Hi, i have installed a sun qfe card on my sun ultra 5 running solaris 10. In oracle solaris 10, you use the ndd command to customize network parameters tunables and some driverspecific properties. Once thd new ndd settings are done in global zone, does local zone pick up the new ndd value right away or. Solaris smf ndd tuning for settings not settable in etcsystem license see license for licensing details requirements. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Quickstart tuning guide for oracle solaris running databases and business intelligence applications with sun storage 7000 unified storage systems. I was wondering if this is the best way to implement these changes. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. Ive disabled ipf, checked the ndd settings match the hme interface. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it.
Auto negotiation of speed and duplex failing on solaris 10. Thanks to william favorite for fixing the script to work with twoletter network interfaces e. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. Although the ndd command is still functional in oracle solaris 11, the dladm command is the preferred command for managing these properties. How would i add a kernel patch to a jumpstart image.
A gigabit capable port on some solaris 10 systems made by broadcom has difficulty negotiating speed and duplex settings with cisco network switches. Quickstart tuning guide for oracle solaris running. Solaris 10 kernel adjust etcsystem parameters below and reboot the system. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. In 2008, his blog pointed out that with solaris 9 and earlier, an rc3 script would be used to specify ndd parameters at boot up. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most. If you dont have a solaris setup to work,just install solaris as guest operating system on vmware workstations and get a hands on experience. On oracle solaris 10, use the ndd command to check your current range for ephemeral. How to check interface duplex and speed using nddkstat on. Examples of ndd setting being necessary include performance tuning, as described in nfs tuning for hpc streaming applications, and installing oracle database 11gr2 on solaris 10 with prerequisites, as show here. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express.
Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. The ultimate solaris networking interview questions the geek diary. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. How to configure tcp keepalive option in solaris the. Note this parameter has been superseded on the solaris 10 operating system by the. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. Nfs specific tcp socket buffer tuning with solaris 10 update. The way to do this is, we reencapsulate the unencapsulated rootmirror disk under svm and mirror it with the original root disk. According to this proposal, the api for setting the congestion control.
This is mostly a repost of laotsaos weblog, with some tweaks and additions. If i use ndd command to change it, it will only last until the next reboot but i need to set it permanently. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. Solaris os specific edupert kb geant federated confluence. For solaris 9 and solaris 10, the default value is 128. Jul 28, 2011 viewing and changing speed and duplex in solaris.
Compared to the ndd command, the ipadm command provides the following advantages provides information about each tcpip property, such as a propertys current and default value, as well as the range of possible values. Comparing the ndd command and nf configuration to the dladm command. With solaris 10, patching the global zone will install the patches on all zones by default, unless the affected package isnt installed on the target zone or you explicitly ask to install the patch on the global zone only g. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. The only tool available to solaris system administrators for tuning kernel parameters is ndd. Dynamic resource pools solaris 10 patching with svm. Using large pages can reduce the cpu overhead of managing a large jvm heap. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support.
Each driver chooses which parameters to make visible using ndd. Since these parameters are usually tightly coupled to the implementation, they are likely to change from release to release. But later, the etcsystem file was modified to make the settings permanent following a reboot. Operating system, required patches and minimum versions. How to troubleshoot solaris 10 smf service management.
For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Operating system configuration settings for oracle 11g and solaris 10 oracles health check utility recommends that you set certain parameters when installing on solaris 10. Depending on version of solaris and the hardware its running on, you will either use ndd utility or use kstat or dladm commands to change speed and duplex. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. Although the ndd command is still functional in oracle solaris 11, the ipadm command is the preferred tool for customizing network parameters. Chapter 26 adding and removing packages and patches on a solaris system with zones installed tasks solaris 10 106. I wrote it to implement all of our recommendations in the article. Jun 23, 2007 the other day i was having problems auto negotiating duplex settings between a remote switch and my workstation. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear. This is changed as of solaris 10 update 10 0811 with these patches. If a single host suddenly develops a problem, the network interface might be the cause. Chapter 26 adding and removing packages and patches on a. Remember that for example, eg driver will let you manipulate settings using dladm in solaris 10, but you will not be able to do so using ndd. These changes are not preserved across reboots, and therefore placing the appropriate command in a startup script such as etcrc2.
How to preserve an ndd1m tcp tuning configuration through a. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. The content is drawn from transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 and other sources in the oracle solaris documentation. Currently, ndd only supports the tcpip kernel drivers. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Edit the following xml file according to your environment and save the file as varsvcmanifest site nddnettune. This example uses the service management facility smf in solaris to create an fmri to preserve nondefault tcp ndd settings through a reboot on solaris 10. However, you will end up with a nonglobal zone, even if your original system only had a single zone and if you use solaris but dont know what. Solaris 10 has a new feature boot m verbose which allows you to customize boot console output. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in.
First of all, use code tags when you post any code or data samples so others can easily read your code. Support for solaris 10 and linux operating systems software applications written to the solaris application binary interface can run on new ultrasparc t1based systems without modification for more information on the sun fire t2000 server, including benchmarks and the swap space, watts and performance metric, see. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities. Hello, we are using sun netra x4200 servers with solaris 5. Now sometimes the ndd command uses a generic device file, e.
This section describes how to modify and display parameter values using the ndd utility before you use the ndd utility to get or set a parameter for a hxge device, you must specify the device instance for the utility use the ifconfig command to identify the instance associated with hxge device. But we are not seeing any hardware related problems or any switch problems. The mac address setting is correct and obp is current. Tuning tcp settings on solaris 10 systems sun java system. Can you suggest how to know the root cause of these alarms. Qfe card on solaris 10 and ultra 5 oracle community. Solaris 10 systems with soft rings enabled may have performance issues. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Jun 07, 2012 it is easy to specify ndd settings from a shell, but they only apply to the running os and dont survive reboots. Ndd use the ndd command to check or set network interface configurables. This entry was posted in oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, oracle solaris 10, patch installation and tagged oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, solaris 10, solaris patch.
The recommended os patchset solaris 10 sparc provides the minimum set of patches needed to address security and sun alert issues, and selected issues identified by oracle proactive services and the oracle technical support center, for the solaris 10 operating system for sparc. Do not use these on a web server or database server. To resolve the situation, the bge interface in question was manually set to 100baset full duplex as follows. Patch by royce williams to only query physical nic interfaces. Booting over the network with a sparc blade server. Description ndd gets and sets selected configuration parameters in some kernel drivers. Hello everyone, i created an ndd tuning script in etcrc3. Image packaging system ips a state of the art, network repositorybased. How to set ndd values at local zone only in solaris 10. Oracle 11g release 2 installation on solaris 10 32bit. I have noticed ndd link failure alarms on one of our servers. Still getting the problem where only one network port works at any one time. Booting over the virtualized m2 nem 10 gigabit ethernet port.
Solaris 10, and solaris 9 with patches, supports tcp multidata transmit mdt. On solaris 10 systems, the simplest way to tune tcp settings is to create a simple smf service as follows. On oracle solaris 10, use the ndd command to check your current range for ephemeral ports. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. The system global tuning affects any application connections in which the application does not specify its own buffer values. One of the first signs of trouble on the network is a loss of communications by one or more hosts. Nfs specific tcp socket buffer tuning with solaris 10. How to specify parameter values using the ndd utility. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris.
How to check the interface speed, duplexautoneg settings and status using ndd and kstat. This chapter documents current package and patch procedures on a system with installed nonglobal zones. For 12c db on solaris 11, the supported version is solaris 11. Svm, solaris troubleshooting,sun cluster,root mirroring,soft partition,dns,nfs,file system issue script to grep tcpipudpicmp settings via ndd monday, august 30, 2010 at 10. Setting udp and tcp kernel parameters manually oracle docs.
Following command was set up in startup script on solaris 8 servers improved network transfers of files from one server to the another doubled transfer speed. In this release, this chapter has been completely revised. To ensure enough tcpip ephemeral ports, use the ndd network device driver utility to check. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Installing oracle 11g r2 rac on solaris 10 february 6, 20 july 11, 2015 farhat zaman rac, solaris host os. Configuration and installation of a solaris 8solaris 9 container. Full duplex settings for network interface my sysad. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris 10 and below the ndd utility is used to change the above parameters. Currently, ndd only supports the drivers that implement the tcpip internet protocol family. You can force the nic into 100mbit fullduplex by disabling autonegotiation and 100mbit halfduplex capability.
While the default settings for tcpip on solaris 10 are appropriate for most situations, some application vendors recommend or require particular tcpip tuning. If a host refuses to come up at all the first time it is added to the network, the problem might lie in one of the configuration files, or in the network interface. Keil, but i have probed perform the command kstat and that dont work, i dont know if that command dont work only in v65x. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Solaris 10 10 08 operating system patch list solaris 10. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. How to specify parameter values using the ndd utility sun. Operating system configuration settings for oracle 11g and. Remove any existing parameter setting for max shared memory. Installing oracle 11g r2 rac on solaris 10 pak dba. Mar 15, 2011 this entry was posted in oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, oracle solaris 10, patch installation and tagged oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, solaris 10, solaris patch installation.
Solaris operating system version 10 811 u10 and later information in this document applies to any platform. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. Solaris 9 ndd set issues hello forum, i have a solaris 9 sun fire v240 server and sun fire v440 recently we made changes and installed a new switch which both of. I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release.
Next one only for solaris 10 0509 update 7 or earlier set ip. When i was trying to install in x86 machine, it was not asking for any network settings which means it couldnt find nic. Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. Solaris filesystem configuration ufs, zfs, disk partitioning, raid. The following tables summarize differences between oracle solaris 10 and 11 with emphasis on the benefits of oracle solaris 11. You can also go through the below interface questions on specific category. Here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. Here is a summary of some common parameters and how to set them. Jan 22, 2017 latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. Network troubleshooting tips for the solaris 9 os oracle. Installing and configuring the hxge driver on a solaris sparc or x86 platform.
Solaris kernel tuning for security broadcom community. The following tuning parameters are specific to the solaris operating system. I first tried to put the tuning parameters in etcsystem, but it does not seem to take. Solaris networking interview questions adding static routes, adding default routes, ipmp. I cant ping or ping from the qfe interfaces, the onboard hme is fine. Oracle does provide a procedure called transitioning an oracle solaris 10 instance to an oracle solaris 11 system, enabling you to port your solaris 10 global or nonglobal zone to solaris 11.