UltraSPARC T2 or T2+

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Hi everyone

We've bought a Sun T5120 server recently.

I'm currently investigating how much would cost to license the server. According to Oracle's matrix T2 processors are calculated at 0.75 per core, but T2+ processors are calculated at 0.50 per core.

When I run prtdiag -v I get the following:

================================ Virtual CPUs ================================


CPU ID Frequency Implementation         Status
------ --------- ---------------------- -------
0      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
1      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
2      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
3      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
4      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
5      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
6      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
7      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
8      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
9      1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
10     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
11     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
12     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
13     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
14     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
15     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
16     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
17     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
18     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
19     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
20     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
21     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
22     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
23     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
24     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
25     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
26     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
27     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
28     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
29     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
30     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line
31     1165 MHz  SUNW,UltraSPARC-T2     on-line

If I had T2+ processors, would it show up as T2+ when I run prtdiag?

2

The T5120 is the T2 processor not the T2+.

UltraSPARC T1 processor based models

The UltraSPARC T1-based Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 are branded to the SPARC Enterprise line:

* T1000 - 1 processor socket, 1U rack-mount
* T2000 - 1 processor socket, 2U rack-mount

UltraSPARC T2 processor based models

In Oct 2007, Sun added the UltraSPARC T2-based servers to the SPARC Enterprise line:

* T5120 - 1 processor socket, 1U rack-mount
* T5220 - 1 processor socket, 2U rack-mount

UltraSPARC T2+ processor based models

In April 2008, Sun added the UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based servers to the SPARC Enterprise line:

* T5140 - 2 processor sockets, 1U rack-mount
* T5240 - 2 processor sockets, 2U rack-mount

In October 2008, Sun released the 4-way SMP UltraSPARC T2 Plus-based server:

* T5440 - 4 processor sockets, 4U rack-mount
3

Crikey, that's going to be expensive to licence then.

Thanks for the quick response.

4

if i understand oracle right, they are talking about CORES not VIRTUAL CPUs. and your machine should have 4 cores with 8 threads each = 32 virtual cpus...

UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Processors

5

4 cores x 0.75 = 3 licences

The T1 processor, for example, is calculated at 0.25. This means it's going to cost us more to licence our 4 core T2 than it cost us to licence our 8 core T1