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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Understanding an Overview of Domain Configuration
    1. Click 1.1 SPARC M12/M10 Domain Configurations
    2.  1.2 SPARC M12/M10 Hardware Resources
    3. Click 1.3 What is a Physical Partition?
    4. Click 1.4 What is a Logical Domain?
    5. Click 1.5 What is Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration?
    6. Click 1.6 Mixed Use of the SPARC64 X+ Processor and SPARC64 X Processor
  3. Chapter 2 Conditions and Settings for System Operation
    1. Click 2.1 XSCF Status Management
    2. Click 2.2 XSCF Conditions and Settings
    3. Click 2.3 Oracle Solaris Conditions and Settings
    4. Click 2.4 Logical Domain Conditions and Settings
    5. Click 2.5 Dynamic Reconfiguration Conditions and Settings
    6. Click 2.6 Considerations When Using the SPARC64 X+ Processor
  4. Chapter 3 Operations for Domain Configuration
    1. Click 3.1 Operations and Commands Related to Physical Partition Configurations
    2. Click 3.2 Operations and Commands Related to Logical Domain Configurations
  5. Chapter 4 Configuring a Physical Partition
    1.  4.1 Physical Partition Configuration Flow
    2.  4.2 Configuring and Operating a Physical Partition
  6. Chapter 5 Logical Domain Configuration Example
    1.  5.1 Logical Domain Configuration Flow
    2. Click 5.2 Example of Logical Domain Configuration Operations
  7. Chapter 6 Physical Partition Reconfiguration
    1. Click 6.1 Flow for Physical Partition Reconfiguration
    2. Click 6.2 Example of System Board Addition
    3. Click 6.3 Example of Operations for Deleting a System Board
    4.  6.4 Example of Operations for Moving a System Board
    5.  6.5 Example of Operations for Replacing a System Board
    6.  6.6 Considerations When Changing a Physical Partition Number
  8. Chapter 7 Migrating a Guest Domain
    1. Click 7.1 Overview
    2.  7.2 Migrating a Guest Domain
    3.  7.3 Guest Domain Migration Example
  9. Appendix A Environment Configuration Examples and Procedures Using Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration
    1. Click A.1 Updating a System That Does Not Support Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration to One That Does Support It
    2. Click A.2 For New Installations from XCP 2220 or Later, Where the Logical Domain Configuration Has No Free Space for Hardware Resources
    3. Click A.3 For New Installations from XCP 2220 or Later, Where the Logical Domain Configuration Has Free Hardware Resources
    4. Click A.4 For Expansion of a Newly Installed System of Version XCP 2220 or Later from the 1BB to 2BB Configuration
    5. Click A.5 For Installation of the System Board Configured by the SPARC64 X+ Processor to the Physical Partition Configured Only by the SPARC64 X Processor
    6. Click A.6 For Active Replacement of a System Board in a Configuration with Only the Control Domain (for Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 or Later)
  10. Appendix B Supplementary Information for Using Dynamic Reconfiguration
    1. Click B.1 Considerations for the XSCF Reboot or Failover Time
    2.  B.2 Supplementary Information on CPU Operational Mode
    3.  B.3 Other Considerations
  11. Appendix C Meanings of Messages and Corresponding Corrective Action
    1. Click C.1 Command Messages

1.1.3 Features of the Domain Configuration


1.1.3 Features of the Domain Configuration
This section describes the domain configuration, a feature of the SPARC M12/M10 system.
Features of a system consisting of logical domains
The SPARC M12/M10 system allows multiple logical domains to be configured using Oracle VM Server for SPARC and an independent OS to run on each logical domain. Different logical domains can run different versions of the OS, respectively. CPUs, memory, and I/Os can be assigned flexibly to each logical domain, enabling efficient use of hardware resources.
Figure 1-7 shows an example in which two CPU cores and a part of the memory resource are moved between Oracle Solaris instances of different versions.
Figure 1-7  Efficient Use of Hardware Resources between Logical Domains (Example of One-Unit Configuration Using SPARC M10-1)
Figure 1-7 Efficient Use of Hardware Resources between Logical Domains (Example of One-Unit Configuration Using SPARC M10-1)
Figure 1-8 shows an example in which three CPU cores and one memory resource are moved between Oracle Solaris instances of different versions.
Figure 1-8  Efficient Use of Hardware Resources between Logical Domains (Building Block Configuration)
Figure 1-8 Efficient Use of Hardware Resources between Logical Domains (Building Block Configuration)
Features of a system consisting of physical partitions
The SPARC M12-2S/M10-4S system allows physical partitions to be configured with one or more chassis and an independent OS to run on each physical partition.
A system consisting of physical partitions provides a higher level of hardware independence than a system that consists of logical domains using Oracle VM Sever for SPARC.
Figure 1-9 shows an example in which chassis are isolated from the system to replace the CPU and memory.
Figure 1-9  Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Independence)
Figure 1-9 Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Independence)
The SPARC M12-2S/M10-4S system allows hardware resources to be expanded by stacking multiple chassis. This enables a small system to be expanded gradually as necessary for the environment.
Figure 1-10 shows an example in which three SPARC M12-2S units are added and the four units are used as a single physical partition.
Figure 1-10  Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Scalability)
Figure 1-10 Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Scalability)
Also, CPUs, memory, and I/Os can be added to and removed from a physical partition in units of building blocks (PSBs).
Moreover, a system consisting of multiple physical partitions allows these physical partitions to be managed in a centralized manner, and hardware resources can be moved from a physical partition with a low load to one with a high load.
Figure 1-11 shows an example in which one chassis’s worth of resources is moved from PPAR#0 to PPAR#1.
Figure 1-11  Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Flexibility)
Figure 1-11 Feature of Physical Partitions (Hardware Flexibility)
In addition, logical domains can be configured in each physical partition.
Figure 1-12 shows an example in which three SPARC M12-2S units are connected and two logical domains are configured in each of the two physical partitions.
Figure 1-12  Example of Configuring Logical Domains in Physical Partitions
Figure 1-12 Example of Configuring Logical Domains in Physical Partitions

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