Oracle Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server

Sun Oracle M5000 with Motherboard Cage (MOBO2/MBU_B_2)

Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server is a mid‑range enterprise UNIX server jointly developed by Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu, later maintained under Oracle product portfolio. It occupies 10 rack units (10RU) in standard equipment rack. The platform accepts up to four CPU modules with SPARC64 VI, SPARC64 VII or SPARC64 VII+ CPUs, supporting maximum 32 processor cores. It can be split into up to four independent dynamic server domains, each domain acts as a separate physical server with dedicated CPU, memory and I/O resources, enabling efficient server consolidation. The system supports up to 512GB DDR2 memory, dual I/O units with PCI‑Express and PCI‑X slots. Redundant hot‑swap power supplies and fan modules guarantee high availability. Managed via the XSCF (Extended System Control Facility) firmware, it provides remote system monitoring, domain configuration and hardware diagnostics. Designed for mission‑critical workloads, it runs Oracle Solaris 10 and is commonly used for OLTP databases, ERP, financial backend systems and core enterprise servicesOracle.

Key Specs (English)

• Form Factor: 10‑RU Rack‑mount

• CPU: SPARC64 VI / VII / VII+；max 4 CPU modules, up to 32 cores

• Max Memory: Up to 512 GB DDR2

• Virtualization: Up to 4 Dynamic Hardware Domains

• Management: XSCF system controller

• Expansion: PCI‑E & PCI‑X I/O slots

• OS: Oracle Solaris 10

• Typical Workloads: Oracle Database, OLTP, ERP, financial critical systems