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1.5.4 Software Conditions and Confirmation Methods


1.5.4 Software Conditions and Confirmation Methods
Software conditions needed to enable the use of physical partition dynamic reconfiguration
Table 1-3 and Table 1-4 list the XCP, Oracle Solaris, and required SRU/patches needed to perform physical partition dynamic reconfiguration. To use the physical partition dynamic reconfiguration function, an appropriate combination of versions of the XCP firmware and Oracle VM Server for SPARC software must be set. For the latest software requirements, see the latest Product Notes of the server used.
Table 1-3  List of Oracle Solaris and Required SRU/Patches Needed for Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration on SPARC M12-2S
OS Version Domain type
  Control domain
Non-virtual environment
Root domain I/O domain Guest domain
Oracle Solaris 11 Oracle Solaris 11.4 (*1) Oracle Solaris 11.4 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.4 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.4 or later (*2)
  Oracle Solaris 11.3 (*1) SRU11.3.17.5.0 or later Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later (*2)
    Oracle Solaris 11.2 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.2 or later (*2) Oracle Solaris 11.2 or later (*2)
      Oracle Solaris 11.1 (*2)
SRU1.4 or later
Oracle Solaris 11.1 or later (*2)
Oracle Solaris 10 - - - Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 (*3) 150310-03 or later
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 (*3)(*4)
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC bundle
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 (*3)(*4)
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC bundle
*1 system/ldoms and system/ldoms/ldomsmanager packages are required. These packages are included in group/system/solaris-large-server and group/system/solaris-small-server.
*2 system/ldoms package is required. This packages are included in group/system/solaris-large-server and group/system/solaris-small-server.
*3 There are no limitations on the LSB number that can be assigned to the CPU in the guest domain. However, the maximum number of CPU (vcpu) that can be assigned in one guest domain is 1024 when Oracle Solaris 10 is running on the guest domain.
*4 You need to perform the additional procedures before installing Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11. For details, see procedures described in "Notes on Installing Oracle Solaris 10 on a Guest Domain" in the latest Product Notes.
Table 1-4  List of XCP/Oracle Solaris and Required SRU/Patches Needed for Physical Partition Dynamic Reconfiguration on SPARC M10-4S
Server XCP Oracle Solaris Required Package
Required Product
Required SRU
Required Patch
SPARC M10-4S 2220 or later Oracle Solaris 11.2 or later system/ldoms(*1)
system/ldoms/ldomsmanager(*2)
None
    Oracle Solaris 11.1 system/ldoms(*1)
system/ldoms/ldomsmanager(*2)
SRU11.1.14.5.0 or later (*3)
    Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Oracle VM for SPARC 3.1 (*4) 150817-02 or later (*4)(*5)
*1 Required for control and guest domains. Included in group/system/solaris-large-server and group/system/solaris-small-server.
*2 Required only for the control domain. Included in group/system/solaris-large-server and group/system/solaris-small-server.
*3 Required for control and guest domains. SRU11.1.14.5.0 includes Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.1.0.1. To ensure the stable operation of physical partition dynamic reconfiguration, however, the Oracle Solaris 11.1 patch (CR:17709858) is required. This issue has been resolved in SRU11.1.15.4.0 and later.
*4 Required only for the control domain.
*5 Do not use patches between 150400-01 and 150400-06.
How to check the software version:
  1. How to check the version of the XCP firmware
  1. Log in to the XSCF shell.
  1. Execute the version -c xcp command to check the firmware version information.
XSCF> version -c xcp
BB#00-XSCF#0 (Master)
XCP0 (Current): 2220
XCP1 (Reserve): 2220
BB#01-XSCF#0 (Standby)
XCP0 (Current): 2220
XCP1 (Reserve): 2220
  1. How to check the version of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC software
  1. Log in to the control domain console of the physical partition.
    For details on how to log in to the control domain console, see "8.3 Switching to the Control Domain Console From the XSCF Shell" in the Fujitsu SPARC M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 System Operation and Administration Guide.
  2. For Oracle Solaris 11, execute the pkg info entire command to check the version of the SRU of Oracle Solaris.
# pkg info entire
Name: entire
Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update (Oracle Solaris 11.1.14.5.0). <-- Version of SRU
  1. For Oracle Solaris 10, execute the ldm -V command to check the version of Oracle VM Server for SPARC.
# ldm -V
Logical Domains Manager (v 3.1.0.1) <-- Version of Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Hypervisor control protocol v 1.9
Using Hypervisor MD v 1.3