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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Latest Information
    1.  Latest Information
    2.  Revision Information
  3. Chapter 2 Software Requirements
    1. Click Supported Firmware and Oracle Solaris Versions
    2.  Web Browser
    3.  Software Supporting Remote Storage
    4.  XCP and Oracle Solaris Version Supporting Power Aware Dispatcher Function
    5.  How to Obtain XCP and Oracle Solaris SRU/Patch/Oracle VM Server for SPARC
    6. Click Notes on Memory
    7. Click Notes on Mixing Different Hardware
    8.  Obtaining the SAS-2 Integrated RAID Configuration Utility
  4. Chapter 3 Information on XCP
    1. Click Latest Information on XCP
    2.  XCP Firmware Versions and Support Information
    3. Click Notes and Restrictions
    4. Click Problems With XCP and Workarounds
  5. Chapter 4 Information on Oracle Solaris
    1. Click Notes and Restrictions
    2. Click Problems With Oracle Solaris and Workarounds
  6. Chapter 5 Information on SPARC M12 System Hardware
    1. Click Notes and Restrictions
    2.  Problems With Hardware and Workarounds
  7. Chapter 6 Information on the PCI Expansion Unit
    1.  PCI Expansion Unit Firmware Versions and Support Information
    2. Click Direct I/O Function for the PCI Expansion Unit
    3. Click Problems With the PCI Expansion Unit and Workarounds
  8. Chapter 7 Information on SPARC M12 Manuals

Notes on Installing Oracle Solaris 10 on a Guest Domain


Notes on Installing Oracle Solaris 10 on a Guest Domain
You may encounter Bug 7167998 ("inter-cpu-latency" MD property causes a Solaris guest domain panic) when installing Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 on a SPARC M12 guest domain. To avoid the bug, use network installation and the following procedure to install Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11.
Note - Before applying the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Patch Bundle, do not change the configuration or OpenBoot PROM environment variables of the guest domain.
  1. Mount boot_archive of Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11.
# chmod -t install-server-path/install-dir-path/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4v/boot_archive

# lofiadm -a install-server-path/install-dir-path/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4v/boot_archive

Device name will be output. For example:
/dev/lofi/1


# mount /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
  1. Edit and add the following line to the /mnt/etc/system file.
set xc_tick_limit = 0x1
  1. Unmount boot_archive.
# umount /mnt

# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

# chmod +t install-server-path/install-dir-path/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4v/boot_archive
  1. Install Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 through network installation.
  1. Apply the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Patch Bundle, and then install patch 150310-03 or later.

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