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, SPARC M-series, SPARC S-series, Fujitsu SPARC M12 servers, and Fujitsu M10 servers. 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, SPARC M-series, SPARC S-series servers, Fujitsu SPARC M12 servers, and Fujitsu M10 servers 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 Management Information Base
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Troubleshooting

Note - The features that are described in this book can be used with all of the supported system software and hardware platforms that are listed in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Installation Guide. However, some features are only available on a subset of the supported system software and hardware platforms. For information about these exceptions, see What’s New in This Release in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Release Notes and What's New in Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/documentation/sparc-whatsnew-330281.html).