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 Key Benefits

 Common hacker exploits and

platform support, provides unmatched protection programming errors can be prevented
by Silicon Secured Memory.
against data hacking and unauthorized access,  Data encryption can be enabled by
default, without compromise in
while full-speed wide-key encryption allows performance, using wide-key
cryptography accelerated in hardware.
transactions to be secured by default. Up to 1.7x  Hackers are stopped from gaining a
foothold through verified boot, and
better core efficiency than x86 systems lowers costs immutable zones and virtual machines.
 Up to 1.7x better core efficiency than
for running Java applications and databases1. x86 systems can lower costs for running
Java applications and databases1.
Hardware acceleration of data analytics, big data,  Hardware acceleration delivers 10x
better time-to-insight on data analytics,
and machine learning deliver 10x faster time-to- big data, and machine learning.
 Developer productivity and software
insight and off-load processor cores to run other quality are increased and applications
are accelerated by Software in Silicon
workloads. The combination of Oracle’s features.
 Near-zero overhead virtualization
breakthrough Software in Silicon features and the increases efficiency and lowers cost per
virtual machine.
highest performance is the foundation for building
the most secure and efficient enterprise clouds.

PRODUCT 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-

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performance and improving the overall efficiency of deploying mixed workloads. SPARC Key Features
S7-2 and S7-2L servers are based on the SPARC S7 processor, which extends the Software in  These servers are based on the SPARC
Silicon features of Oracle’s SPARC M7 processor onto scale-out form factors. S7 processor, the best processor for
scale-out and cloud applications.
The SPARC S7-2 server is a resilient 1U system that favors compute density, and the SPARC  The SPARC S7-2 server offers one or
S7-2L server is a resilient 2U system that offers versatile storage options, including a large two processors with up to 1TB of
set of extreme-performance NVMe drives. Both servers take advantage of the integrated memory.
“system-on-a-chip” design of the SPARC S7 processor, resulting in unmatched efficiency in  The SPARC S7-2L server offers two
design, together with a reduced number of components, and high reliability for enterprise processors with up to 1TB of memory
applications. and up to 31 TB of SAS-3 storage, or up
to 64 TB of accelerated NVMe storage.
The outstanding efficiency and high performance of these servers start with the SPARC S7  Hardware-integrated security and
processor, which combines eight powerful fourth-generation cores, the same cores analytics acceleration are provided
introduced with the SPARC M7 processor. Each SPARC S7 processor core handles up to through Software in Silicon technology.
eight threads using unique dynamic threading technology. The processor is designed to  Oracle Solaris 11 OS provides for secure
maximize efficiency by integrating most of the hardware interfaces on the processor itself, and compliant application deployment.
allowing the server to achieve unmatched memory bandwidth and low latency, which  Open APIs on Oracle Solaris leverage
translate into maximum overall and per core performance for Java applications and Software in Silicon features for security
and analytics acceleration.
databases.
 Built-in, no-cost virtualization
Software in Silicon features are breakthroughs in microprocessor and server design that technology is provided through Oracle
enable databases and applications to run faster and with unprecedented security. Software Solaris Zones and Oracle VM Server for
in Silicon embeds features such as encryption accelerators, Silicon Secured Memory, and SPARC.
Data Analytics Accelerators (DAX) onto the processor silicon, offloading processor cores to  Resilient server system with high level
execute other workloads simultaneously. of reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS) in a compact,
The SPARC S7-2 and S7-2L systems running Oracle Solaris offer a superior and easy-to- energy-efficient footprint.
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

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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 Oracle VM Server for
SPARC software.
Data analytics acceleration is another unique Software in Silicon feature in SPARC servers
that offers performance without compromise. It is implemented through DAX engines
specifically designed into the chip’s silicon to handle SQL and analytics primitives, such as
those used by big data, and machine learning, and by Oracle Database In-Memory in Oracle
Database 12c. The accelerators operate on data at full memory speeds, taking advantage of
the very high-memory bandwidth of the processor. This produces extreme acceleration of
in-memory queries and analytics operations while processor cores are freed up to do other
useful work. In addition, the ability of these accelerators to handle compressed data on the
fly means that larger databases can be kept in memory, or that less server memory needs to
be configured for a given database size. Consider the result: you can run fast in-memory
analytics, using much less memory than the size of your data, without significantly
increasing server utilization rates or affecting other workloads.
SPARC S7 systems address the next generation of workloads implemented in a scale-out
architecture such as big data and in machine learning applications such as fraud and
intrusion detection, trend detection, click-stream, and social media sentiment analysis.

AN OPEN PLATFORM
Oracle’s SPARC S7, T8, and M8 systems running Oracle Solaris comprise an open platform
that developers can utilize to create new applications that are secure and run data analytics
efficiently. These capabilities can be easily integrated on existing applications, during
development, testing, and under deployment. Developers can use and validate Software in
Silicon features by using Oracle’s Software in Silicon open APIs, supported by a growing
community of collaboration among developers, engineers, and experts offering resources to
help you understand and integrate this revolutionary open technology on your applications.

EASE OF MANAGEMENT
All Oracle servers ship with comprehensive server management tools at no additional cost.
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (Oracle ILOM) utilizes industry-standard protocols
to provide secure and comprehensive local and remote management, including power
management and monitoring, fault detection, and notification. Oracle Premier Support
customers have access to My Oracle Support and multiserver management tools in Oracle
Enterprise Manager Ops Center, a system management tool that, in conjunction with Oracle
Enterprise Manager, coordinates servers, storage, and networking for a complete cloud
infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center also features an
automated service request capability, whereby potential issues are detected and reported to
Oracle’s support center without user intervention, assuring the maximum service levels and
simplified support.

SPARC S7-2 AND S7-2L SERVERS SPECIFICATIONS

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 ARCHITECTURE

Processor

 Eight core, 4.27 GHz SPARC S7 processor

 Up to 64 threads per processor (up to 8 threads per core)
 Four Data Analytics Accelerator units per processor, each supporting four
concurrent in-memory analytics engines 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 Configuration

 SPARC S7-2 servers are configured with one or two SPARC S7 processors; not
expandable
 SPARC S7-2L servers are always configured with two SPARC S7 processors
 Eight dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots per processor supporting half and
fully populated memory configurations using 16, 32, or 64 GB DDR4 DIMMs
 1 TB maximum memory configuration with 64 GB DIMMs

System Architecture

 SPARC V9 architecture, ECC protected

INTERFACES

 Network: Four 10 GbE (100 Mb/sec, 1 Gb/sec, 10 Gb/sec) ports, full duplex only,
auto-negotiating
 Expansion bus: Eight low-profile PCIe 3.0 (four x8 and four x16) slots
 SPARC S7-2: Three low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 slots
 SPARC S7-2L: Six low-profile PCIe 3.0 x8 slots
 Ports: Two front USB 2.0 ports, one RJ45 serial management port, and console 100
Mb/1 Gb network port

MASS STORAGE AND MEDIA

Internal storage:
 One 12 Gb/sec SAS-3 controller required if using internal SAS devices
 Mixing of SAS/NVMe drives is supported
 SPARC S7-2: Eight-disk chassis (2.5-inch drives)
 1,200 GB SAS-3 hard disk drives (HDD), maximum of eight
 800 GB SAS-3 solid state drive (SSD), maximum of eight
 3.84 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 6.8 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 SPARC S7-2L: Eight-disk chassis (2.5-inch drives)

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  1,200 GB SAS-3 hard disk drives (HDD), maximum of eight
 800 GB SAS-3 solid state drive (SSD), maximum of eight
 3.84 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 6.8 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 SPARC S7-2L: Twenty-six-disk chassis (2.5-inch drives)
 1,200 GB SAS-3 hard disk drives (HDD), maximum of twenty-six
 800 GB SAS-3 solid state drive (SSD), maximum of twenty-six
 3.84 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 6.8 TB NVMe solid state drives, maximum of four
 Oracle flash accelerators NVMe PCIe 3.0 cards
 SPARC S7-2L: Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 v2, maximum of six

External storage:
 External DVD drive available
 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

POWER SUPPLIES

 SPARC S7-2
 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
 Maximum operating input current at 100/200 VAC: 8.6/4.1 A
 Maximum operating input power at 100/200 VAC: 851/819 W
 SPARC S7-2L
 Two hot-swappable AC 1,200 W redundant (N + 1) power supplies
 Voltage 200 to 240 VAC, frequency 50/60 Hz
 Maximum operating input current at 200 VAC: 5.2 A
 Maximum operating input power at 200 VAC: 1,048 W

KEY RAS FEATURES

 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 and Predictive Self Healing
 Live operating system upgrades

SOFTWARE

Operating System

Oracle recommends the latest version of Oracle Solaris 11.4 for enhanced performance
and functionality, including features enabled by Software in Silicon technology
 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

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 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 11.4 (latest version), 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 for
running multiple logical domains in a single server. Multiple Oracle Solaris Zones may be
run within a single Oracle VM Server for SPARC logical domain.

ENVIRONMENT

Operating temperature:
 5° C to 35° C at 900 m (41° F to 95° F at 0 to 3,000 ft.)
 Decrease in maximum temperature: above 900 m (3,000 ft.) 1° C/300 m (1.8°
F/1,000 ft.)

Nonoperating temperature:
 -40° C to 65° C (-40° F to 149° F)

Operating relative humidity: 10% to 90% relative humidity, noncondensing, 27° C (81° F)
max. dew point

Nonoperating relative humidity: Up to 93% relative humidity, noncondensing, 38° C

(100° F) max. dew point

Operating altitude: 0 m to 3,000 m (0 ft. to 9,840 ft.) except in China markets where
regulations may limit installations to a maximum altitude of 2,000 m

Nonoperating altitude: Up to 12,000 m (Up to 39,370 ft.)

Acoustic noise
SPARC S7-2 OPERATING AT 60% OPERATING AT 100%

Sound power level ― 7.7 B 8.6 B

LwAd
(1 B = 10 dB)

Sound pressure level — 62 dBA 72 dBA

LpAm (energy average of
four bystander positions)

SPARC S7-2L OPERATING AT 60% OPERATING AT 100%

Sound power level ― 7.9 B 8.6 B

LwAd
(1 B = 10 dB)

Sound pressure level — 65 dBA 72 dBA

LpAm (energy average of
four bystander positions)

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 Cooling:
 SPARC S7-2: Max. cooling input power: 2,904 BTU/hr, airflow 77 cfm
 SPARC S7-2L (eight-disk chassis): 3,576 BTU/hr, airflow 153 cfm
 SPARC S7-2L (twenty-six-disk chassis): 3,576 BTU/hr, airflow 118 cfm

REGULATIONS (MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS)

Safety:
 UL/CSA 60950-1, EN 60950-1, and IEC 60950-1 CB Scheme with all country
differences
EMC:
 Emissions: FCC 47 CFR 15, ICES-003, EN55032, EN61000-3-2, and
EN61000-3-3
 Immunity: EN 55024
Certifications:
 North America Safety (NRTL), European Union (EU), International CB Scheme,
BIS (India), BSMI (Taiwan), RCM (Australia), CCC (PRC), MSIP (Korea), VCCI
(Japan), Morocco, Republic of Srpska
European Union directives:
 Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU, Low Voltage
Directive 2014/35/EU, EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, and WEEE Directive
2012/19/EU
All standards and certifications referenced are to the latest official version. For additional
detail, please contact your sales representative.
Other country regulations/certifications may apply.

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT

 SPARC S7-2
 Height: 43 mm (1.7 in.); 1U
 Width: 437 mm (17.2 in.)
 Depth: 737 mm (29 in.)
 Weight: approx. 19.5 kg (43 lb.) without rackmount kit
 SPARC S7-2L
 Height: 88 mm (3.5 in.); 2U
 Width: 436 mm (17.2 in.)
 Depth: 737 mm (29 in.)
 Weight: approx. 24.5 kg (54 lb.) Eight-disk chassis
approx. 29 kg (64 lb.) Twenty-six-disk chassis

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WARRANTY
The SPARC S7-2 and SPARC S7-2L servers comes with a one-year warranty. Visit
oracle.com/us/support/policies/ for more information about Oracle’s hardware warranty.

COMPLETE SUPPORT
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updates to Oracle Solaris, Oracle VM, and integrated software (such as firmware)—all for a
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