Use the tables in the following sections to record the following information for each SPARC T5-8 server:
The number of zones that you want to deploy on each Database Domain (1 - 8)
The size of each zone that you want to deploy on each Database Domain (the number of cores and VCPUs)
The host names and IP addresses that will be assigned to each zone, if you know this information ahead of time, for the following networks:
Host management network
Client access network
IB network
VIP
The worksheet for each SPARC T5-8 server has entries for 8 zones. If you have more than 30 zones on each SPARC T5-8 server, copy the worksheets to record the information for the additional zones.
Because of the number of cores that are reserved for the global domain (the Database Domain) and the fact that you should have a minimum of one core for each zone, you can therefore have from 1 to 60 zones on each Database Domain in a Half Rack and from 1 to 124 zones on each Database Domain in a Full Rack. The number of cores that you have allocated to those zones varies, depending on the size of that zone. See Guidelines for Planning Zones for more information.
Also refer to the information that you entered in the Recording Your Existing Configuration worksheets for each SPARC T5-8 server to determine the maximum number of zones that you can have on each Database Domain, and the maximum number of cores that are available for those zones, depending on the sizes of the domains on that server.
For example, if you have a H4-1 domain configuration on a SPARC T5-8 server, then the following applies, based on the information provided in Half Rack Domain Configurations and Cores Available for Domains and Zones:
Each domain in the H4-1 domain configuration is a Small Domain.
16 cores are available for each Small Domain.
For each Small Domain, 2 cores must be set aside for the global zone (the Database Domain). The remaining 14 cores are therefore available for the zones in each of these Small Domains.
Because you must have at least one core assigned to each zone, the maximum number of zones that you can have on any of the four domains is 14. You can then choose any of the following zone configurations for each domain:
One zone, consisting of all 14 available cores for zones in this domain
Two zones, consisting of 7 cores apiece
Seven zones, consisting of 2 cores apiece
Fourteen zones, consisting of 1 core apiece
Enter the zone configuration information in the following worksheets: