Oracle and Sparc license calculation

Hi, i'm wondering if there's any neat formula for calculating maximum number of strands per license?
What I mean is that say for example I have 2 Oracle Enterprise Database licenses on a Sparc T5440 system. How many strands can I use on the system for my Oracle license?

What's a strand?
Edited by: Dom Brooks on Jan 24, 2011 3:33 PM
My ignorance
This any use?
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Oracle spells this out very carefully in one of the specialty documents available at http://www.oracle.com >> About Oracle >> Pricing and Licensing (or directly at http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/index.html)
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