SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Installation Guide

OpenBoot

The OpenBoot firmware determines the hardware configuration of the guest, provides interactive debugging facilities, and enables you to configure how the guest boots to an operating system.

For information about the server-specific OpenBoot tasks, refer to the SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Administration Guide.

The OpenBoot documentation at:

Oracle ILOM

Oracle ILOM is the system management firmware that is preinstalled on the server's SPs. Oracle ILOM enables you to manage and monitor the components in the server through either a web-based or command-line interface.

For information about the server-specific Oracle ILOM tasks, refer to the SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Administration Guide.

For information about Oracle ILOM tasks that are common to all platforms managed by the firmware, refer to the Oracle ILOM documentation:

Oracle Solaris OS

Each PDomain runs the Oracle Solaris OS. The Oracle Solaris OS provides many utilities to help install and administer your applications.

Find information about the features of the OS, as well as links to technical reports and training courses, at:

For information on installing and administering the OS, refer to the Oracle Solaris documentation:

Oracle VM Server for SPARC

Use the Oracle VM Server for SPARC software to create virtual servers called logical domains. Logical domains run their own independent operating systems and use a defined portion of the available server resources. Each logical domain can be created, destroyed, reconfigured, and rebooted independently. You can virtualize resources and define network, storage, and other I/O devices as services that can be shared between domains.

For information about deploying logical domains on an SPARC M7 series server, refer to:

Find the Oracle VM for SPARC documentation at: