Quickstart: Installing and Setting Up Solaris Container Manager 3.6 With Sun Management Center

Sun Management Center and Solaris Container Manager Requirements

The following table provides a summary of Sun Management Center and Solaris Container Manager requirements.

For specific information about determining the total amount of resources needed, see Appendix C, Determining Hardware Resources, in Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Table 1–3 Sun Management Center and Solaris Container Manager System Requirements


Base Layer	Operating System	Disk Space	RAM	Swap Space
Sun Management Center Server (SPARC)	Solaris 8, Solaris 9, and Solaris 10 Solaris Developer Software Group installation	800 Mbytes total 300 Mbytes in `/opt` 500 Mbytes in `/var/opt`	512 Mbytes minimum 1 Gbyte recommended for small to large servers 2 Gbytes recommended for extra-large servers	1 Gbyte recommended
Sun Management Center Agent (SPARC)	Solaris 8, Solaris 9, and Solaris 10	18 Mbytes per agent in `/opt/SUNWsymon` 2 Mbytes per agent in `/var/opt/SUNWsymon`	10 to 29 Mbytes per agent depending on modules loaded and system type
Sun Management Center Agent (x86)	Solaris 9 and Solaris 10	18 Mbytes per agent in `/opt/SUNWsymon` 2 Mbytes per agent in `/var/opt/SUNWsymon`	10 to 29 Mbytes per agent depending on modules loaded and system type
Solaris Container Manager Server (SPARC)	Solaris 8, Solaris 9, and Solaris 10	300 Mbytes	512 Mbytes minimum 1 Gbyte recommended for small to large servers 2 Gbytes recommended for extra-large servers	1 Gbyte recommended
Solaris Container Manager Agent (SPARC and x86)	Solaris 9, and Solaris 10. Share memory is supported from Solaris 9 Update 5.	18 Mbytes per agent in `/opt/SUNWsymon` 2 Mbytes per agent in `/var/opt/SUNWsymon`	10 to 29 Mbytes per agent depending on modules loaded and system type
Performance Reporting Manager Server (SPARC)	Solaris 8, Solaris 9, and Solaris 10	Depends on reporting options selected. Small configuration: 5 Gbytes Medium configuration: 12 Gbytes Large configuration: 24 Gbytes	1 Gbyte	1 Gbyte recommended
Performance Reporting Manager Agent (SPARC and x86)	Solaris 9, and Solaris 10	8000 Kbytes minimum 80 Mbytes needed for 1000 properties logged at five-minute intervals

The default maximum heap size for the Sun Management Center console and the Sun Management Center server is 64 Mbytes each.

You can customize the maximum heap size for the console and server as described in Chapter 8, Starting and Stopping Sun Management Center, in Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide.