Russeli, Yes, the 5440 uses the same network architecture. However, the implementation is limited the embedded NIU at this time for a variety of reasons.
Michael On Dec 24, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Russell Crook - Computer Systems - System Engineer <Russell.Crook at Sun.COM> wrote: > On 24/12/08 01:22 PM, Michael Speer wrote: >> >> Alex, >> >> Is the 5440 a maramba system? If so, it is not hybrid I/O capable. >> 5120's and 5220's are. >> >> Michael >> > (just curious) > Why is that? Isn't the onboard (yes, not onchip) 10Gbit the same > architecture? > > Russell > > >> On Dec 24, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Alexandre Chartre <Alexandre.Chartre at Sun.COM >> > wrote: >> >> >>> Yes, have a look here for some additional details: >>> >>> http://blogs.sun.com/achartre/ >>> >>> >>> alex. >>> >>> >>> John Falkenthal wrote: >>> >>>> Here's an updated list of 1.1 content. I know Alex, Octave, Eric >>>> and a >>>> few others will be posting blog entries with more interesting >>>> details on >>>> some of the major features... >>>> >>>> Major Features Introduced in LDoms 1.1 >>>> >>>> * Warm and Cold Migration >>>> * Network NIU Hybrid IO >>>> * VLAN Support for Virtual Network Interface and Virtual Switch >>>> * Public XML Interface and XMPP Connection with the Domain >>>> Manager >>>> * Virtual IO DR >>>> * Virtual Disk Multipathing and Failover >>>> * Virtual Switch Support for Link Aggregated Interface >>>> * iostat(1M) Support in Guest Domains >>>> >>>> Other Improvements Include: >>>> >>>> * Improved Interrupt Distribution (CR 6671853 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6671853>) >>>> * Performance improvements for virtual IO (Several CR's: 6689871 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6689871>, >>>> 6640564 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6640564>) >>>> * Solaris Installation to Single Slice Disk (CR 6685162 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6685162>) >>>> * Numerous Improvements and Extension to our Domain Services >>>> Infrastructure (CR 6560890 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6560890>) >>>> * Improved Console Behavior when not using Virtual Console (CR >>>> 6581309 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do? >>>> bug_id=6581309>) >>>> * VDisk EFI Label Support for Disk Image (CR 6558966 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6558966>) >>>> * VDisk Support for Disk Managed by Multi-pathing Software >>>> (Veritas >>>> DMP, EMC Powerpath) (CR 6694540 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6694540>, >>>> 6637560 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6637560>) >>>> * ldm list -l now displays MAC assigned to guest (CR 6586046 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6586046>) >>>> * Improved Error Messages (CR's 6741733 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6741733>, >>>> 6590124 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6590124>, >>>> 6715063 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6715063>) >>>> * ldm list -o provides fine-grained control of configuration >>>> display >>>> options (CR 6562222 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6562222>) >>>> * More accurate utilization percentage reporting (CR's 6637955 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6637955>, >>>> 6709020 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6709020>) >>>> * Can now explicitly set a domain's hostid (CR 6670605 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6670605>) >>>> * Improved persistence of VIO service and VDS volume names (CR's >>>> 6729544 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do? >>>> bug_id=6729544>, >>>> 6771264 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do? >>>> bug_id=6771264>) >>>> * More predictable behavior when deciding which cpus to DR out >>>> of a >>>> domain (CR 6567372 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6567372>) >>>> * More accurate annotations in ldm ls-spconfig output (CR >>>> 6744046 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6744046>) >>>> * Better support for large, fragmented memory configs for a >>>> domain >>>> (CR 6749507 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6749507 >>>> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>> * Supports setting persistent WANboot keys from OBP (CR 6510365 >>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6510365>) >>>> * Lots of Bug Fixes (over 100) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> --- >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ldoms-discuss mailing list >> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > ldoms-discuss mailing list > ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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