Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMEPOWER Enterprise Servers
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Source: Fujitsu Siemens Computers
XPARs are new for the PRIMEPOWER XA models. PPARs had previously been supported on the
PRIMEPOWER 800, 1500 and 2000.
The XPAR feature is managed from the PRIMEPOWER’s System Management Console and is
independent
of
the Solaris
operating
system.
However,
Solaris features,
such as
Dynamic
Reconfiguration, support the XPAR partitions, so that XPAR configurations can be changed dynamically.
Future Enhancements
Future enhancements include faster SPARC64 V processors, with 1.62GHz versions on the roadmap,
followed by Fujitsu’s sixth-generation SPARC64 chip, code-named Olympus, which is planned for the
second half of 2004. This will be a dual-core processor, but will be pin-compatible with SPARC64 V and
the XA servers. Clock-speed is likely to be in the 2.5GHz+ range, and the chip will feature separate on-
chip L2 caches for each of the two cores.
Other enhancements will include increased memory capacity and support for PCI-X.
Table 1: Overview: PRIMEPOWER XA Enterprise Servers
Model
PRIMEPOWER
900
PRIMEPOWER 1500
PRIMEPOWER 2500
Product Type
Midrange Unix
Server
Enterprise-class Unix server
Enterprise-class Unix server
Form Factor
Rack-mount
(17U)
Floorstanding cabinet
Floorstanding cabinet (64- or
128-CPU versions)