Oracle SPARC User Manual

Oracle Hardware Management Pack Overview
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VVM software includes a feature called DMP, which provides disk multipathing as well as
disk load balancing to optimize I/O throughput. For information about VVM and its DMP
feature, refer to the documentation provided with the VERITAS Volume Manager software.
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Oracle Solaris Multiplexed I/O (MPxIO) is an architecture fully integrated within the
Oracle Solaris OS that enables I/O devices to be accessed through multiple host controller
interfaces from a single instance of the I/O device. (Previously, this functionality was
called StorageTek Traffic Manager.) For information about MPxIO, refer to Oracle
Solaris Administration: SAN Configuration and Multipathing Guide in Oracle Solaris OS
documentation.
Related Information
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“Oracle Solaris OS Overview” on page 12
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“Oracle VM Server for SPARC Overview” on page 13
Oracle Hardware Management Pack Overview
The Oracle Hardware Management Pack provides tools to manage and configure Oracle servers
from the host operating system. To use these tools, you must install the Oracle Hardware
Management Pack software on the server.
Note - Oracle Hardware Management Pack software is included in Oracle Solaris, beginning
with Oracle Solaris 11.2. If you are using that version or later of Oracle Solaris, update the
Oracle Hardware Management Pack by updating Oracle Solaris.
You can download the Oracle Hardware Management Pack software at:
https://support.oracle.com
You can read and download documentation for the version of Oracle Hardware Management
Pack you are using at:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp/docs
Related Information
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“Hot-Spare Drives in RAID Volumes (LSI)” on page 88
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Oracle SPARC Specifications

General

Operating System	Oracle Solaris
Virtualization	Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Processor	SPARC
Threads per Core	8
Memory Type	DDR4
Storage	SAS, SATA
Security Features	Cryptographic Acceleration