Understanding The Software Configurations; Understanding Domains - Oracle SuperCluster T5-8 Owner's Manual

Understanding the Software Configurations

Understanding the Software Configurations
Oracle SuperCluster T5-8 is set up with logical domains (LDoms), which provide users with the
flexibility to create different specialized virtual systems within a single hardware platform.
The following topics provide more information on the configurations available to you:
"Understanding Domains" on page 46
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"Understanding General Configuration Information" on page 58
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"Understanding Half Rack Configurations" on page 61
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"Understanding Full Rack Configurations" on page 69
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Understanding Domains

The number of domains supported on each SPARC T5-8 server depends on the type of Oracle
SuperCluster T5-8:
Half Rack version of Oracle SuperCluster T5-8: One to four domains
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Full Rack version of Oracle SuperCluster T5-8: One to eight domains
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These topics describe the domain types:
"Dedicated Domains" on page 46
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"Understanding SR-IOV Domain Types" on page 48
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Dedicated Domains
The following SuperCluster-specific domain types have always been available:
Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 10
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Application Domain running Oracle Solaris 11
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Database Domain
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These SuperCluster-specific domain types have been available in software version 1.x and are
now known as dedicated domains.
Note -
When a SuperCluster is set up as part of the initial installation, each domain is assigned one
of these three SuperCluster-specific dedicated domain types. With these dedicated domains,
every domain in a SuperCluster has direct access to the 10GbE NICs and IB HCAs (and Fibre
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The Database Domains can also be in two states: with zones or without zones.