Apr 02, 2010 are the servers in your data center ready for xeon 7500 and xeon 5600. Understand that solaris while open source is unix and linux is a unix. It should be easy to fix, but i didnt found any document which explain why it change and how much it can change, so right now diskmap dont handle it. Sas2 integrated raid configuration utility sas2ircu pdf free.
Sep 12, 2017 which is the latest version of oracle on solaris for intel. Jul 30, 2003 now that sun has decided to ship a version of solaris for intel systems, it presents a true alternative to windows and linux. I have recently purchased a new 64bit computer with core 2 quad 6600 processor, and have attempted to install solaris on it. Intel raid web console 2 and storcli command line tool. Computers with more than 3 gb of memory should use amd64. However, if all you want to do is to analyse the structure of these executables, all you need is suitable development tools. Requirements vary to release, but generally a 80486 processor or better is required with an isa, eisa, or pci bus, 16 mb of memory, and 200500 mb. Your application is quite likely to run just fine on solaris 10 or solaris 11 on newer hardware solaris is very good at maintaining backwards compatibility. Utility you can use the lsi sas2 2008 raid management utility sas2ircu at the oracle solaris command prompt to manage raid functionality for the onboard sas2 controllers. Understand that solaris while open source is unix and linux is a unixlike operating system that is not unix.
To study sparc executable structure with opensolaris on intel. Ultrasparct1 processors plow through parallel processing with lots of threads think java enterprise apps well, due to their many cores and register windows, but dont have nearly as much floating point power as sparc iv or intel, since all 8 or 10 cores share only one floating point unit. Sas2 integrated raid configuration utility sas2ircu. Some sun servers like blade x6270 uses lsi raid controller to manage disks. This download contains only bios update package for intel server boards and intel server systems based on intel 60x chipset. It must be compiled on solaris 8 or newer however, due to some missing macros for ipv6 support.
You can download the latest drivers for the various oss from the lsi website at. Downloads for intel ethernet server adapter x520 series. Sun storage 6gb sas pcie raid hba version not applicable to not applicable release na. I havent checked, but i suspect opensolaris comes with development tools capable of analysing solarissparc executables out of the box. Lsi corporation 7 sas3 integrated raid configuration utility sas3ircu user guide november 2012 commands delete sas3ircu supports disk drives with 512byte sectors and disk drives with 4kb sectors. Sas2 integrated raid configuration utility sas2ircu user guide. Downloads for oracle vm server for x86, oracle vm agent 3. Which speed is the ultra 150 with 650mhz equal to a x86 architecture. Starting with the solaris 10 305 release, packaging has been simplified with the delivery of most 32bit components and 64bit components in a single package. A better question, might be the difference between solaris on sparc or solaris on intel, as solaris will run on both platforms very well. Rename the unzip program as unzip and make it executable. Insert the solaris x86 boot floppy and boot cdrom in the host computer.
The virtual machine should boot from the floppy and run the solaris hardware detection program. Sas2 integrated raid configuration utility sas2ircu user guide november 2012 commands 3. You might do better doing that, given the apparent lack of the original source code and even if you do get the source, the cost and time necessary to port older solaris code to linux would likely be substantial. Display status sas2ircu utility, lsi sparc t41b server. August 2002 we did it sun keeping solaris x86 after announcing in january 2002 that they would no longer support the intel version of solaris, sun reversed their decision. While sun has been testing and certifying that solaris 10 will run on various x86 and x64 servers from ibm, hewlettpackard, dell, and others, are finding that having sun or the opensolaris community attest to the usability of solaris on a particular box is not the same thing as having the maker of that box actually sell the operating system on the machine and guarantee that the drivers all. Jul 17, 2007 a better question, might be the difference between solaris on sparc or solaris on intel, as solaris will run on both platforms very well. This feature is available only for solaris x86 64bit, running on a intel microprocessor that supports the aesni instruction set. Megaraid sas device driver installation user guide broadcom. I havent checked, but i suspect opensolaris comes with development tools capable of analysing solaris sparc executables out of the box. In fact, i am still a solaris 10 scsa solaris certified system administrator.
Export an application using sparc architecture to intel x86. Most users of freebsd will have hardware for either the amd64, i386, or armv6 architectures. Before you start the installation, you need to make these preparations. Or there is any resource from whcih i can get help relating to this oracle. Optimizing solaris 11 sha1 on intel processors oracle. However, an integrated raid volume must use all 512bytesector drives or. Contact faircom for availability for solaris versions prior to 2. Originally designed for suns sparc platform, sun has released a version of solaris 10 for x86based computers as well. This license agreement agreement is a legal agreement between you or. Is solaris on intel really slowarisslower than other intelbased operating systems. Use these simple instructions to download and install the java runtime environment jre for solaris. Nov 30, 2011 the solaris 11 crypto framework, via the sha1 kernel module and libmd3lib and libpkcs1lib libraries, incorporated a useful sha1 optimization from intel for ssse3capable microprocessors.
Hello, can anyone tell me the main differences between running solaris on x86 or on sparc. Firmware update package update for efi intel server boards and intel server systems based on intel 60x chipset. Cpegateway, infrastructure, and settop box embedded and networking processors ethernet connectivity, switching, and phys pcie switches and bridges fiber optic modules and components leds and displays motion control. Aug 12, 2002 new sun server brings linux, solaris to intel platform. One reason is the ability with oracle solaris 11 to accommodate multiple boot environments. Sas3 integrated raid configuration utility sas3ircu user guide. I hope to find some answers here, because i dont know, if i should buy a xeon or a sparc thank you. However, an integrated raid volume must use all 512bytesector drives or all 4kbsector drives. Table 1 sasircu sas2ircu command operating system dos linux efi solaris freebsd create x x x x x. Because in the buy the solaris 10 508 dvd media kit option the x64 platform is mentioned explicitly solaris 10 508 media for x86 x64 systems, while in the free download its not. What are the differences between x86 and sparc sun solaris. September 9, 2002 an interesting use of solaris 8 on a pc laptop is for use with the jumpstart technology.
This oracle solaris 10 zone download will install an oracle solaris 10 1 zone on any release. The sas2ircu utility can configure raid 0, raid 1, raid 1e, and raid 10. Solaris 8 on intel, which lovell claims has had more than a million downloads, will still be available for the next two years and then get limited support for five more years. You can download the lsi megacli and megaraid storage manager. Last year the ixgbe driver for illumos omnios, oi, smartos etc was updated to support the new intel 55x and 710 nics. Intel aesni optimization on solaris oracle solaris blog. As with other solaris optimizations, they come automatically under the hood with the current solaris release.
Downloading sas2ircu documentation for sparc t4 servers. Wireless embedded solutions and rf components storage adapters, controllers, and ics fibre channel networking cyber security mainframe enterprise software broadband. Updated the solaris 10 operating system information and driver file names. I first used sunos back in the early 1900s when i worked for lotus development corporation porting lotus 123 to unix and, since then, have always liked the operating system. How can i convert a doswindows text file to a unix text file. Megacli and sas2ircu utility to manage internal raid hba. Its been out for nearly one year but there hasnt been any public activity to talk about with regard to solaris 11. Read the following technical whitepaper on how the oracle solaris and the intel xeon processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your application solution environment. This system has worked fine with countless linux distributions and most recently finished up. Display status sas2ircu utility, lsiuse the lsi sas2ircu utility to display the status of the raid volume and its associated drives refer to the sas2 integrated raid solution user guide for more information about displaying and interpreting device status using the sas2ircu utility. You can download the sas2ircu software for your operating system from the utilities. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use.
This download supports intel raid controllers using sas software stack rms3cc080, rms3cc040, rms3hc080, rs3yc, rs3lc. Installing solaris 11 on intel x8664 platform musings. Nov 17, 2010 this feature is available only for solaris x86 64bit, running on a intel microprocessor that supports the aesni instruction set. The driver is tested on solaris 8, 9, and 10 and opensolaris for intel, amd and sparc platforms, but it will also function properly on solaris 7 on intel. Jun 07, 2006 originally designed for suns sparc platform, sun has released a version of solaris 10 for x86based computers as well. When you use the sas2ircu command within oracle solaris to create a raid volume, the command might report that volume creation has failed. Installing solaris using jumpstart technology on an intel laptop. Sep 09, 2002 installing solaris using jumpstart technology on an intel laptop. The latter provides a nocost perpetual license for development purposes under the terms of the otn license. The solaris 11 crypto framework, via the sha1 kernel module and libmd3lib and libpkcs1lib libraries, incorporated a useful sha1 optimization from intel for ssse3capable microprocessors. Download unzip for solaris from here for sparc or here for intel x86. Cpegateway, infrastructure, and settop box embedded and networking processors ethernet connectivity, switching, and phys pcie switches and bridges fiber optic modules and components leds and displays motion control encoders. You wont be able to run sparc or parisc executables on an intel processor. Sas3 integrated raid configuration utility sas3ircu user guide november 2012 commands delete sas3ircu supports disk drives with 512byte sectors and disk drives with 4kb sectors.
Driver development for oracle solaris is d0ne at oracle while developments of the free solaris forks is done at illumos. Preparing to install solaris 9 on an intel server techrepublic. At the day of writing, sas2ircu refuse to list your devices if you have more than 256 devices. I would like to stretch the x window display to cover the whole computer screen so that i can see things better and make use my computers screen size.
Oracle for solaris intel solutions experts exchange. It includes brief technical descriptions of specific features and capabilities. Use the driver package under the directory intelsolaris11. Intel only offers linux drivers for their hardware, nothing for solarissunos based systems. Solaris 8 x86 is once again available for download and media kits will continue to be sold. Frankly i dont want to virtualise with esxi which i tested yesterday as a last attempt, this host is used for storage only and i dont want to introduce a virtualisation layer just because the nics dont work. Solaris x86 is the version that runs on intel based pcs and servers. Multipath of enclosure sometime have multiple sas address. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. Lsi corporation sas2 ir integrated raid configuration utility fasrcsas2ircu. Sun microsystems is following through on promises to bring the linux and solaris operating systems to intels x86 platform.
This allows creation of a new boot environment to which new patches and software are applied while running the system using the existing boot environment. Another apples to apples question, might be intel solaris vs. After announcing in january 2002 that they would no longer support the intel version of solaris, sun reversed their decision. Jan 29, 2002 solaris 8 on intel, which lovell claims has had more than a million downloads, will still be available for the next two years and then get limited support for five more years. Sparcsolaris is unix on risc, while linux on intel is cisc. Pointers to lots of intelx86 and sparc prepackaged gnu and other opensource software.
In this article, jonathan sinclair shows you how to get ready to install. My desktop covers only half of the computer screen. The hot spare is dele ted only if it is inappropriate for any of the remaining volumes. Just visit the following pages to download support documentation for legacy lsi and other storagerelated products such as megaraid and 3ware raid controllers, hbas, syncro shared storage and sas switch. The cheapest option for obtaining solaris is to download the single cpu version direct from suns web site. Creating a raid volume after installing an operating system sun. Megacli and sas2ircu utility to manage internal raid hba lsiniwot erie doc id 15610. Opensolaris and solaris software packages for intelx86. To download sas2ircu documentation for sparc t41 and t42, and netra sparc t41 and t42 servers from the current lsi web site, use link labeled sparc t3 and t4 series support. Solaris x86 is the version that runs on intelbased pcs and servers.
Another apples to apples question, might be intelsolaris vs. Requirements vary to release, but generally a 80486 processor or better is required with an isa, eisa, or pci bus, 16 mb of memory, and 200500 mb disk. Supported raid controllers this download supports intel raid controllers using sas software stack rms3cc080. It has never been so easy to install, reinstall, or restore a server before. You can download the latest drivers and software on the lsi website at. The following solaris and opensolaris packages have been built by me, in pkgadd format, mainly because they are not available elsewhere in solaris binary form at least for a recent version. Oracle solaris optimized for latest intel xeon processors. Modern pcs use the amd64 architecture, including those with intel branded processors. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Solaris intel platform frequentlyasked questions faq.
The firmware and documentation are the same for both sets of servers. Are the servers in your data center ready for xeon 7500 and xeon 5600. Support documents and downloads use the lookup tool for all drivers, firmware, bios or technical documentation. New sun server brings linux, solaris to intel platform. Which is the latest version of oracle on solaris for intel. Is solaris on intel really slowarisslower than other intel based operating systems.
New packaging system called image packaging system ips. Also you can download from sun netbeans and sunstudio. Apparently sun ships a package sunwdmfe on recent solaris 8 updates. Sas3 integrated raid configuration utility sas3ircu. There is solaris companion dvd, it has some dev tools, like compilers gcc for example. David stewart, engineering manager with intel open source technology center provides an introduction to why intel is excited about working on. Thanks to everyone who electronically signed the open letter to sun at.
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