Solaris 10 x86 stable on Intel Xeon Woodcrest CPUs?

We are looking at deploying Solaris 10 x86 for a new mail server project (using ZFS as the FS). In the past, we've purchased mostly Dell PowerEdge servers, and this will be our first foray into Solaris. I'm looking at using a HP Server for this project, and would like to use one of the new models that has the Intel Xeon 51xx "Woodcrest" family of CPUs. I see that there is a kernel patch available that enhances the stability of Solaris under this platform, and wanted to hear experiences from others as to the stability of Solaris 10 x86 with the Woodcrest Xeon's.
TIA.

FYI, I was able to install a copy of Solaris 10 x86 8/07 on my GX150.
I guess there is some changes in the Kernel between releases that have caused the incompatibility.

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MacPro3,1 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 16 GB Reboots not stable.

Hi,
I have tried to search the community but I'm not getting any wiser. It all started when i installed Mavericks on my Mac Pro. Now I formatted the SSD and re-installed Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and it has gotten worse. I don't understand what has happend.
Anyone know what to do?
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Here is a log:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 43 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: DDB1424A-2CB9-4992-BB10-673DBF15410D
Tue Nov 5 07:05:15 2013
Machine-check capabilities 0x0000000000000806:
family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 1547
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5472 @ 3.00GHz
6 error-reporting banks
threshold-based error status present
Processor 0: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000430000800 valid
MCA error code: 0x0800
Model specific error code: 0x3000
Other information: 0x00000004
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf2000010c4300e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0xc430
Other information: 0x00000010
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
Processor 1: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000430000800 valid
MCA error code: 0x0800
Model specific error code: 0x3000
Other information: 0x00000004
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf2000010c0300e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0xc030
Other information: 0x00000010
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
Processor 2: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200000084200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8420
Other information: 0x00000000
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
Processor 3: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200000080200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8020
Other information: 0x00000000
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Error overflow
Processor 4: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200001084200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8420
Other information: 0x00000010
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Processor 5: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200001080200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8020
Other information: 0x00000010
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Processor 6: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000084200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8420
Other information: 0x00000000
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
Processor 7: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
restart IP valid
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000080200e0f valid
MCA error code: 0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x8020
Other information: 0x00000000
Threshold-based status: Undefined
Status bits:
Processor context corrupt
Error enabled
Uncorrected error
panic(cpu 7 caller 0xffffff801aab8389): "Machine Check at 0xffffff7f9c469cf7, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x000000010df85000, CR3: 0x000000001ce29000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff803b3e4000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RSP: 0xffffff81eab3bcc0, RBP: 0xffffff81eab3bcf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000001, RDI: 0xffffff81e12eb148\n" "R8: 0x00000000e0000000, R9: 0x7ffffffffffffffe, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffff80\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0xffffff803b25c640, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000000148\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000046, RIP: 0xffffff7f9c469cf7, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.7.9/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:28 0
Backtrace (CPU 7), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81e1265ec0 : 0xffffff801aa1d5f6
0xffffff81e1265f30 : 0xffffff801aab8389
0xffffff81e12660a0 : 0xffffff801aaced7f
0xffffff81eab3bcf0 : 0xffffff7f9c46312e
0xffffff81eab3bdd0 : 0xffffff7f9c462515
0xffffff81eab3be80 : 0xffffff801aab8bdb
0xffffff81eab3bea0 : 0xffffff801aa2f193
0xffffff81eab3bee0 : 0xffffff801aa2dc51
0xffffff81eab3bf40 : 0xffffff801aa2d9c3
0xffffff81eab3bf80 : 0xffffff801ae45cad
0xffffff81eab3bfb0 : 0xffffff801aab2677
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(196.0)[BBF44990-49F7-3780-AF55-C26 B48EDE4C4]@0xffffff7f9c460000->0xffffff7f9c488fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12A269
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 8D5F8EF3-9D12-384B-8070-EF2A49C45D24
Kernel slide: 0x000000001a800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801aa00000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 222319942260
last loaded kext at 125661328070: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9c768000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 80161770505: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9c689000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.0f2
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000 8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver 1.1.9
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.6
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 34
com.apple.iokit.IOAHC
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB
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Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: OCZ-AGILITY3, 240.06 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-60Z1A0, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD2500JD-41HBC0, 250.06 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0, 320.07 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A, 4.75 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0409 (NEC Corporation), 0x005a, 0xfd400000 / 2
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USB Device: iLok, 0x088e, 0x5036, 0xfd442000 / 7
USB Device: XSKey, 0x086a (Emagic Soft-und Hardware Gmbh), 0x0041, 0xfd443000 / 6
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd441000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, apple_vendor_id, 0x0304, 0xfd441300 / 9
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd441200 / 8
USB Device: ProtectExecuter, 0x0819, 0x0101, 0xfd430000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
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Oracle installation on Windows 64 bit with Intel Xeon

Hi!
we have Windows Enterprise Server SP2 64 bit with Intel Xeon processor and would like to install the SOLMAN with Oracle.
According to the original Oracle-DVD from SAP there are only three possible choise entries:
a) AMD64
b) IA64
c) I386
But I have the feeeling it should be one choice like "x86" is not?
Which one should we apply?
The I386 can be installed indeed, but we are getting the error during the SAPINST-Installation "Oracle software not installed". I thought this entry was only for 32 bit?
The IA63 Bit can not be installed.
Only the AMD64 we could install. But the question is, whether AMD is the same to Intel Xeon?
Thank you very much for any useful help/comments...
regards

> Hi!
>
> we have Windows Enterprise Server SP2 64 bit
> with Intel Xeon processor and would like to
> install the SOLMAN with Oracle.
>
> According to the original Oracle-DVD from SAP there
> are only three possible choise entries:
> a) AMD64
> b) IA64
> c) I386
AMD64 is the correct one.
IA64 is "Intel Itanium-2"
I386 is generic "Intel Pentium (32bit)"
AMD64 is the generic term for processors supporting EM64T (Intel) or AMD Opteron
Markus

Oracle 8.1.5 Client/WLS/Solaris x86

has anyone been able to get Oracle's client 8.1.5 running on Solaris x86 in conjunction with WLS to talk to back-end Oracle? Any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks.

This will not work. We have not built the native libraries to work with
Solaris on Intel..
I suggest trying the platform independent type 4 JDBC driver available for
free from Oracle. It is supported (as is any JDBC driver) with WebLogic
Server. To download it:
Go to http://www.oracle.com and select the "Download" option.
From the resulting page, use the "Select Utility or Driver" dropdown to
select Oracle JDBC drivers
From the resulting page, scroll down a little (since SQLJ stuff appears at
the top).
Or, to go directly there:
http://technet.oracle.com/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/software_index.htm
Thanks,
Michael
Michael Girdley
BEA Systems Inc
"Dean Davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3a267487$[email protected]..
has anyone been able to get Oracle's client 8.1.5 running on Solaris x86in conjunction with WLS to talk to back-end Oracle? Any help would be
greatly appreciated.thanks.

Ere are the specs on the Mac I need more power on. Mac Tower Processor 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Memory 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB Serial Number H00354XF20G Software OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) Harddive 640 GB SATA

ere are the specs on the Mac I need more power on.
Mac Tower
Processor 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
Serial Number H00354XF20G
Software OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
Harddive 640 GB
SATA Disk
(2) Harddrives 1 TB
SATA Disk
RAM 6 slots total -- 6 are filled with 1GB
(3) UAD Quad cards installed
I use this computer stictly for audio recording.
Pro Tools 10.3.7
Interface Apollo 16
Pro Tools is curretnly not compatible with Maverick. Also, I believe that Pro Tools 10 only allows 4GB ram to be utilized (not sure )
I know Pro Tools 11 allows more, but not sure how much more. Also not sure if the upgrade to Pro Tools 11 I will have to purchase all new plug ins or if my existing ones will continue to work in it.
The platform changes from 32 bit to 64 with the upgrade to 11
If it is as simple as adding more ram, what mode-part #l would you recomeend. Can the processor be upgraded also ?
The new tube like Macs are non compatible with UAD Cards. Those cards a must my sessions

You can use Activity Monitor to check if apps run as 32 or 64 bit - simply look at the "Kind" column (you may need to select it under View -> Columns) and see if the app in question is listed as "Intel" i.e. 32 bit or as "Intel (64 bit)".
While in Activity Monitor you can also check if Pro Tools is close to the 3-4 GB limit of a 32 bit app - if you aren't you will probably not benefit from more RAM.
Your MacPro (it appears to be a Early 2009 model) should have come with a small booklet showing how to install RAM and what kind of RAM that you need. Any RAM that fulfills the requirements should work but your safest choice is probably to buy from a retailer/online store that supports Macs as they will usually know what kind of RAM you need for your mac model.
Upgrading the CPUs should be possible, but I haven't seen Apple document how to do this, so you will probably have to google around a bit to find instructions and CPU part numbers.
Your choice of CPUs will also be limited by the motherboard and CPU socket so you may be limited to faster version of your current CPU chip and some slightly newer versions.
Going from your current CPU to the fastest version included in the 2009 MacPros would be going from 2.26 GHz to 2.93 GHz. This would only give a modest 30% speed boost. Using newer and highly clocked CPUs might boost this somewhat more maybe to 50% ?

Core 2 Duo and solaris x86 11/06 works for me

This is FYI, since I seen (and posted) problems, but I haven't seen the solution posted.
I have successfully gotten solaris x86 11/06 to install and run on my core 2 duo machine. I had tried solaris x86 06/06, but I could only run in 32bit mode until patch 118855-19 was installed. It looks like 118855-33 is the baseline for 11/06.
With 06/06 I had to edit the grub command and add " kernel/unix" to the end of the 2nd line. This would force 32 bit mode rather than 64 bit. If I tried 64 bit, it would enter an endless reboot cycle. Once I installed the patch to 118855-19 I could run solaris 10 06/06 in 64 bit mode without issue.
Again, since solaris 10 11/06 is at 118855-33, it runs on my core2 machine straight from the install.
Hope this helps

On a laptop there is little point with running a 64-bit operating system unless it physically has more than 4gb of ram, or if you are processing datasets exceeding 4GB of ram. Unless you're into assembly or use Solaris for some reason to manipulate media, little is to be gained by using 64-bit versions if anything. The increased pointer, integer, and padding causes more memory to use for the same software, most software on 64-bit operating systems runs in 32-bit mode because there is no need to have 16 exabyte memory addressing capability for anything but media encoders, giant databases, or extremely bloated single-threaded software. Sun Java Creator takes a heck of a lot of ram, but even at peak it's still under 4GB. If you move files bigger than 4GB, the ability to memory map all 4096MB might have less overhead on a 64-bit operating system, but generally from an end-user perspective, especially on a fast Intel or Opteron system, you won't notice the difference much. Solaris is bi-arch, a large chunk of Windows Vista and XP x64 is bi-arch, and most of FreeBSD and Linux are bi-arch in 64-bit versions, as I said, no point in making everything 64-bit. 64-bit device drivers is an issue for every OS, you should stick with 32-bit on a laptop, and hold off on desktops unless you need extended assembly registers available only in 64-bit mode.

How to install Oracle 9i (9.2.0.2) in Windows Server 2003 x64 - Intel Xeon

I have tried to install Oracle 9i (9.2.0.2) in Windows Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition with Intel Xeon (EM64T) processors.
When I run setup.exe I get an error: "The image file C:\Documents and settings\administrator.SERVERNAME\my documents\92021 win64_disk1\setup.exe is valid, but is for a machine type other than the current machine".
I have to install Oracle 9i in that server but I can't run the installation. Is there a way to solve this problem, is there a patch that can solve this? Anyone know something about this problem?
Thanks a lot!!!
I'm desperated!!

Hi,
reply to my own question:
In the docs provided with the downloads for Oracle Database Server 9i x64, I found that this version requires either
- Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for 64-Bit Itanium 2 Systems
or
- Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for 64-Bit Itanium 2 Systems
So I guess, the only X64 platform being supported under Windows Server 2003 (both Datacenter / Enterprise Editions) is Itanium CPUs ...
... though this is not (!!!) clearly stated in the download link (other/newer versions are listed more precisely - I guess it's a matter of an old link: no Intel Xeon / AMD Opterons were available (???) when Oracle 9i database server was published).
So I'll give it a try with 10g database server ;-)))
Regards,
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Solaris x86 or Solaris 8

What is the latest version of solaris on intel called? Is it generic
across intel boards? Are there some pitfalls to look out for (i.e.
only runs on 400 MHz or less, only a handfull of graphic cards, etc.)
What is the best C/C++ compiler? Does it support Visual Workshop?
How about Motif? What version? We were using Motif 1.2.4 on X11R5
from ICS, is this OK? Any heads up would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Solaris 8 is currently available at
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/index.html
Not sure what you mean by "generic across intel boards" - it's the
same kernel, but drivers will differ depending on your H/W config -
see the HArdware Compatibility list:
http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/hcl/index.html
There are freeware e.g. GNU compilers - go to sunfreeware.com
For serious commercial development, the Sun Workshop tools are
available - Workshop 5 is shipping now and you can get a WS6 early access at the access1.sun.com website.
CDE seems to have taken over from Motif. For details on X11R6 features etc, follow the first link below:
- www.sun.com/solaris
- www.sun.com/intel (For Solaris on the Intel Platform)
- www.sunfreeware.com (take a look at the "Other Useful Sites")
- www.egroups.com (do a search on Solaris, many questions already answered)
- Newsgroups (alt.solaris.x86, comp.unix.solaris)
- www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=solarisunix;list
- www.SolarisCentral.org
- metalab.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/i86pc/
- http://solarisguide.com
- dan.carlsbad.ca.us/faqs/s86faq.html
- solarisguide.com
- http://fishbutt.fiver.net
- http://www.sunhelp.org/

Solaris x86 with card on-board

Hi all,
I got a problem when installing Solaris9 x86 on ibm NetVista Machine.
I have installed 2 other machines with separated network card sucessfully. I can configure to connecto to my LAN network.
But when install on 2 ibm NetVista machines (which include onboard network card ), It is fail to be configured to connect to the network in both following cases:
Case 1: I choose proper driver as Sun suggest for Intel VE Pro(R) 10/100 : iprb. And the Solaris detect successfully. I checked by "ifconfig -a" and saw the network card active on "iprb0".
Next, I following correct instructions to configure the network card to connect to the LAN. But when i ping IP (9.187.186.18) to other computer in our same subnet LAN,
The system display eg: "No anwer from 9.187.186.18"
I run the "snoop" command to view broadcasr ARP in an other terminal. The snoop terminal displays ARP signal boradcasting from the Solaris. However, it can nerver get ARPs from other computer in LAN.
Case 2: I add 3COM network driver to the solaris ( onboard card is no loger used ). The system can auto-detected this card and i can configure to connect to the network. The problem remain unchange.
Is there any special in IBM Netvista machine need to be configure under Solaris x86 or any particular configuarion for on-board network card. ???
Can any boy help me to solve this problem ??
Best regards,
Thang,
Vietsoftware Developer

However, it can nerver get ARPs from other computer in LAN.Are you perhaps running "snoop" on a box different from the one that you're trying to ping, and are you using
a switched ethernet? In that case it would be OK if you only see the ARP broadcast, because the ping target
box will send the ARP reply directly to the MAC of the requesting station (i.e. there's no ARP broadcast reply),
and an ethernet switch will send the ARP reply directly to the port where the station with the given destination
MAC is connected - no other port should see the reply.
If you're trying to ping 9.187.186.18 from the new Solaris x86 box, try to run snoop on the 9.187.186.18
system. 9.187.186.18 should see the ARP broadcast from the LAN, and the 9.187.186.18 box should list the
ARP response it sends back to the LAN.
Is there any special in IBM Netvista machine need to be configure under Solaris x86 or any particular
configuarion for on-board network card. ???I guess the interrupt handler for the NIC is not working, so the Solaris x86 sees no incomming packets.
See the "troubleshooting" section on the following page:
http://solaris-x86.org/documents/tutorials/rtls.mhtml

Solaris 10 Problem with Intel board network interface

I've just installed Solaris 10 on my Intel board with integrated fast ethernet interface. Installation went smoothly, except for the networking. I've already followed the guide on this link http://solaris-x86.org/documents/tutorials/network.mhtml. The problem is, I couldn't find anything such as /dev/iprb0 under /dev directory (iprb is for Intel Ethernet 100 VE). When checking from interactive boot, I got this line:
pci@0,0/pci8086,244e@1e/pci8086,3052@8 (which is the device for the ethernet on the pci bus)
Since there's no link such as iprb0 under /dev, I checked the /devices/pci@0,0 directory, and found these:
pci8086,244e@1e (directory, and in it, it contains no device file)
pci8086,244e@1e:devctl
My question is, how could I enable the network? Making link under /dev to pci8086,244e@1e:devctl doesn't seem to work. So I guessed there should be device file (ie. pci8086,3052@8) under pci8086,244e@1e directory. But how can I get this device file? Should I do mknod command? But I don't know how to get major and minor number under solaris.
Please help me... I am used to Linux, but Solaris is a totally different animal to me.
Edgar

If you didn't get any messages about iprb iline value being out of range, simply run (as root):
ifconfig iprb0 plumb
Otherwise run the BIOS setup and disable plug & play os. Then run the above command.

Problem Oracle10G Installation in Solaris-x86

Hai,
I am facing problem when installing Oracle10g on solaris machine.
I created user and group for oracle and also changed some kernel properties.after changing all requirements i am trying to run runInstaller...but it gave exception like this ...
Exception:
Starting Oracle Universal Installation...
Checking Installation requirements...
Checking Operating System version :
must be 5.6,5.7,5.8,5.9 Actual 5.10
failed <<<<
exsting oracle universal installer.log for this session can be found at /tmp/orainstaller/datetime....
I am using ---
Oracle version : Oracle Database 10g Release 1(10.1.0.3) for Solaris x86
Solaris Version : Solaris 5.10
can any one help me out from this problem....
Thanks in advance ....
-Lakesh

Oracle 10G release 1 only support up to Solaris 9.
You probably need to install 10G release 2. The second release of major Oracle version is always more stable anyway.
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15697/pre_install.htm#sthref110

Intel Xeon Windows 64 Bit : Which Oracle software Version?

Hi!
we have Windows Enterprise Server SP2 64 bit with Intel Xeon processor and would like to install the SOLMAN with Oracle.
According to the original Oracle-DVD from SAP there are only three possible choise entries:
a) AMD64
b) IA64
c) I386
But I have the feeeling it should be one choice like "x86" is not?
Which one should we apply?
The I386 can be installed indeed, but we are getting the error during the SAPINST-Installation "Oracle software not installed". I thought this entry was only for 32 bit?
The IA63 Bit can not be installed.
Only the AMD64 we could install. But the question is, whether AMD is the same to Intel Xeon?
Thank you very much for any useful help/comments...
regards

Hi,
You have still a "32-bit" platform ONLY.
1. Intel 64 is not AMD64, they are different. AMD64 implementation is only meant for AMD processors although the family is 64T support, full implementation is NOT done.
2. Your assumption of x86 is correct. You MUST go for I386 option ONLY !!!
3. Error of "Oracle software not installed" is different and you should not relate it to hardware. It is only for the environment variables and registry.. This will happen even in normal case..
Once again, you should NOT use AMD64 and IA64.. Try only with I386 option..
BTW, firstly, whats the reason for you to choose a 64-bit o/s that are meant for 64 - bit Itanium systems... CHoose a operating system that fits and will work with SAP optimally!
You should only choose a 32 Bit Enterprise edition of operating system. Windows Server 2003 R2 well works in your case and should be your choice !!
Finally your combination should be -
1. Windows 32 Bit Enterprise Edition R2 ---> O/s
2. i386 DVD -
> SAP/ Oracle DB
Hope this helps, revert for queries
Cheers,
Senthil

Connect to Oracle database from Perl on Solaris x86

Hi,
How can I connect to Oracle database using Perl scripts on Solaris x86. It seems that DBD-Oracle Perl module requires Oracle client installed to work. Is there any Oracle client available for Solaris x86? Any one got a workaround? Thanks.
Angus Lee

Yes, you absolutely must have some portions of the rdbms installed before you can proceed. If your Solaris x86 machine is only a client, then you can get away with installing just ?/rdbms/mesg and ?/rdbms/lib.
I have Oracle 7.3.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, and 8.1.6 for Intel Solaris 2.6. I don't know if they'll run on Solaris 8 or 9 but I'm trying to upgrade at this very moment. As long as you conform to Oracle developer license, then you may download them from my machine.
I believe the reason Oracle dropped their Intel Solaris port is probably because Sun went through a period where they themselves dropped their Intel port. They've picked back up and if enough Oracle on Intel Solaris customers scream, then Oracle might pick it back up again too.
Send me an email if you're interested in the downloads.

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