On 02/10/11 10:37, Erik Trimble wrote:> On 2/10/2011 7:15 AM, Dan JMartin wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> My question is simply what are my best options for successfully
installing virtual tools on an Open Solaris OS running on Sparc Architecture. My
>> hardware is a
>> Sun Blade 2500. From what I have read Virtualbox and Xen do not work on
Sparc
>> technologies. What options do I have?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any advice,
>>
>> Dan
>
> For a software-only configuration, use Containers & Zones.
>
> Certain hardware supports LDOMs (mainly, T-class stuff), while other
hardware (mainly M-class and Ex900) support Domains.
>
> LDOMS and Domains are hardware-level partitioning of the system.
Containers/Zones allow the ability to run multiple different instances of
Solaris to
> be run simultaneously. To my knowledge, there is no SPARC-based solution
for running anything other than Solaris.
>
Some more precisions:
- Constainers/Zones are available with Solaris 10 and 11 on any SPARC
and x86 platforms. Zones create isolated environments for running
applications. On a system, all zones share the same Solaris kernel,
only userland binaries can be different from one zone to another.
- SPARC high-end systems (M-series) support dynamic system domains where
you can create multiple physical domains which are electrically isolated
one from the other. Each domain can run its own instance of Solaris
(different kernel and userland binaries).
- SPARC T-series support Logical Domains (LDoms). LDoms is a software and
firmware partitioning solution which allows to create multiple domains
on a single system. Each domain can run its own instance of Solaris
(different kernel and userland binaries).
alex.