1. Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array Product Notes
Replacing Energy Storage Modules
Shipping Energy Storage Modules
Configuration Guidelines and Limitations
Multipathing on the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array
Connecting Multiple Arrays or JBODs
Oracle Solaris Device Path Changes After FMod Replacement
System Specifications and Requirements
Supported Hosts, HBAs, and OSs
Supported SPARC Configurations
Supported Oracle x86 Configurations
Oracle Solaris Performance Patch
To obtain optimal performance, all partitions must be aligned to start on 4K-aligned boundaries. Actions required to ensure proper alignment vary based on your environment.
In SPARC environments with an SMI label, no verification is required. In SPARC environments with an EFI label, it is sufficient to verify that partition boundaries start on 4K-aligned boundaries by using the format command. In x86 environments there are multiple tools to create partitions, it is important to understand the tool used to ensure the partition starts at a 4K-aligned value.
The example below uses the format command to inspect and alter partition tables.
Along with verifying partition boundaries, in x86 environments, you must also ensure that the disk partitionReferences to disk partitions in this context refer to the partitions on the Sun Storage F5100 flash array FMods. starts at a 4K-aligned value. If the entire disk is specified for use by the Oracle Solaris OS, the disk partition starts at cylinder 1 by default. This can be determined by using the fdisk command as follows:
Example 1-1 Determine Whether a Partition Starts at a 4K-Aligned Value
# fdisk /dev/rdsk/c0t13d0p0 Total disk size is 2987 cylinders Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start End Length % ====== ====== ====== ===== === ====== === 1 Solaris2 1 2986 2986 100
A cylinder is 16065 blocks: (16065 blocks/cylinder * 512 bytes/block)/4096 = 2008.125 bytes This is not a 4K-aligned value.
The next 4k aligned value in this case would be cylinder 8: (8 cylinder * (16065 blocks/cylinder * 512 bytes/block) / 4096 = 16065
This value is a 4k aligned value (evenly divisible by 8).
Note - When a disk is added to zpool, ZFS creates partitions that start on cylinder 0 by default, which results in 4k alignment. No tuning is needed if you use ZFS.
You need to ensure that individual partitions are created on 4K-aligned boundaries. To do this, use the format command to inspect and alter partition boundaries. 4K-aligned boundaries must be setup in both format and in fdisk.
When you are finished, the partition should look similar to the following example.
Example 1-2 Verify That a Partition Starts at a 4K-Aligned Value
# fdisk /dev/rdsk/c0t13d0p0 Total disk size is 2987 cylinders Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks Cylinders Partition Status Type Start End Length % ====== ====== ====== ===== === ====== === 1 Active Solaris2 8 2986 2979 100
Once the fdisk partition is aligned, no further adjustments are needed.