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Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Administration Guide     Oracle VM Server for SPARC
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Preface

Part I Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Software

1.  Overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software

2.  Installing and Enabling Software

3.  Oracle VM Server for SPARC Security

4.  Setting Up Services and the Control Domain

5.  Setting Up Guest Domains

6.  Setting Up I/O Domains

I/O Domain Overview

General Guidelines for Creating an I/O Domain

Assigning PCIe Buses

How to Create an I/O Domain by Assigning a PCIe Bus

Assigning PCIe Endpoint Devices

Direct I/O Hardware and Software Requirements

Current Direct I/O Feature Limitations

Planning PCIe Endpoint Device Configuration

Rebooting the Root Domain

Making PCIe Hardware Changes

How to Create an I/O Domain by Assigning a PCIe Endpoint Device

Using PCIe SR-IOV Virtual Functions

SR-IOV Overview

SR-IOV Hardware and Software Requirements

Current SR-IOV Feature Limitations

Planning for the Use of PCIe SR-IOV Virtual Functions

Creating, Modifying, and Destroying Virtual Functions

How to Create a Virtual Function

How to Modify a Virtual Function

How to Destroy a Virtual Function

Adding and Removing Virtual Functions on I/O Domains

How to Add a Virtual Function to an I/O Domain

How to Remove a Virtual Function From an I/O Domain

SR-IOV: Rebooting the Root Domain

Using an SR-IOV Virtual Function to Create an I/O Domain

How to Create an I/O Domain by Assigning an SR-IOV Virtual Function to It

Advanced SR-IOV Topics

SR-IOV Device-Specific Properties

Advanced Network Configuration for Virtual Functions

7.  Using Virtual Disks

8.  Using Virtual Networks

9.  Migrating Domains

10.  Managing Resources

11.  Managing Domain Configurations

12.  Performing Other Administration Tasks

Part II Optional Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software

13.  Oracle VM Server for SPARC Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Tool

14.  Oracle VM Server for SPARC Configuration Assistant (Oracle Solaris 10)

15.  Using Power Management

16.  Using the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Management Information Base Software

17.  Logical Domains Manager Discovery

18.  Using the XML Interface With the Logical Domains Manager

Glossary

Index

Chapter 6

Setting Up I/O Domains

This chapter describes I/O domains and how to configure them in a Logical Domains environment.

This chapter covers the following topics: