Understanding the System Architecture
Understanding PCIe Device Root Complexes
Control Domain and Reserved Root Complexes
Fully-Populated Default Configuration
Understanding PCIe Slot Root Complex Names and Device Paths
PCIe Device Root Complex Failover Behavior
Understanding EMS SAS Paths to the Internal Drives
SAS Paths From EMS Module to Drives
Understanding Internal Drive Device Paths
HDD and SSD Device Path Differences
Understanding DCU0 Drive Device Paths
Understanding DCU1 Drive Device Paths
Understanding DCU2 Drive Device Paths
Understanding DCU3 Drive Device Paths
Understanding Network Port Device Paths
DCU0 Network Port Device Paths
DCU1 Network Port Device Paths
DCU2 Network Port Device Paths
DCU3 Network Port Device Paths
Understanding Configuration Guidelines
Understanding System Administration Resources
Understanding Platform-Specific Oracle ILOM Features
SPARC: Server-Specific and New Oracle ILOM Features and Requirements
Unsupported Oracle OS Features
Unsupported Oracle ILOM Features
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Overview
Multipathing Software Overview
Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus Overview
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Overview
Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
Time Synchronization and NTP Service
Multi-Domain Extensions to ILOM MIBs
Establish a Network Management Connection to Oracle ILOM
Log In to Oracle ILOM (Web Interface)
Logging In to Oracle ILOM (CLI)
Switch Between the Oracle ILOM CLI and the System Console on a Host
Connect to a PDomain When the System Is Unconfigured and Powered Off
Connect to a PDomain When the Oracle Solaris OS Is Running
Connect to a PDomain When the Oracle Solaris OS Is Unresponsive
Get to the ok Prompt When the Host Is Powered On (Web Interface)
Connect to an LDoms Guest Domain
Connect to Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus
Enable Video Redirection From the Oracle Solaris OS
Configure Multiple Display Devices
Reestablish KVMS Connection to SPPs After a Reboot
Controlling the Server, Domains, and Devices
Resetting the Server, SP, or Domains
Reset the Server (Oracle Solaris)
Resetting the SP Configuration
Managing the Server's Boot Behavior
Change the Default Boot Device (ok Prompt)
Create an OpenBoot Boot Path to a Boot Disk
Enable or Disable Automatic Booting (ok Prompt)
SPARC: OpenBoot Boot Configuration Parameters
Booting and Shutting Down the OS
Manually Boot the OS (ok Prompt)
Configuring Oracle ILOM User Accounts and Roles
Understanding Platform and Host-Specific User Role Assignments
Configuring User Accounts (SNMP)
Configuring Host Groups to Authenticate User Accounts (CLI)
Configuring Host Groups to Authenticate User Accounts (SNMP)
Record Network Parameter Values
Viewing the Network Configuration
View Configuration Details for the Network
View Configuration Details for SPs and Hosts
Determine Which SP Is the Active SP
Change the Current Role of the SP Pair
Disable or Re-Enable Network Access to an SP or Host
Determine Current DCU Assignment
Migrate DCUs to a New PDomain (CLI)
Administering CMUs, CMPs, and DIMMs
Display Summary of Installed CMUs
Administering IOUs and PCIe Device Root Complexes
Manage I/O Path Reconfiguration Settings
Identify the Root Complex of a Device
Identifying Domain-Level Commands
PDomain Configuration and Monitoring Commands
Single Sign-On Service Network Deployment Commands
Dedicated SP Interconnect Property Commands
FMA Fault Proxying and Reserved Root Complexes
Virtual Keyswitch Property Commands
Locate the Server (Web Interface)
Obtain the Server Serial Number
Viewing Server and Component Information
Viewing System-Level Information
Viewing Individual Component Properties
XSCF and Oracle ILOM Command Comparison
Identifying SP Configuration and Administration Commands
User Account Administration Commands
Network Configuration/Administration Commands
You can configure this server to have as few as one and as many as four physical domains (PDomains). Each PDomain has its own installation of the Oracle Solaris OS, as well as its own set of fans and I/O boards. Each PDomain operates as an independent server that has full hardware isolation from other PDomains in the chassis.
Note - By default, the server is configured with a single PDomain that has an Oracle Solaris boot disk located on IOB0. Each IOB has its own boot disk (the lowest numbered disk on each IOB). This ensures that if you reconfigure the platform to have more than one PDomain, a preinstalled version of the Oracle Solaris OS is available on each PDomain.
A hardware or software failure on one PDomain will not affect the other PDomains in the chassis. There are two redundant SPs (SP0 and SP1) in the chassis. One of the SPs functions as the Active-SP and actively manages the chassis, while the other acts as the Standby-SP that will assume the Active-SP role in the event of a failure. You can use the Oracle ILOM software that is preinstalled on each SP to remotely monitor and control PDomains.
The server has four domain configurable units (DCUs), which are the building blocks of PDomains. You must configure a PDomain with at least one DCU, but a single PDomain can contain as many as four DCUs. Each DCU has four CPU memory units (CMUs) that have two memory boards and two CPU memory processors (CMPs). Each DCU is managed by its own SP Proxy (SPP), which monitors environmental sensors and manages the CMUs, memory controller, and DIMMs within the DCU. The Active-SP and SPPs communicate over a private VLAN to manage the system.
One of the SPPs on each PDomain is identified as a PDomain-SPP, which manages tasks for its PDomain. The PDomain-SPP also hosts the rKVMS service for the PDomain. If a PDomain has more than one DCU, only the rKVMS service on the PDomain-SPP is used.