Oracle® VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide

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Updated: May 2015
 
 

Hardware and Software Requirements

    Meet the following requirements to maximize the network performance for your domains:

  • Hardware requirements. These performance improvements are available only for the SPARC T4, SPARC T5, SPARC M5, and SPARC M6 systems.

  • System firmware requirements. These SPARC systems must run the latest system firmware. See Fully Qualified System Firmware Versions in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Installation Guide .

  • Oracle Solaris OS requirements. Ensure that the service domain and guest domain run the following Oracle Solaris OS versions:

    • Service domain. At least the Oracle Solaris 11.1.9.0.0 OS or the Oracle Solaris 10 OS with the 150031-03 patch.

    • Guest domain. At least the Oracle Solaris 11.1.9.0.0 OS or the Oracle Solaris 10 OS with the 150031-03 patch.

  • CPU and memory requirements. Ensure that you assign sufficient CPU and memory resources to the service domain and the guest domains.

    • Service domain. Because the service domain acts as a data proxy for the guest domains, assign at least 2 CPU cores and at least 4 Gbytes of memory to the service domain.

    • Guest domain. Configure each guest domain to be able to drive at least 10-Gbps performance. Assign at least 2 CPU cores and at least 4 Gbytes of memory to each guest domain.