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CHAPTER 1
System Overview
This chapter provides information on the hardware and softwarefeatures and
configurations for the SPARCEnterprise M4000/M5000 midrange servers. This
chapter contains these sections.
Section 1.1, “Product Overview” on page 1-1
Section 1.2, “Features” on page 1-2
Section 1.3, “Components” on page 1-9
Section 1.4, “I/O Options” on page 1-31
Section 1.5, “Software Features” on page 1-32

1.1 Product Overview

Both midrange servers are based on the SPARC64VI/SPARC64 VII/SPARC64 VII+
processors.
FIGURE1-1 M4000 Server [left] and M5000 Server [right] (Front Views)
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