Get LDOMS Up and Running on Sun Fire T2000 Server

If you're not sure how to set up a Sun FireTM T2000 server with Sun's Logical Domains (LDOMS), or if you need a high-level walk-through, then see Brad Beadles' July 12th Weblog that covers the essentials - from loading the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) to creating and jumpstarting the guest domain.

Beadles takes a systematic approach in tackling this project and shares his recent experience with each step. Areas covered include:

Loading Solaris 10 (11/06) OS on the Sun Fire T2000
Adding OS patches and packages
Creating A zpool and zfs filesystem for disk image files, guest domains, etc.
Updating the Sun Fire T2000 system controller firmware
Setting up the control domain
Creating a guest domain
Jumpstarting the guest domain

Links for the necessary documentation and downloads are provided on the Weblog. [...read more...]

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Other articles in the Sysadmin section of Volume 113, Issue 4:

Migrating to Solaris 10 OS
Get LDOMS Up and Running on Sun Fire T2000 Server (this article)
SCP and RCP Protocols
Two Tech Tips for Sun Connection Satellite Deployment

See all archived articles in the Sysadmin section.

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