Oracle VM Server for SPARC Administration

Menu

Introduction

Documentation

Blogs

Other Links

Other Links
 
From OpenSolaris.org:

Nathan Kroenert's LDOM presentation, Logical Domains (LDoms) on the Sun4v architecture

Jeff Savit, Principle Engineer, OS Ambassador, Datacenter Ambassador, Logical Domains (LDoms) Concepts and Examples

OpenSolaris Community: Logical Domains


From www.oracle.com:

Oracle VM for SPARC includes the download link.

From Sun Blue Prints, LDOMS I/O Best Practices, Data Reliability With Logical Domains

From Sun Blue Prints, LDOMS I/O Best Practices: Network Availability with Logical Domains

From Sun Blue Prints, Using Logical Domains And Coolthreads Technology: Improving Scalability And System Utilization

Secure Deployment of Oracle VM Server for SPARC

An Oracle White Paper, Oracle VM Server for SPARC Enabling a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure

An Oracle White Paper, Running Oracle. Real Application Clusters On Oracle VM Server For SPARC. 2.0

An Oracle White Paper, Oracle VM Server for SPARC Technology Primer

An Oracle White Paper, Increase Application Scalability and Improve System Utilization with Oracle VM Server for SPARC

An Oracle White Paper, Best PracticeS For Data Reliability With Oracle VM Server For Sparc

An Oracle White Paper, Best Practices For Network Availability With Oracle VM Server For SPARC

Firmware Downloads and Release History for Sun Systems


A Fujitsu White Paper, Oracle Solaris and Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise Systems - Integrated and Optimized for Enterprise Computing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Logical Domains

OpenSPARC T1 includes the OpenSPARC T1 Micro Architecture Specification, UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 Specification (Privileged Edition), UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 Specification (Hyperprivileged Edition), UltraSPARC T1 supplement to UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 Specification (Privileged), UltraSPARC T1 supplement to UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 Specification (Hyperprivileged) and UltraSPARC T1 Hypervisor API Specification.

UK System Practice (Sun Microsystems) LDom Discovery Day

UltraSPARC Virtual Machine Specification

wiki.sun.com What's New in Oracle VM Server for SPARC (Formerly Logical Domains) Software: Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0

From Government Computer News, Logical Domains: A multicore approach to virtualization

T2000/T1000/T5120/T5220 Device Paths and Port Identification

Solaris[TM] Operating System: Matrix of Recognized Device Paths, can be found on My Oracle Support, search for document ID 1005907.1 (Requires MOS Login)

From Softpanorama, Solaris logical domains (Ldoms)

From wikis.sun.com, Sun Logical Domains (LDoms) Wiki.

From wikis.sun.com, LDoms Community Cookbook.

From C0T0D0S0.org, Oracle RAC in LDOMs

You Tube Installing Oracle VM Server for SPARC (formerly Solaris Logical Domains) on SPARC T-series Servers


I/O architecture for servers with CoolThreads technology
Sun Server PCI Buses PCI Bus Disk Controllers Built-In Ethernet Ports Expansion Slots
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server 2 A
B
1
0
0
4
3
3
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server 2 A
B
1
0
0
4
1
2
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server 1 A 1 4 6
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server 1 A 1 4 3
Sun Fire / Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server 2 A
B
1
0
2
2
1
4
Sun Fire / Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000 Server 2 A
B
0
1
0
4
1
0
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server 4 A
B
C
D
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
2
2
2
2


Which to use?

Table: Sun Virtualization Technology Comparison
Your Requirements Dynamic System Domains (DSD) Oracle VM for SPARC Logical Domains (LDOM) VMware ESX Server VMware Server VMware Workstation Oracle VM for X86 VirtualBox Solaris Containers Solaris Resource Management (SRM)
Sun HW Required Yes Yes No No No No No No No
x86\x64 Support No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sparc Support Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Non-Solaris Host OS No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Non-Solaris Guest N/A Yes - Limited1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Limited2 Yes - Limited3
Solaris Version Solaris 8, 9, 104 Solaris 10 Solaris 9, 10 Solaris 9, 10 Solaris 9, 10 No5 All Solaris 8, 9, 106 Solaris 2.6 to current7
Isolated Kernel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Para or Full Virtualization N/A Para Both8 Full Full Both8 Full N/A N/A
Comments Electrical Isolation, High Performance, High Equipment Costs Special Hardware, Good scaling characteristics, evolving technology, Management Tools Planned Mature Technology, Excellent Management Tools, Scaling Issues Runs as process(es) under host OS, Management Tools Available Runs as process(es) under host OS, Management Tools Available Management under Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Planned Runs as process(es) under host OS, Management under Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Planned Light Weight, Good Performance Characteristics, Fast Deployment, Management by Sun Management Center possibly Oracle Enterprise ManagerOps Center in the future. Configuration can be complex

1. Ubuntu Server Edition supports sun4v (LDOM), FreeBSD is under development to support sun4v.
2. Brandlx supports Linux 2.4.21 kernel with glibc version 2.3.2 applications. OpenSolaris project for Linux 2.6 kernel applications in a branded zone..
3. Limited SRM can be applied to Brandlx zones.
4. Will depend on hardware platform.
5. Possibly in a future realease.
6. Solaris 8 and 9 application support as a branded zone.
7. SRM as a unbudled product in Solaris release prior to Solaris 9.
8. Supports full virtualization on the Intel-VTx and AMD-V (Pacifica) processors, all other processors support paravirtualization.