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CHAPTER
3
About Software
This chapter explains the following software functions.
■ Section 3.1, “Oracle Solaris OS Functions” on page 3-1
■ Section 3.2, “XSCF Firmware Function” on page 3-2
3.1 Oracle Solaris OS Functions
The Oracle Solaris OS has the following features:
■ Reliability that has been built over the years
■ Affinity that fully brings out the hardware performance of the SPARC
architecture.
■ A variety of products from ISVs (application software and middleware)
■ Resource optimization using the partitioning and DR functions
■ Dynamic addition/change of I/O device using PCI hot-plug
■ Resource management with Oracle Solaris zones using Oracle Solaris container
technology
■ Advanced system management in cooperation with XSCF
For details of the Oracle Solaris OS, see the manual on the following URL.
http://docs.sun.com
Irrespective of the capabilities of the software suite, the Oracle Solaris OS has the
following functions for communicating with the SPARC Enterprise server hardware:
■ Domain Management
■ PCI Hot-plug