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1. Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Release Notes
Required and Recommended Oracle Solaris OS
Required Software to Enable Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Features
Required and Recommended System Firmware Patches
Minimum Version of Software Required
Direct I/O Hardware and Software Requirements
PCIe SR-IOV Hardware and Software Requirements
Location of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Software
Software That Can Be Used With the Logical Domains Manager
System Controller Software That Interacts With Logical Domains Software
Upgrading to the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Software
Upgrading From Oracle Solaris 10 OS Older Than Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 OS
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
ldmp2v convert Command: VxVM Warning Messages During Boot
Extended Mapin Space Is Only Available in the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS and Oracle Solaris 11 OS
Graphical Configuration Assistant Tool Has Been Removed
Oracle Hard Partitioning Requirements for Software Licenses
Upgrade Option Not Presented When Using ldmp2v prepare -R
Block of Dynamically Added Memory Can Be Dynamically Removed Only as a Whole
ldmp2v Command: ufsdump Archiving Method Is No Longer Used
Only One CPU Configuration Operation Is Permitted to Be Performed During a Delayed Reconfiguration
Version Restrictions for Migration
CPU Restrictions for Migration
Oracle VM Server for SPARC MIB Issues
The snmptable Command Does Not Work With the Version 2 or Version 3 Option
Bugs Affecting the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Software
PCIe Fabrics Are Not Accessible by Guest Domains When 11 or More Domains Have PCIe Devices
ldmd Terminates Abnormally on Operations After Canceling a Delayed Reconfiguration
Unbound Domain That Has Disabled CPUs Reports Incorrect Number of CPU Resources
Re-creating a Domain That Has PCIe Virtual Functions From an XML File Fails
ldm init-system Command Cannot Correctly Re-create a Domain That Has Virtual Function Devices
ldm init-system Reports a disk server not found Error
Setting Unicast Slots to a Number That Exceeds the Maximum Causes the Value to Be Reset to 0
Control Domain Requires the Lowest Core in the System
ldmd Daemon Does Not Come Online
After Canceling a Migration, ldm Commands That Are Run on the Target System Are Unresponsive
Some Emulex Cards Do Not Work When Assigned to I/O Domain
Guest Domain Panics When Running the cputrack Command During a Migration to a SPARC T4 System
Oracle Solaris 11: DRM Stealing Reports Oracle Solaris DR Failure and Retries
Limit the Maximum Number of Virtual Functions That Can Be Assigned to a Domain
A Domain That Uses Cross-CPU Migration Reports Random Uptimes After the Migration Completes
ldm init-system -r -i XML-file Does Not Reboot the primary Domain
Version 8.2.0 of the System Firmware Contains a New Version of the scvar Database
panic: BAD TRAP: occurred in module "pcie" due to an illegal access to a user address
Control Domain Reconfigured From an XML File Fails to Remove I/O Devices Properly
An Invalid vdsdev Backend Is Seen as a Valid Path
After Disabling the Whole-Core Constraint, the Constraint Reappears After a primary Domain Reboot
ldm start Erroneously Returns 0 Instead of 1 on Failure to Start a Guest Domain
ldm remove-io of PCIe Cards That Have PCIe-to-PCI Bridges Should Be Disallowed
ldm stop Command Might Fail If Issued Immediately After an ldm start Command
Using ldm set-io to Change pvid Value Twice in Succession Might Cause a Configuration Failure
Vague SR-IOV Error Message: Create vf failed
Partial Core primary Fails to Permit Whole-Core DR Transitions
ldmconfig Is Only Supported on Oracle Solaris 10 Systems
ldm list-io Command Shows the UNK or INV State After Boot
Cannot Detach Network Interface Card Driver
Oracle VM Server for SPARC MIB Is Only Supported on Oracle Solaris 10 Systems
Removing a Large Number of CPUs From a Guest Domain
A Large-Memory Domain in Elastic Mode Might Take a Long Time to Stop
Cannot Use Oracle Solaris Hot Plug Operations to Hot Remove a PCIe Endpoint Device
Virtual Disk Validation Fails for a Physical Disk With No Slice 2
All ldm Commands Hang When Migrations Have Missing Shared NFS Resources
ldmd Fails to Remove Cores From a Domain That Has Partial Cores
Logical Domains Agent Service Does Not Come Online if the System Log Service Does Not Come Online
Kernel Deadlock Causes Machine Hang During a Migration
Virtual CPU Timeout Failures During DR
Migration Failure Reason Not Reported When the System MAC Address Clashes With Another MAC Address
Simultaneous Migration Operations in "Opposite Direction" Might Cause ldm to Hang
Removing a Large Number of CPUs From the Control Domain
System That Has the Elastic Policy Set and Is Running the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS Might Hang
pkgadd Fails to Set ACL Entries on /var/svc/manifest/platform/sun4v/ldmd.xml
SPARC T3-1: Detect And Handle Disks That Are Accessible Through Multiple Direct I/O Paths
An In-Use MAC Address Can be Reassigned
ldmconfig Cannot Create a Domain Configuration on the SP
Uncooperative Oracle Solaris Domain Migration Can Be Blocked If cpu0 Is Offline
Memory DR Is Disabled Following a Canceled Migration
Dynamic Reconfiguration of MTU Values of Virtual Network Devices Sometimes Fails
Confusing Migration Failure Message for Real Address Memory Bind Failures
Dynamically Removing All the Cryptographic Units From a Domain Causes SSH to Terminate
PCI Express Dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet Fiber Card Shows Four Subdevices in ldm list-io -l Output
ldm Commands Are Slow to Respond When Several Domains Are Booting
Guest Domain Might Fail to Successfully Reboot When a System Is in Power Management Elastic Mode
Guest Domain Sometimes Fails to Make Proper Domain Services Connection to the Control Domain
Oracle Solaris 11: Zones Configured With an Automatic Network Interface Might Fail to Start
Oracle Solaris 10: Virtual Network Devices Are Not Created Properly on the Control Domain
Newly Added NIU/XAUI Adapters Are Not Visible to Host OS If Logical Domains Is Configured
I/O Domain or Guest Domain Panics When Booting From e1000g
Explicit Console Group and Port Bindings Are Not Migrated
Constraint Database Is Not Synchronized to Saved Configuration
Migration Does Not Fail If a vdsdev on the Target Has a Different Back End
Migration Can Fail to Bind Memory Even If the Target Has Enough Available
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Start If the Machine Is Not Networked and an NIS Client Is Running
Logical Domains Manager Displays Migrated Domains in Transition States When They Are Already Booted
Cannot Connect to Migrated Domain's Console Unless vntsd Is Restarted
Logical Domains Manager Can Take Over 15 Minutes to Shut Down a Domain
Simultaneous Net-Installation of Multiple Domains Fails When in a Common Console Group
The scadm Command Can Hang Following an SC or SP Reset
ldc_close: (0xb) unregister failed, 11 Warning Messages
Guest Domain With Too Many Virtual Networks on the Same Network Using DHCP Can Become Unresponsive
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Retire Resources On Guest Domain After a Panic and Reboot
Cannot Set Security Keys With Logical Domains Running
The major changes for this release of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 software are as follows:
Support for PCIe Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) physical functions and virtual functions. See Using PCIe SR-IOV Virtual Functions in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Administration Guide.
Support for performing named CPU core and memory block assignments. See Assigning Physical Resources to Domains in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Administration Guide.
CPU whole-core allocation enhancement. See Configuring the System With Hard Partitions in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Administration Guide.
Single-CPU performance enhancements that provide high instructions per cycle (IPC) on Oracle's SPARC T4 platform. See Tuning the SPARC CPU to Optimize Workload Performance on SPARC T4 Systems in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.2 Administration Guide.
Cross-CPU migration support. For information about the cpu-arch property, see the ldm(1M) man page.
Virtual I/O support for Rx Dring mode. For information about the extended-mapin-space property, see the ldm(1M) man page.
Bug fixes
For information about the features introduced in all versions of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC (Logical Domains) software, see What's New in Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software.
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