Sun T4-1 and T2/Linux

Sun T4-1

The Sun T4 are fourth generation Sun Niagara "Cool Threads" hyper threaded high end, "cloud" optimized 64-bit UltraSPARC servers that delivered world record performance on a highly scalable, secure and integrated platform optimized for enterprise software. As first out-of-order SPARC CPU, it came with an 5x improvement in single-thread performance.

As other high-end servers, the T4 based UltraSPARC systems come with a hypervisor firmware and can be partitionized.

Notes

Use "start /SYS" to power-on and the system via ILOM, and "start /HOST/console" to see the hypervisor virtual uart console.

If you boot headless, don't forget to boot with: console=ttyHV0

Performance Index

5:33m to build binutils-2.41 w/ gcc-12.2.0

/proc/cpuinfo

cpu : UltraSparc T4 (Niagara4)
fpu : UltraSparc T4 integrated FPU
pmu : niagara4
prom : OBP 4.38.16 2018/11/28 07:24
type : sun4v
ncpus probed : 64
ncpus active : 64
D$ parity tl1 : 0
I$ parity tl1 : 0
cpucaps : flush,stbar,swap,muldiv,v9,blkinit,n2,mul32,div32,v8plus,popc,vis,vis2,ASIBlkInit,fmaf,vis3,hpc,ima,pause,cbcond,aes,des,kasumi,camellia,md5,sha1,sha256,sha512,mpmul,montmul,montsqr,crc32c
Cpu0ClkTck : 00000000a9beeee4
...
MMU Type : Hypervisor (sun4v)
MMU PGSZs : 8K,64K,4MB,256MB,2GB
State:
CPU0: online
...

lspci

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Device 8186 (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Device 8186 (rev 01)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:06.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:08.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
06:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
06:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:06.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:07.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:08.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0a.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0c.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0f.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
09:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 02)
0a:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 10)
0b:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)
0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0c:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0d:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
0e:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
10:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
10:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
11:00.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX8112 x1 Lane PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev aa)
12:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
12:00.1 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
12:00.2 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD72010x USB 2.0 Controller (rev 0400:01.0 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Device 8186 (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Oracle/SUN Device 8186 (rev 01)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:06.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
02:08.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT Device 807a (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
05:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
06:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
06:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:06.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:07.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:08.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0a.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0c.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
08:0f.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT 89HPES64H16G2 64-Lane 16-Port PCIe Gen2 System Interconnect Switch (rev 02)
09:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 02)
0a:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 10)
0b:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 03)
0c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0c:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0d:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
0e:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
10:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
10:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
11:00.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX8112 x1 Lane PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev aa)
12:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
12:00.1 USB controller: NEC Corporation OHCI USB Controller (rev 43)
12:00.2 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD72010x USB 2.0 Controller (rev 04)