Implementing Root Domains with Oracle VM

Server for SPARC

ORACLE TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER | NOVEMBER 2015
Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1

Introduction 4

Overview of Virtualization Technologies 4

Type 1 Hypervisors 4

Type 2 Hypervisors 5

OS-Based Virtualization 5

Overview of Oracle VM Server for SPARC 5

Traditional Deployment Model 8

Introducing Root Domains 8

I/O Domain Models 9

Root Domains 10

Best Practices for Availability 11

Operational Model with Oracle Solaris Zones 12

Zone Workloads 12

Using Guest Domains for Test and Development 12

Migrating Zones to the Production Environment 13

Operational Use Cases 13

General Domain Considerations 13

PCIe Root Complex Mapping 14

SPARC M7 ProcessorBased Server Boot Options: NVMe PCIe Switch Cards,

Disks, and Network Boot 14

SPARC T7-1 Server Root Complexes 15

1 | IMPLEMENTING ROOT DOMAINS WITH ORACLE VM SERVER FOR SPARC

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