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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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how do you comare xeon and ultrasparc based on spec results?

I am trying to do comparision of xeon processor and utrasparc IV+ for the xeon, I have this result: Cisco UCS B200M3 Intel Xeon Processor E5-2660 (Sandy Bridge) Hardware Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores # Chips # Cores Per Chip Published…
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Installing Solaris 10 on a Sun Blade 2500 Silver

I recently bought a used Sun Blade 2500 Silver. The system has been completly wiped, so I get an OpenBoot prompt when I boot. When I look on Oracle's compatibility page, I can see the station is able to run Solaris 10 8/11. So I downloaded the OS…
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-h not working for 'ls' command in Sun SPARC

I was trying this command for listing files in human readable form: $ ls -lh ls: illegal option -- h usage: ls…
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imaging/cloning with DHCP network rebuilding/recovery of solaris 9 and 10 sparc servers

I have a number of solaris 9 and 10 sparc servers (no RAID) that are custom dvd jumpstarts provided by SONUS Networks for their softswitch VOIP products. Normal install process would be to use the DVD supplied by SONUS to do a reinstall from…
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Remote X-windows between new RHEL5 and old Solaris 8

I have a very small lab network with three boxes: a modern x86-based RHEL3 box, an x86-based RHEL5 box, and a 1998-vintage SPARC Ultra5 with Solaris 8. I can use ssh -X to run a program on the RHEL5 box and view the windows on the RHEL3 box. I…
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Can't build mpc on Soalris 10

I'm trying to build mpc so that I can compile gcc 4.5, it fails with the following: In file included from /usr/include/iso/stdarg_c99.h:34, from /usr/include/stdarg.h:33, from…
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Solaris WANboot & Jumpstart SPARC/x86

I need to setup a Solaris WANboot and a Solaris jumpstart server for both SPARC and x86 architectures. Can I setup both on a single machine (SPARC or x86) or do I need a separate SPARC and x86 machine to jumpstart a SPARC respectively a x86…
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Converting QEMU Solaris VM to libvirt

I have a QEMU VM running Solaris 2.6 on a SPARCstation-5 machine. I currently start it with the following command: qemu-system-sparc \ -name sunvm \ -machine SS-5 \ -m 256 \ -drive file=sunvm.img,bus=0,unit=0,media=disk \ -nic…
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Get the actual value of free memory is sun sparc

I am trying to get the current (not the average) free memory size of SUN SPARC remote server, but I don't have the permission to use free -m command or prtconf. So, I used command vmstat 2 and the result is kthr memory page …
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Hardening and securing Solaris 10 server

We have some Solaris 10 systems running on SPARC. A former manager decided not to renew support contract with Oracle so we are missing some patches for the systems. Current management is working on getting a support contract but it may take a month…
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Install FREENAS on ORACLE SUN SPARC T5240

is possible to install FreeNas server on Sun Sparc Enterprise T5240 (Hardware compatibility),and how to do that? Thanks
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Solaris Service not showing any status in svcs

I'm creating a solaris service using SMF by following steps: Create SMF manifest Import manifest via svccfg Enable it using svcadm Check status using svcs Now in this process i had frequently added/deleted/modified the manifest. Sometimes i killed…
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Which version of Solaris for my Sun Sparc system?

I'm about to buy a used Sun Sparc machine (Sun Blade 2500 Ultrasparc IIIi 1,28Ghz) in order to use it as a personal development server. Problem is, it is sold without any OS. I would like to install a Solaris system on it, but I don't know what I'm…
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Any inherent reason why x86 is more successful than SPARC?

We know x86 has become much more successful than SPARC over the past 20 years, even on the server side. This in turn translates into more budget in R&D on x86. These external factors aside, is there any inherent reason why SPARC has failed? Before…
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