Oracle I/O Domain Administration Guide

Choose an I/O Domain Creation Method

1. Choose how you want the domain resources to be sized.

   There are several ways to assign the number of cores, memory, and network resources to an I/O Domain.

   Use one of these approaches:

   • Use a default resource recipe – Use one of the provided large, medium, or small default recipes. To see the resources associated with default recipes, see Default Resource Recipes.

   • Use your own reusable recipe – Create your recipe. See Create a Resource Recipe.

   • Define the resources individually for each domain – During the domain creation process, you specify the amount of cores, memory, and 10GbE interfaces. There is no need to create a recipe prior to creating the I/O Domain. Note – If you want to assign a 10GbE NIC port pair to the I/O Domain, you must use this method. See Configure Port-Paired Networks (Administrators).

2. Choose how you want network parameters applied to the domain.

   There are several ways to assign the network parameters such as name servers, time servers, and time zones..

   Use one of these approaches:

   • Use the default network recipe – Use one provided. See View Recipes.

   • Use your own reusable network recipe – Create a network recipe. See Create a Network Recipe.

   • Define the network parameters individually for each domain – During the domain creation process, you specify the network parameters. There is no need to create or use a network recipe prior to creating the I/O Domain.

3. Choose the type of I/O Domain you want to create.

   • Database Domain – Perform the steps in Create a Database I/O Domain.

     Database Zone Domain – Perform the steps in Create a Database Zone Domain.

   • Application Domain – Perform the steps in Create an Application I/O Domain.