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Sun Fire X4800 Server Product Notes

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Updated: September 2018
 
 

Oracle VM Server Installation Parameters Required on Sun Fire X4800 (CR 7094126)

To allow the megaraid_sas driver to load correctly you must add parameters to Oracle VM:

  • When installing Oracle VM 2.x, add the following kernel parameters:

    mboot.c32 xen.gz extra_guest_irqs=64,2048 nr_irqs=2048 --- vmlinuz --- initrd.img

    • If booting from the installation media, press F2 when the initial boot screen is displayed and add the above parameters to the boot command.

    • If using a kickstart installation, add the above parameters to the PXE configuration file.

  • For all Oracle VM installations, edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file in your Oracle VM Server and add: extra_guest_irqs=64,2048 nr_irqs=2048