Date: 26-Nov-2009   URL: www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/tnb/t2.jsp

CoolThreads - CMT Tuning and Resources

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The following resources take you through each stage of the implementation cycle, from profiling your application, to tuning and downloading optimized open source software, through to self help or assisted support.

Follow the steps outlined below to get up and running with your UltraSPARC T2 / T2 Plus-based server, and experience the benefits of dramatically higher levels of throughput with significant reductions in data center power and space.

UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Server Resources

Implementation Cycle

Step 1, Application Profiling  Step 2, Getting Started

Please review the "Getting Started Guide" for your server:

  Automatic Tuning

 Manual Tuning Option
  • Recommended /etc/system parameters Where instructed, cut the following parameters and paste them into /etc/system file:
    set ip:ip_soft_rings_cnt=16
  • If using nxge driver with the Sun Multi-Treaded 10Gigabit Ethernet PCI-E card, add the following:
    set ddi_msix_alloc_limit=8
  Step 3, Application Tuning Step 4, Further Resources
 
 
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