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Oracle Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual
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Preface

1.  Overview of Oracle Solaris System Tuning

2.  Oracle Solaris Kernel Tunable Parameters

3.  NFS Tunable Parameters

4.  Internet Protocol Suite Tunable Parameters

5.  Network Cache and Accelerator Tunable Parameters

6.  System Facility Parameters

A.  Tunable Parameters Change History

Kernel Parameters

Process-Sizing Tunables

max_nprocs (Solaris 9 Releases)

General Driver Parameter

ddi_msix_alloc_limit (Solaris 10 Release and OpenSolaris 2009.06 Release)

General I/O Tunable Parameters

maxphys (Solaris 10 Releases)

maxphys (Solaris 9 Releases)

rlim_fd_max (Solaris 8 Release)

General Kernel and Memory Parameters

zfs_arc_min (Solaris 10 Releases)

zfs_arc_max (Solaris 10 Releases)

noexec_user_stack (Solaris 9 Releases)

lwp_default_stksize (Solaris 9 Releases)

noexec_user_stack (Solaris 2.6, 7, and 8 Releases)

segkpsize (Solaris 9 12/02 Release)

fsflush and Related Parameters

dopageflush (Solaris 10 Releases)

Paging-Related Tunable Parameters

maxpgio (Solaris 10 Releases)

pages_pp_maximum (Solaris Releases Prior to Solaris 9 Releases)

General File System Parameters

ncsize (Solaris 9 and Previous Releases)

ncsize (Solaris 10 Release)

UFS Tunable Parameters

bufhwm (Solaris 9 Releases)

TMPFS Parameters

tmpfs:tmpfs_maxkmem (Solaris 10 Releases)

tmpfs:tmpfs_minfree (Solaris 8 Releases)

sun4u or sun4v Specific Parameters (Solaris 10 Releases)

default_tsb_size (Solaris 10 Releases)

enable_tsb_rss_sizing (Solaris 10 Releases)

tsb_rss_factor (Solaris 10 Releases)

NFS Tunable Parameters

nfs:nfs3_nra (Solaris 10)

nfs:nrnode (Solaris 9 8/03)

nfs:nfs_write_error_interval (Solaris 9 8/03)

nfs:nfs_write_error_to_cons_only (Solaris 9 8/03)

nfs:nfs_disable_rddir_cache (Solaris 9 8/03)

nfs:nfs3_max_transfer_size (Solaris 9 8/03)

TCP/IP Tunable Parameters

tcp_local_dack_interval (Solaris 10 Releases)

ip_forward_src_routed and ip6_forward_src_routed (Solaris 10 Release)

ip_multidata_outbound (Solaris 10 Release)

ip_multidata_outbound (Solaris 9 Release)

ip_squeue_fanout (Solaris 10 11/06 Release)

ip_squeue_worker_wait (Solaris 10 11/06 Release)

ip_soft_rings_cnt (Solaris 10 11/06 Release)

ip_squeue_write (Solaris 10 Release)

tcp_conn_hash_size (Solaris 9 Releases)

tcp_wscale_always (Solaris 9 Releases)

ipc_tcp_conn_hash_size (Solaris 9 Releases)

tcp_compression_enabled (Solaris 9 Releases)

ip_forwarding and ip6_forwarding (Solaris 9 Releases)

xxx:ip_forwarding (Solaris 9 Releases)

tcp_conn_req_max_q0 (Solaris 8 Release)

UDP Tunable Parameters

udp_xmit_hiwat (Solaris 9 Releases)

udp_recv_hiwat (Solaris 9 Releases)

udp_max_buf (Solaris 9 Releases)

Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) Tunable Parameters

sq_max_size (Solaris 9 12/02 Release)

Parameters That Are Obsolete or Have Been Removed

Paging-Related Tunables

cachefree (Solaris 8 Releases)

priority_paging (Solaris 8 Releases)

System V Message Queue Parameters

msgsys:msginfo_msgmni (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgtql (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgmnb (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgssz (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgmap (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgseg (Solaris 9 Releases)

msgsys:msginfo_msgmax (Solaris 9 Releases)

System V Semaphore Parameters

semsys:seminfo_semmni (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semmsl (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semopm (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semmns (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semmnu (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semume (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semvmx (Solaris 9 Releases)

semsys:seminfo_semaem (Solaris 9 Releases)

System V Shared Memory Parameters

shmsys:shminfo_shmmni (Solaris 9 Releases)

shmsys:shminfo_shmmax (Solaris 9 Releases)

shmsys:shminfo_shmmin (Solaris 8 Release)

shmsys:shminfo_shmseg (Solaris 8 Release)

B.  Revision History for This Manual

Index

Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) Tunable Parameters

sq_max_size (Solaris 9 12/02 Release)

This parameter information changed significantly in later Solaris releases. Please see sq_max_size for more information.

Description

The depth of the syncq (number of messages) before a destination streams queue generates a QFULL message.

Default

2 messages

Range

1 to 0 (unlimited)

Dynamic?

No

When to Change

When NCA is running on a system with a lot of memory, increase this parameter to allow drivers to queue more packets of data. If a server is under heavy load, increase this parameter so modules and drivers may process more data without dropping packets or getting backlogged.

Commitment Level

Unstable