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Your SPARC server must meet the minimum hardware and software requirements listed in this section.
To install Oracle VM Server for SPARC, you need a SPARC T-Series server, series T2 or later. A full list of the supported hardware is available in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Release Notes:
The software required to configure your SPARC server so that it is discoverable by Oracle VM Manager is listed below.
A control domain running Oracle Solaris 11.1 OS. Installing Oracle Solaris 11.1 is outside the scope of this guide. For a full list of the Oracle Solaris 11.1 OS requirements see the Required Software Patches section in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Release Notes:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37707_01
For information on installing or upgrading the Oracle Solaris OS, see the Installing and Enabling Software section in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Administration Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37707_01
The firmware for your SPARC servers must match the required version to support Oracle VM Server for SPARC. The required firmware version numbers are described in the Required Software to Enable Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Features section in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Release Notes:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37707_01
For information on upgrading the system firmware, see the Upgrading the System Firmware section in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Administration Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37707_01
Oracle VM Server for SPARC Release 3.0 or later (the
ldomsmanager package). Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Release 2.1 is included by default with the Oracle Solaris 11
OS, so you do not need to manually install this software. You
do, however, need to update it to Release 3.0. Upgrading
Oracle VM Server for SPARC is outside the scope of this guide. For
information on upgrading Oracle VM Server for SPARC to Release 3.0, see the
Upgrade LDOMs System section in the
Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Administration Guide:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37707_01
Oracle VM Agent for SPARC must be installed in the control domain. Oracle VM Agent for SPARC enables systems running Oracle VM Server for SPARC to be discovered and managed by Oracle VM Manager. See Section 3.1.5, “Getting the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC Software” for information on downloading and installing Oracle VM Agent for SPARC.
Oracle VM Server for SPARC has the same basic network requirements as specified for x86 hardware in Section 2.1.3, “Network Requirements ”.
Oracle VM Server for SPARC has the following additional network requirements:
The Oracle VM Agent for SPARC requires the control domain to be configured with the DefaultFixed network configuration profile. If this network configuration profile is not enabled on the control domain then, during the installation of the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC software, the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC setup tool offers the opportunity to enable this network configuration profile and to reconfigure the network.
Alternatively, you can manually configure the DefaultFixed network configuration profile and the network on the control domain before installing the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC. For more information about network configuration profiles, see the Network Configuration Profiles section in the Introduction to Oracle Solaris 11 Networking guide available at:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E28986/index.html
The server hostname should be different from "localhost" and it should resolve to an IP address different from 127.0.0.1.
You can check the hostname of the server with the hostname command:
# hostname foo.example.com
If the command returns "localhost" then use the hostname command to change the hostname.
You can check that the hostname resolves to an IP address with the getent command:
# getent hosts `hostname` 192.168.1.1
If the command does not return an IP address or returns 127.0.0.1 then update the /etc/hosts file or your name service so that the hostname resolves to a valid IP address. For more information about naming services, see the Working With Naming and Directory Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1 documentation at:
Before installing the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC, the platform must be in factory default configuration. When installing the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC, the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC setup tool creates and stores an initial LDoms configuration appropriate for using the server with Oracle VM Manager.
Use the following procedure to configure the platform with the factory-default configuration:
If there are domains other than the primary domain, then stop and unbind all domains except the primary domain.
# ldm stop -a # ldm unbind <domain>
Select the factory-default configuration and shutdown the primary domain.
# ldm set-config factory-default # shutdown -i5 -g0 -y
From the service processor, perform a power cycle of the system to load the factory default configuration.
-> stop /SYS -> start /SYS
For more information about the factory default configuration, see the Factory Default Configuration and Disable Logical Domains section in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0 Administration Guide available at:
If you do not already have the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC software, download Oracle VM Agent for SPARC from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud:
https://edelivery.oracle.com/oraclevm
Save the Oracle VM Agent for SPARC archive file in the control domain.
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