Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.3 Software

This part introduces the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.3 software, which provides highly efficient, enterprise-class virtualization capabilities for SPARC T-Series, SPARC M-Series, and Fujitsu M10 platforms.

• Chapter 1, Overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software

• Chapter 2, Oracle VM Server for SPARC Security

• Chapter 3, Setting Up Services and the Control Domain

• Chapter 4, Setting Up Guest Domains

• Chapter 5, Configuring I/O Domains

• Chapter 6, Creating a Root Domain by Assigning PCIe Buses

• Chapter 7, Creating an I/O Domain by Using PCIe SR-IOV Virtual Functions

• Chapter 8, Creating an I/O Domain by Using Direct I/O

• Chapter 9, Using Non-primary Root Domains

• Chapter 10, Using Virtual Disks

• Chapter 11, Using Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters

• Chapter 12, Using Virtual Networks

• Chapter 13, Migrating Domains

• Chapter 14, Managing Resources

• Chapter 15, Managing Domain Configurations

• Chapter 16, Handling Hardware Errors

• Chapter 17, Performing Other Administration Tasks

Overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software

This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC software.

Oracle VM Server for SPARC provides highly efficient, enterprise-class virtualization capabilities for Oracle SPARC T-Series and SPARC M-Series platforms, and Fujitsu M10 platforms. Using the Oracle VM Server for SPARC software, you can create up to 128 virtual servers, called logical domains, on a single system. This kind of configuration enables you to take advantage of the massive thread scale offered by SPARC T-Series and SPARC M-Series platforms, Fujitsu M10 platforms and the Oracle Solaris OS.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• About Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle Solaris OS Versions

• Hypervisor and Logical Domains

• Logical Domains Manager

• Oracle VM Server for SPARC Physical-to-Virtual Conversion Tool

• Oracle VM Server for SPARC Management Information Base

• Oracle VM Server for SPARC Troubleshooting