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Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Release Notes |
1. Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Release Notes
Required Logical Domains Manager
Required and Recommended Oracle Solaris OS
Required Software to Enable Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Features
Required and Recommended System Firmware Patches
Minimum Version of Software Required
Direct I/O Hardware and Software Requirements
Direct I/O Hardware Requirements
Direct I/O Software Requirements
Software That Can Be Used With the Logical Domains Manager
System Controller Software That Interacts With Logical Domains Software
Upgrading to Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Software
Upgrade From Logical Domains 1.0 Software Only
I/O MMU Bypass Mode Is No Longer Needed
Service Processor and System Controller Are Interchangeable Terms
Logical Domain Channels and Logical Domains
Booting a Large Number of Domains
Cleanly Shutting Down and Power Cycling a Logical Domains System
Memory Size Requested Might Be Different From Memory Allocated
Logical Domains Variable Persistence
Oracle's Sun SNMP Management Agent Does Not Support Multiple Domains
Containers, Processor Sets, and Pools Are Not Compatible With CPU Power Management
Bugs Affecting the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Software
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Validate Disk Paths and Network Devices
Hang Can Occur With Guest OS in Simultaneous Operations
Behavior of the ldm stop-domain Command Can Be Confusing
Cannot Set Security Keys With Logical Domains Running
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Retire Resources On Guest Domain After a Panic and Reboot
Guest Domain With Too Many Virtual Networks on the Same Network Using DHCP Can Become Unresponsive
The scadm Command Can Hang Following an SC or SP Reset
Simultaneous Net-Installation of Multiple Domains Fails When in a Common Console Group
Logical Domains Manager Can Take Over 15 Minutes to Shut Down a Domain
Logical Domains Manager Displays Migrated Domains in Transition States When They Are Already Booted
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Start If the Machine Is Not Networked and an NIS Client Is Running
Migration Can Fail to Bind Memory Even If the Target Has Enough Available
Migration Does Not Fail If a vdsdev on the Target Has a Different Back End
Constraint Database Is Not Synchronized to Saved Configuration
Explicit Console Group and Port Bindings Are Not Migrated
VIO DR Operations Ignore the Force (-f) Option
ldmconfig Might Cause the Root File System of the Control Domain to Become Full and Halt the System
Guest Domain Sometimes Fails to Make Proper Domain Services Connection to the Control Domain
Virtual Network Devices Are Not Created Properly on the Control Domain
Cannot Connect to Migrated Domain's Console Unless vntsd Is Restarted
I/O Domain or Guest Domain Panics When Booting From e1000g
Guest Domain Might Fail to Successfully Reboot When a System Is in Power Management Elastic Mode
ldm Commands Are Slow to Respond When Several Domains Are Booting
Spurious ds_ldc_cb: LDC READ event Message Seen When Rebooting the Control Domain or a Guest Domain
Confusing Migration Failure Message for Real Address Memory Bind Failures
Newly Added NIU/XAUI Adapters Are Not Visible to Host OS If Logical Domains Is Configured
Dynamically Removing All the Cryptographic Units From a Domain Causes SSH to Terminate
Atlas PCI Express Dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Card Shows Four Subdevices in ldm list-io -l Output
ldm set-domain -i Command Fails to Completely Configure the Domain as Specified by the XML File
ldmp2v Command: ufsdump Archiving Method Is No Longer Used
ldmp2v convert Command: VxVM Warning Messages During Boot
Dynamic Reconfiguration of MTU Values of Virtual Network Devices Sometimes Fails
Active Guest Domain Erroneously Shown to Be in Transition Mode
ldmconfig -c Command Fails Silently
Memory DR Is Disabled Following a Canceled Migration
Migrated Guest Domain Hangs If It Has CPUs That Are Offline, Faulted, or Spare
ldmconfig Command Does Not Save Virtual Disk Service Devices for Bound Domains
Uncooperative Oracle Solaris Domain Migration Can Be Blocked If cpu0 Is Offline
Sometimes DR Requests Fail to Remove All Requested CPUs
Guest Domain Might Panic After the Domain Is Started With the ldm start Command
ldmp2v convert Command: The drd Daemon Is Not Always Enabled
ldc_close: (0xb) unregister failed, 11 Warning Messages
Direct I/O Configuration Is Not Properly Rebuilt by the ldm init-system Command
Guest Domains Cannot Boot From an Exported DVD Device
Emulex HBA Permanently Destroyed If the Firmware Upgrade Is Interrupted
Block of Dynamically Added Memory Can Only Be Dynamically Removed as a Whole
Cryptographic Units Cannot Be Removed From the primary Domain
SPARC T3-1: Detect And Handle Disks That Are Accessible Through Multiple Direct I/O Paths
System Powers Off When a Memory Request Results in a Hypervisor Abort
nxge Driver Supports Only Eight Hybrid I/O Shares in a Guest Domain
Incorrect Parameter Names in the Input/Output Bus Table
virtinfo(1M) and Related API Man Pages Missing From the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release
Cannot Upgrade From Logical Domains 1.0 to Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0
Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 RFEs and Bugs Fixed in Oracle Solaris 10 9/10
RFEs and Bugs Fixed for Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Software
This section contains system requirements for running Oracle VM Server for SPARC software.
Note - Starting with the Logical Domains 1.3 release, UltraSPARC T1 platforms are no longer supported. Earlier releases of the Logical Domains software continue to support these platforms.
The Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software is supported on the following platforms:
SPARC T3 servers
SPARC T3-1 server (refer to the SPARC T3-1 Server Product Notes)
SPARC T3-1B server (refer to the SPARC T3-1B Server Module Product Notes)
SPARC T3-2 server (refer to the SPARC T3-2 Server Product Notes)
SPARC T3-4 server (refer to the SPARC T3-4 Server Product Notes)
Netra SPARC T3-1 server (refer to the Netra SPARC T3-1 Server Product Notes)
Netra SPARC T3-1BA server (refer to the Netra SPARC T3-1BA Server Product Notes)
UltraSPARC T2 Plus servers
Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers (refer to the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide)
Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server (refer to the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Administration Guide)
Oracle's Sun Blade T6340 server module (refer to the Sun Blade T6340 Server Module Product Notes)
Oracle's Sun Netra T6340 Server Module (refer to the Sun Netra T6340 Server Module Product Notes)
Oracle's Netra T5440 server (refer to the Sun Netra T5440 Server Product Notes)
UltraSPARC T2 servers
Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers (refer to the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Administration Guide)
Oracle's Sun Blade T6320 server module (refer to the Sun Blade T6320 Server Module Product Notes)
Oracle's Netra CP3260 Blade (refer to the Netra CP3260 Blade Server Product Notes)
Oracle's Netra T5220 server (refer to the Sun Netra T5220 Server Product Notes)
This section lists the required software and patches for use with the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software.
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After you install the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software, you must install patch ID 145880-02 to get all of the bug fixes listed in RFEs and Bugs Fixed for Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Software.
To download the patch, see Location of Patches.
To use all the features of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software, the operating system on all domains should be at least the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS. This OS can be either an initial installation of or an upgrade to the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS.
The following table shows the patches that are required for older releases of the Oracle Solaris 10 OS to have the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 functionality. These patches are included in the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS.
Table 1-1 Patches for Older OS Versions and Domains Needing a Patch
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Note - This patch list includes the minimum required patch revisions. You can install later revisions of the same patch.
To enable all the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 features, you must be running at least version 7.3.0 of the system firmware on both UltraSPARC T2 servers and UltraSPARC T2 Plus servers. You must be running at least version 8.0.0 of the system firmware on SPARC T3 servers. This firmware is preinstalled on the SPARC T3 servers. For information about the required Oracle Solaris OS, see Required and Recommended Oracle Solaris OS.
To take advantage of all features of Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0, ensure that your server runs at least these revisions of the following system firmware patches:
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers
Sun Blade T6320 Server Module
Netra T5220 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers
Netra T5440 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Sun Blade T6340 Server Module
Sun Netra T6340 Server Module
Sun Netra CP3260 Blade
Sun Netra T6340 Server Module
SPARC T3-1 Server
SPARC T3-1B Server
SPARC T3-2 Server
SPARC T3-4 Server
Netra SPARC T3-1 Server
Netra SPARC T3-1BA Server
Note - SPARC T3 systems are preinstalled with the required firmware.
Running the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software along with at least the minimum versions of the other software components specified in Table 1-2 is supported. In such a configuration, you might not get all the features of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software. For production environments, it is best to run with the recommended system firmware version described in Required Software to Enable Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Features, and with the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS.
An alternate OS strategy is to upgrade the control and service domains to the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS (or to apply the patches listed in Table 1-1), and to continue running the guest domains at their existing patch level.
Following is a matrix of the minimum versions of software required. The Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 package, SUNWldm, can be applied to a system running at least the following versions of software. The minimum software versions are platform specific and depend on the requirements of the CPU in the machine. The minimum Oracle Solaris OS version for a given CPU type applies to all domain types (control, service, I/O, and guest).
Table 1-2 Minimum Versions of Software
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To successfully use the direct I/O (DIO) feature to assign direct I/O devices to domains, you must be running the appropriate software and use supported PCIe cards.
Only certain PCIe cards can be used as a direct I/O endpoint device on an I/O domain. You can still use other cards in your Oracle VM Server for SPARC environment, but they cannot be used with the DIO feature. Instead, they can be used for service domains and for I/O domains that have entire root complexes assigned to them.
As of November 2010, the PCIe cards shown in the following table are supported by the direct I/O feature. Refer to your platform's hardware documentation to verify which cards can be used on your platform.
Table 1-3 PCIe Cards Supported by the Direct I/O Feature
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To use the DIO feature, the following domains must be running the supported OS:
primary domain. At least the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS plus patch ID 145868-01
I/O domain. Any Oracle Solaris OS that is supported by the platform
You can find the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software to download at http://www.oracle.com/virtualization/index.html.
Note - The Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software no longer comes bundled with Solaris Security Toolkit (SST) to provide security services. For more information about SST, see Optional Software.
The OVM_Server_SPARC-2_0.zip file that you download contains the following:
Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software (SUNWldm.v)
The ldm(1M), ldmconfig(1M), and ldmd(1M) man pages in the SUNWldm.v package are installed when the package is installed
Installation script for Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software (install-ldm)
Logical Domains Management Information Base (SUNWldmib.v)
Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Tool (SUNWldmp2v)
Configuration Assistant GUI (Configurator.jar)
The directory structure of the zip file is similar to the following:
OVM_Server_SPARC-2_0/
Install/
install-ldm
Product/
Configurator/
Configurator.jar
README.GUI
SUNWldm.v
SUNWldmib.v
SUNWldmp2v
README
You can find system firmware for your platform at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/firmware/index.html.
You can find the required Logical Domains Manager and Oracle Solaris OS patches at http://sunsolve.sun.com or at http://support.oracle.com.
The Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Administration Guide, the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Reference Manual, and these Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Release Notes can be obtained from:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/ldoms
The Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 man pages are installed on your system as part of the SUNWldm.v and SUNWldmp2v packages.
The Sun Logical Domains Wiki contains Best Practices, Guidelines, and Recommendations for deploying Logical Domains software.
http://wikis.sun.com/display/SolarisLogicalDomains/Home
The Beginners Guide to LDoms: Understanding and Deploying Logical Domains can be used to get a general overview of Logical Domains software. However, the details of the guide specifically apply to the Logical Domains 1.0 software release and are now out of date for Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 software. The guide can be found at the Sun BluePrints site.
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