Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.1 Release Notes
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Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.1 Release Notes
Required and Recommended Solaris OS
Required Solaris 10 10/08 Patches
Required Software to Enable LDoms 1.1 Features
Minimum Version of Software Required
Required System Firmware Patches
Location of Logical Domains 1.1 Software
Additional Recommended Software
Software That Can Be Used With the Logical Domains Manager
System Controller Software That Interacts With Logical Domains Software
Service Processor and System Controller Are Interchangeable Terms
OpenBoot Firmware Now Supports power-off Command
Output of the ldm ls-config Command Changed
In Certain Conditions, a Guest Domain’s SVM Configuration or Metadevices Can Be Lost
Logical Domain Channels (LDCs) 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
Split PCI Regresses in FMA Functionality From Non–Logical Domains Systems
Logical Domain Variable Persistence
Sun SNMP Management Agent Does Not Support Multiple Domains
Do Not Use CPU Power Management If Domains Have Cryptographic Units Bound
Processor Sets and Pools Are Not Compatible With CPU Power Management
Bugs Affecting Logical Domains 1.1 Software
Logical Domains Manager Can Erroneously Assign an Offline CPU to a Logical Domain
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 Forgets Variable Changes After a Power Cycle
Page Retirement Does Not Persist in the Logical Domains Environment
Using the server-secure.driver With an NIS Enabled System, Whether or Not LDoms Is Enabled
Logical Domain Time-of-Day Changes Do Not Persist Across a Power Cycle of the Host
Harden ds_pri Driver to Protect Against Logical Domains Hanging Indefinitely
Errors to Buses in a Split-PCI Configuration Might Not Get Logged
Starting and Stopping SunVTS Multiple Times Can Cause Host Console to Become Unusable
Virtual Disk Timeouts Do Not Work If Guest or Control Domain Is Halted
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
Fault Manager Daemon Dumps Core On a Hardened, Single Strand Control Domain
Attempting to WAN Boot a Logical Domain Using a Solaris 10 8/07 OS Installation DVD Causes Hang
The scadm Command Can Hang Following an SC or SP Reset
Domain Services Uses One Lock for Read and Write, Which Can Cause a Logical Domain to Hang
Addition of Virtual Disk or Network Devices Under Delayed Reconfiguration Can Fail
Simultaneous Net-Installation of Multiple Domains Fails When in a Common Console Group
Sometimes, the prtdiag(1M) Command Does Not List All CPUs
SVM Volumes Built on Slice 2 Fail JumpStart When Used as the Boot Device in a Guest Domain
Deadlock Occurs Rarely With CPU DR Operations
Cryptographic DR Changes Incompatible With Pre-LDoms Firmware
ZFS Pool Label Does Not Indicate That a Pool Is Closed Cleanly
Sometimes CPU PM Fails to Retrieve PM Policy From the SP
Logical Domains Manager Can Take Over 15 Minutes to Shut Down a Logical Domain
Virtual Network Using Hybrid I/O Might Not Tag or Untag Packets When the Port VLAN ID Is Set
Solaris 10/08 OS Installation Hangs With ZFS Boot on Certain Servers With 1-GB Memory
With Elara Copper Card, the Service Domain Hangs on Reboot
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
Newly Configured Virtual Network Fails to Establish a Connection With the Virtual Switch
Do Not Migrate a Guest Domain That Is at the kmdb Prompt
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 Backend
Constraint Database Is Not Synchronized to Saved Configuration
Cryptic Message to Indicate Incoming Migration Is Disabled on the Target
Two Faulty CPUs That Include CPU 0 Can Cause Power Management Utilization Issue After Rebooting
Domain Can Lose Virtual CPUs During a Migration If Another Domain Is Rebooting
Panic Occurs When More Than Two Hybrid I/O–Capable Virtual Networks Are Activated on a Guest Domain
Migration Does Not Clean Up on Target If Virtual Network MAC Address Clashes With Existing Domain
Explicit Console Group and Port Bindings Are Not Migrated
Migration Dry Run Does Not Detect Inadequate Memory
In Certain Situations, a Domain Migration Can Fail After the Control Domain Is Rebooted
Pseudonyms for PCI Busses on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Systems Are Not Correct
VIO DR Operations Ignore the Force (-f) Option
The ldm rm-reconf Command No Longer Works
The vntsd(1M) Man Page Description for listen-addr Is Incomplete
Error in Descriptions of default-vlan-id, pvid, and vid in the ldm(1M) Man Page
The status Output Option Was Omitted for the list Subcommand in the ldm(1M) Man Page
LDoms 1.1 RFEs and Bugs Fixed in Solaris 10 10/08 OS
RFEs and Bugs Fixed for LDoms 1.1 Software
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