Multiple instances of Oracle Solaris Zones, a feature of Oracle Solaris, may be run within a single Oracle VM Server for SPARC logical domain.