Notes On Openboot Prom - Fujitsu M10 Product Notes

2. Destroy all virtual functions (VF) by executing the "ldm destroy-vf" command.
Regarding maintenance using DR or PHP, refer to either Fujitsu M10-4/Fujitsu
M10-4S/SPARC M10-4/SPARC M10-4S Service Manual or PCI Expansion Unit for
Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Systems Service Manual.
Regarding details on the "ldm" command, refer to Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Administration Guide of the version you are using.
After performing maintenance with DR or PHP, execute the following procedure,
if necessary.
3. Create virtual functions (VF) by executing the "ldm create-vf" command.
4. Assign the virtual functions (VF) to the I/O domains using the "ldm add-io"
command.
The on-board LAN interfaces of SPARC M10 systems support the SR-IOV feature.
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The static SR-IOV feature is supported from Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0
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onwards.
The dynamic SR-IOV feature is supported from Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.0
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onwards.
For details on the SR-IOV feature, refer to Oracle VM Server for SPARC Administration
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Guide of the version you are using. For the necessary fixes when using the SR-IOV
feature, refer to Oracle VM Server for SPARC Release Notes of the version you are
using.
For a list of PCI cards that support the SR-IOV feature, refer to Fujitsu M10/SPARC
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M10 Systems PCI Card Installation Guide.

Notes on OpenBoot PROM

If you execute the sendbreak(8) command after the OpenBoot PROM banner
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appears on the domain console but before OpenBoot PROM startup is completed,
the following error message is output. In this case, the boot command becomes
unable to be executed.
FATAL: OpenBoot initialization sequence prematurely terminated.
In this case, set the OpenBoot PROM environment variable auto-boot? to false at
the ok prompt, and execute the reset-all command. When OpenBoot PROM is
restarted, set auto-boot? to true, and execute the boot command.
When you use the XSCF firmware setpparparam(8) command to set an OpenBoot
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PROM environment variable, such as nvramrc, the maximum number of
characters that can be set is 254.
If you want to set a string of 255 or more characters in an OpenBoot PROM
environment variable, such as nvramrc, do so in the OpenBoot PROM or Oracle
Solaris environment. Note that, however, the maximum number of characters is
1024.
The OpenBoot PROM device aliases disk and net are not created for Oracle VM
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Server for SPARC disks and logical domains to which no network is assigned. To
execute disk boot or network boot by specifying the device alias disk or net, set the
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