Cisco prime performance manager quick start guide, 1. When mentioning sparc, this refers to the type of sun4x system. Currently the sparc t41 is with solaris 11 and i dont want that. Sun oracle endoflife product list and support options posted on december 10th, 2015 by adminstrator pyramid technology services keeps your sun oracle hardware running for a minimum of seven years past sun oracles premier support for. Mar 31, 2017 oracle linux 6 for sparc is now available for download from otn and the released notes can be found here this version of oracle linux 6 uses uek2 there is no rhck here of course as there is no corresponding release on sparc and this os release can be installed on t4, t5 and t7 m7,m5 but not yet on the s7 platform. Prepare to create a raid volume see prepare to use the fcode utility use the showchildren command to list the physical drives on the selected controller. This release supports the build in sparc features like secure memory, the dax engines and the crypto co processers on oracles own cpus. Configurations sparc t41 server an option to upgrade aging v240 servers, if you want to continue using ultrasparc, and cant migrate to intel. Monitor storage devices, including raid arrays use the server storage. Use the createraid0volume, createraid1volume, or createraid1evolume command to create a logical drive from the physical disks. Hardware raid support sparc t41 server html document. Sun fire v215 tm server, sun fire v245, sun fire t. We highly suggest you also use the kernelpackage package to help with the installation and management of kernels. First, a few point for the record, this is not oracle linux, but instead a reference build of linux for solaris.
This provides the most stable roadmap into the future. Aurora was originally created after red hat dropped support for the sparc architecture after red hat linux 6. Learn basic concepts of software raid chunk, mirroring, striping and parity and essential raid device management commands in detail. In the sparc and netra sparc t4 series servers and blades, hardware raid support is provided by either onboard sas2 raid controllers or pluggable raid expansion modules rems. These are some notes to elaborate on acronyms and terms used in this document. Sun sparc t31, t32, t34 technical information spec. Can i detect hardware raid infromation from inside linux. An endofservicelife announcement can spell trouble for it managers. Linux has had support for huge pages for a long time now. Fedora sparc started out as the aurora sparc linux project, when red hat stopped support for sparc with red hat linux 6. While sparc has supported 64bit processing since the ultra series, the sparc distribution uses a 32bit kernel. Oracle has made an interview with rick hetherington, oracle vice president of hardware development available.
Areca technology corporation pcix and pci express sata raid controllers arc. There is great software raid support in linux these days. Lsi sas2 2008 raid management utility for sparc t4 servers you can use the sas2ircu commands contained in the. The sparc architecture hardware is generally used for sun solaris. Sparc t4 conforms to the same sparc v9 open processor architecture as all other sparc processors and operating system versions. There is quite a bit of information about the future and development of the sparc processor, well worth a read. Ive recently gotten my hands on a couple shiny new sparc t41 and t31. The sparc t4 1 server is powered by the sparc t4 processor, combining singlethreaded performance along with high overall system throughput. The sparc t41 delivers highly expandable internal storage and network connectivity as the server has room for a combination of eight hard disk drives or solid state drives and six pci express card slots. Components without a status will no longer be shown.
Linux provides md kernel module for software raid configuration. Power consumption can be reduced with power management oracle vm server for sparc 2. The reason is because we want to completely remove the solaris os and install linux. Also, oracles new exadata sl62 are based on linux for sparc. And you can also appear for this test, it will help you to choose a linux distro suitable for you. Openbsdsparc64 runs on the 64bit sun ultrasparc machines based on the ultrasparc i, ii, iii, iv, t1 and t2 processors, oracle sun sparc machines based on the sparc t3, t4, t5, m5, m6, m7 and s7 processors, and the fujitsu sparc64 machines based on the sparc64v, sparc64vi, sparc64vii and sparc64x processors. Id prefer linux anyway it uses a lot less disk space and memory to do the same things as solaris can. Builtin raid capabilities foster greater system reliability and enhance data integrity. Then install the jvm that runs on linux using the sparc cpu. Sparc t4 1 raid configuration mramchaoracle aug 9, 2012 6. To check the status of a hardware raid volume and an internal disk drive within the hardware raid volume, stop the system and execute the showvolumes command with the fcode utility. It is basically an ata1003 ide controller with a few extra functions and a software driver and bios that handles raid. Configure a new 2disk raid0 configuring hardware raid sparc t4 1 server html document collection 3.
Support for global and ldap users on emc vnxclariion. Hardware management pack overview sparc t41 server html. Dont touch the originals as you will screw your existing os. The sparc t4 is a sparc multicore microprocessor introduced in 2011 by oracle corporation. We just need to remember that the smallest of the hdds or partitions dictates the arrays capacity. Aurora sparc linux is an operating system, based on fedora core, for sparcbased computers. The chip is the 4th generation processor in the tseries family. Support for emc celerra and emc vnx unified block and nas credentials must be identical. Benchmarks for linux and solaris on sparc hardware. Both the kernel and some user space packages include sparc specific optimizations. Mar 20, 2020 backing up and restoring linux with systemimager. Combined with oracle enterprise software, the sparc t41 is a cost efficient platform for web infrastructure, middleware and application development. T41 server with two disks,raid1 have been created,how to configure obp bootdevice parameter correctly,so the system will boot.
Sparc t4 1 solaris 11add 2 new hdds in raid 0 configuration user480904oc sep, 2012 7. Use the showchildren command to list the physical drives on the selected controller. This howto describes how to use software raid under linux. This document provides the procedure to create or delete a hardware raid. Integrated lightsout manager ilom helps to manage and troubleshoot the complete hardware of a server. For the most part, linux on sparc will be around the same speed as solaris on sparc, with variation one way or the other on certain benchmarks due to os design differences. Filesystems management in solaris disk partitions in solaris solaris raid. This feature is called solaris containers for linux applications scla, based on the. Old version had sparc support, but the newer systems might not and not sure you could get the older versions.
When coming from old sun server background say, v240, t4 represents a challenge. Oracle solaris 11 postrelease oracle vm server for sparc 2. You are very lucky, it seems that you can pick the one you like. The sparc t4 processor features 8 cores and 64 threads with 5x the single thread performance of the previous generation sparc t4 processor overview oracles sparc t4 processor is a design breakthrough that delivers a five times increase in singlethread performance over the previous generation, while maintaining the high.
Booting oracle t4 server from cd or dvd softpanorama. Sparc t41solaris 11add 2 new hdds in raid 0 configuration. Sparc and netra sparc t4 series servers administration guide. Fedora sparc is the continuation of the aurora efforts, in an official capacity as part of the fedora project. Source for downloading hardware management pack software. Create a hardware raid volume sparc t42 server html. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. This is the raid layer that is the standard in linux2. Although it also supports other unix variants such as nextstep, rtems, freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, and linux see here. Both the kernel and some user space packages include sparcspecific optimizations. Oracle linux 6 for sparc oracle wim coekaerts blog. To check the status of a hardware raid volume and a disk drive within the hardware raid volume, use the fcode utility or the sas2ircu utility.
Sparc t41 raid configuration mramchaoracle aug 9, 2012 6. Table 1410 status display commands of hardware raid. The sun sparc t41 server provides significant computational. Reallife tests seem to routinely demonstrate the opposite, although with your planned raid0, both should just be quite fast. In order to use software raid we have to configure raid md device which is a composite of two or more storage devices. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. But the benchmarks that oracle has thrown up surprise are a smokescreen for the fact that the processor is still woefully behind state of the art, and it serves mostly as a. The advanced sparc t4 processor features integrated onchip cryptographic support that provides wire speed encryption capabilities without any application performance penalties. The sparc t41 server offers maximum security, speed, and scale for your web infrastructure. We can use full disks, or we can use same sized partitions on different sized drives. Yes, take a deep breath, i really used the words linux, sparc and oracle in the same sentence. In the sparc and netra sparc t4 series servers and blades, hardware raid support is provided by either onboard sas2 raid controllers or pluggable raid. Configuring hardware raid sparc t41 server html document collection 3. If properly configured, theyll be another 30% faster.
I think your hardware might be newer than what anybody ever tried on openbsd. Older 32bit systems are no longer supported by the gentoosparc team. Im fairly proficient in linux, so unix environment doesnt feel out of place for. Reallife tests seem to routinely demonstrate the opposite, although with your planned raid 0, both should just be quite fast. When sun oracle decides it will no longer support its storage, server, or network hardware, it teams are left scrambling trying to figure out what they can do to deal. Since you mention server most likely there is hardware raid present. Configurations sparc t4 1 server an option to upgrade aging v240 servers, if you want to continue using ultrasparc, and cant migrate to intel. Solaris 11 or linux a patch for solaris 10 will be provided eventually oracle 11. Jun 15, 2011 oracle has made an interview with rick hetherington, oracle vice president of hardware development available. In general, support for sparc64 systems is good enough to allow some users to run it successfully in production environments. Is it possible to install redhat on a sun server sparc.
The problem is your promise raid controller is not a hardware raid controller. Currently most of the hardware available to the developers boots multiuser and. Aurora contains special utilities that are specific to the sparc hardware line, such as audioctl, lssbus, silo. Power consumption can be reduced with power management oracle vm. To compile a linux kernel for sun4u, youll need to use the linux 2.
You can compile a configured kernel in one command as root. See oracle solaris update requirements for the required oracle solaris updates. How to create a software raid 5 in linux mint ubuntu. Plug them in and they behave like a big and fast disk. We have recently purchased sparc t41 server comes with solaris vm.
The sparc t41 server boasts speed, scalability, and security in a sleek, compact design. Currently the sparc t4 1 is with solaris 11 and i dont want that. In order to find which raid controller you are using, try one of the following commands. Sparc t4 1 system technical overview linkedin slideshare. The processor is designed to offer high multithreaded performance 8 threads per core, with 8 cores per chip, as well as high single threaded performance from the same chip. Therefore, any architecture or platform to which the linux kernel, libc, gcc, etc. It has historically been tightly integrated with suns sparc hardware. The gentoo sparc team maintains a sun hardware compatibility list for sparc64 systems. Operating system will access raid device as a regular hard disk, no matter whether it is a software raid or hardware raid.
How do you i initiate the fresh solaris 10 installation on the server. Execute the select command with the controller name to display its hardware raid volumes. This tutorial explains how to view, list, create, add, remove, delete, resize, format, mount and configure raid levels 0, 1 and 5 in linux step by step with practical examples. Run the format command and you will have a new disk volume as compared to 1 above.
I still prefer having raid done by some hw component that operates independently of the os. Both types of controller enable you to create logical disk volumes consisting of two or more redundant disk drives. Like fedora and red hat linux before that, aurora names all of its releases. Debian does not impose hardware requirements beyond the requirements of the linux kernel and the gnu toolsets. Popular filesystems for sparc t4 4 zfs reset search similar searches. The ultrasparc class systems fall under the sun4u identifier, and are supported using the sun4u set of install images. For a list of additionally supported sun hardware, consult the following. Nov 17, 20 hardware sparc t31 or equivalent for nonnebscompliant systems sparc netra t31 or equivalent for nebscompliant systems sparc t41 or equivalent for nonnebscompliant systems sparc netra t41 or equivalent for nebscompliant systems. I did look at centos, but i couldnt find a release that would run on sparc. You can partition the server into four partition with 8gb each. Boot install kernel and drop to shell and provision raid partitions on both.
Conceptually i am taking it as an equivalent of rolling release i the linux world. In order to help you with this task here are some links, that should help you to. Sparc represents the sun4u architecture seen in the ultrasparc series of systems ultras, blades, sunfires, etc. Oracle linux 6 for sparc is now available for download from otn and the released notes can be found here this version of oracle linux 6 uses uek2 there is no rhck here of course as there is no corresponding release on sparc and this os release can be installed on t4, t5 and t7 m7,m5 but not yet on the s7 platform. See table 11 for supported oracle solaris versions. Not sure about the t41 raid controller performance but there is a common misconception than hw raid must be faster than sw raid. Sun oracle endoflife product list and support options posted on december 10th, 2015 by adminstrator pyramid technology services keeps your sun oracle hardware running for a minimum of seven years past sun oracles premier support for hardware and operating systems date. This is a new one for many solaris admins, earth shattering in many ways. What additional hardware is supported under gentoo sparc. Create a hardware raid volume sparc t41 server html.
The softwareraid howto linux documentation project. Most commonly used ilom commands cheat sheet the geek. Not sure about the t4 1 raid controller performance but there is a common misconception than hw raid must be faster than sw raid. Going forward, the sparc t4 is less than 12 months away. Nov, 2015 sparc t4 1 system technical overview slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
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