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Logical Domains 1.3 Administration Guide

Installing Logical Domains Software on a New System

Sun platforms that support the Logical Domains software come preinstalled with the Solaris 10 OS. Initially, the platform appears as a single system hosting only one operating system. After the Solaris OS, system firmware, and Logical Domains Manager have been installed, the original system and instance of the Solaris OS become the control domain. That first domain of the platform is named primary, and you cannot change that name or destroy that domain. From there, the platform can be reconfigured to have multiple domains hosting different instances of the Solaris OS.

Updating the Solaris OS

On a brand new system, you may want to reinstall the OS so that it conforms to your installation policy. In that case, refer to Required and Recommended Solaris OS in Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes to find the Solaris 10 OS that you should use for this version of the Logical Domains software. Refer to your Solaris 10 OS installation guide for complete instructions for installing the Solaris OS. You can tailor your installation to the needs of your system.

If your system is already installed then it needs to be upgraded to the appropriate Solaris 10 OS that should be used for this version of the Logical Domains software. Refer to Required Software and Patches in Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes to find the Solaris 10 OS that you should use for this version of the Logical Domains software and the required and recommended patches. Refer to the Solaris 10 10/09 Release and Installation Collection for complete instructions for upgrading the Solaris OS.

Upgrading the System Firmware

The following tasks describe how to update system firmware by using the Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) software.

For information about updating the system firmware by using the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) software, see “Update the Firmware” in Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers Topic Set.

ProcedureUpgrade System Firmware

You can find system firmware for your platform at the SunSolve site.

Refer to Required System Firmware Patches in Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes for required system firmware by supported servers.

This procedure describes how to upgrade system firmware using the flashupdate command on your service processor.

Refer to the administration guides or product notes for the supported servers for more information about installing and updating system firmware for these servers.

  1. Shut down and power off the host server from either management port connected to the service processor: serial or network.


    # shutdown -i5 -g0 -y

  2. Use the flashupdate command to upgrade the system firmware, depending on your server.

    Refer to your platform documentation for information about how to update your firmware.

    The following shows a sample flashupdate command:


    sc> flashupdate -s IP-address -f path/Sun_System_Firmware-
x_x_x_build_nn-server-name.bin
username: your-userid
password: your-password

    Where:

    • IP-address is the IP address of your FTP server.

    • path is the location in SunSolvesm or your own directory where you can obtain the system firmware image.

    • x_x_x is the version number of the System Firmware.

    • nn is the number of the build that applies to this release.

    • server-name is the name of your server. For example, the server-name for the SPARC® Enterprise T5440 server is SPARC_Enterprise_T5440.

  3. Reset the service processor.


    sc> resetsc -y

  4. Power on and boot the host server.


    sc> poweron -c
ok boot disk

ProcedureUpgrade System Firmware Without an FTP Server

If you do not have access to a local FTP server to upload firmware to the service processor, you can use the sysfwdownload utility, which is provided with your system firmware upgrade package on the SunSolve site:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

  1. Run the following commands within the Solaris OS.


    # cd firmware_location
# sysfwdownload system_firmware_file

  2. Shut down the Solaris OS instance.


    # shutdown -i5 -g0 -y

  3. Power off the system and update the firmware.


    sc> poweroff -fy
sc> flashupdate -s 127.0.0.1

  4. Reset the service processor and power on the system.


    sc> resetsc -y
sc> poweron

Downloading the Logical Domains Manager

ProcedureDownload the Software

  1. Download the zip file (LDoms_Manager-1_3.zip) from the Sun Software Download site.

    You can find the software at http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/ldoms/get.jsp.

  2. Unzip the zip file.


    $ unzip LDoms_Manager-1_3.zip

    See Location of LDoms 1.3 Software in Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes for details about the structure of the file and what it includes.

Installing the Logical Domains Manager

There are three methods of installing the Logical Domains Manager software:

Note –

Remember that you need to manually install the LDoms MIB software package after you install the Logical Domains packages. It is not automatically installed with the other packages. Refer to the Logical Domains (LDoms) MIB 1.0.1 Administration Guide for more information about installing and using the LDoms MIB.

Installing the Logical Domains Manager Software Automatically

If you use the install-ldm installation script, you have several choices to specify how you want the script to run. Each choice is described in the procedures that follow.

Using JumpStart to Install the Logical Domains Manager 1.3 Software

See JumpStart Technology: Effective Use in the Solaris Operating Environment for complete information about using JumpStart.

Caution – Caution –

Do not disconnect from the virtual console during a network installation.

ProcedureSet Up a JumpStart Server

Refer to the Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations for complete information about this procedure.

  1. Refer to the Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations.

    Perform the following steps.

    1. See Task Map: Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations in Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations.

    2. Set up networked systems with the procedures in “Creating a Profile Server for Network Systems.”

    3. Create the rules file with the procedure in “Creating the rules File.”

  2. Validate the rules file with the procedure in “Validating the rules File.”

Installing the Logical Domains Manager Software Manually

ProcedureInstall the Logical Domains Manager (LDoms) 1.3 Software Manually

Before You Begin

Download the Logical Domains Manager 1.3 software, the SUNWldm and SUNWldmp2v packages, from the Sun Software Download site. See Download the Software for specific instructions.

  1. Use the pkgadd command to install the SUNWldm.v and SUNWldmp2v packages.

    For more information about the pkgadd command, see the pkgadd(1M) man page.

    The -G option installs the package in the global zone only and the -d option specifies the path to the directory that contains the SUNWldm.v and SUNWldmp2v packages.


    # pkgadd -Gd . SUNWldm.v SUNWldmp2v

  2. Answer y for yes to all questions in the interactive prompts.

  3. Use the pkginfo command to verify that the Logical Domains Manager 1.3 packages, SUNWldm and SUNWldmp2v, are installed.

    For more information about the pkginfo command, see the pkginfo(1) man page.

    The revision (REV) information shown below is an example.


    # pkginfo -l SUNWldm | grep VERSION
VERSION=1.3,REV=2009.12.03.10.20

Enabling the Logical Domains Manager Daemon

The install-ldm installation script automatically enables the Logical Domains Manager daemon (ldmd). The ldmd daemon is also automatically enabled when the SUNWldm package is installed. When enabled, you can create, modify, and control the logical domains.

ProcedureEnable the Logical Domains Manager Daemon

Use this procedure to enable the ldmd daemon if it has been disabled.

  1. Use the svcadm command to enable the Logical Domains Manager daemon, ldmd.

    For more information about the svcadm command, see the svcadm(1M) man page.


    # svcadm enable ldmd

  2. Use the ldm list command to verify that the Logical Domains Manager is running.

    The ldm list command should list all domains that are currently defined on the system. In particular, the primary domain should be listed and be in the active state. The following sample output shows that only the primary domain is defined on the system.


    # /opt/SUNWldm/bin/ldm list
NAME             STATE    FLAGS   CONS    VCPU  MEMORY   UTIL  UPTIME
primary          active   ---c-   SP      64    3264M    0.3%  19d 9m