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Oracle Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Overview of Oracle Solaris System Tuning
What's New in Oracle Solaris System Tuning?
Tuning an Oracle Solaris System
Tuning Format of Tunable Parameters Descriptions
Tuning the Oracle Solaris Kernel
Example--Setting a Parameter in /etc/system
Special Oracle Solaris tune and var Structures
Viewing Oracle Solaris System Configuration Information
2. Oracle Solaris Kernel Tunable Parameters
4. Internet Protocol Suite Tunable Parameters
5. Network Cache and Accelerator Tunable Parameters
A. Tunable Parameters Change History
The following table describes the different ways tunable parameters can be applied.
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The /etc/system file provides a static mechanism for adjusting the values of kernel parameters. Values specified in this file are read at boot time and are applied. Any changes that are made to the file are not applied to the operating system until the system is rebooted.
One pass is made to set all the values before the configuration parameters are calculated.
The following /etc/system entry sets the ZFS ARC maximum (zfs_arc_max) to 30 GB.
set zfs:zfs_arc_max = 0x780000000
Make a copy of the /etc/system file before modifying it so that you can easily recover from incorrect value. For example:
# cp /etc/system /etc/system.good
If a value specified in the /etc/system file causes the system to become unbootable, you can recover with the following command:
ok boot -a
This command causes the system to ask for the name of various files used in the boot process. Press the Return key to accept the default values until the name of the /etc/system file is requested. When the Name of system file [/etc/system]: prompt is displayed, type the name of the good /etc/system file or /dev/null:
Name of system file [/etc/system]: /etc/system.good
If /dev/null is specified, this path causes the system to attempt to read from /dev/null for its configuration information. Because this file is empty, the system uses the default values. After the system is booted, the /etc/system file can be corrected.
For more information on system recovery, see Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks.
kmdb is a interactive kernel debugger with the same general syntax as mdb. An advantage of interactive kernel debugger is that you can set breakpoints. When a breakpoint is reached, you can examine data or step through the execution of kernel code.
kmdb can be loaded and unloaded on demand. You do not have to reboot the system to perform interactive kernel debugging, as was the case with kadb.
For more information, see kmdb(1).
The modular debugger, mdb, is unique among Solaris debuggers because it is easily extensible. A programming API is available that allows compilation of modules to perform desired tasks within the context of the debugger.
mdb also includes a number of desirable usability features, including command-line editing, command history, built-in output pager, syntax checking, and command pipelining. mdb is the recommended post-mortem debugger for the kernel.
For more information, see mdb(1).
Display a high-level view of a system's memory usage. For example:
# mdb -k Loading modules: [ unix genunix specfs dtrace mac cpu.generic cpu_ms.AuthenticAMD.15 uppc pcplusmp scsi_vhci zfs mpt sd ip hook neti arp usba sockfs kssl qlc fctl stmf stmf_ sbd md lofs random idm fcp crypto cpc smbsrv nfs fcip sppp ufs logindmux ptm nsmb scu mpt_sas pmcs emlxs ] > ::memstat Page Summary Pages MB %Tot ------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---- Kernel 160876 628 16% ZFS File Data 303401 1185 30% Anon 25335 98 2% Exec and libs 1459 5 0% Page cache 5083 19 1% Free (cachelist) 6616 25 1% Free (freelist) 510870 1995 50% Total 1013640 3959 Physical 1013639 3959 > $q
For more information on using the modular debugger, see the Oracle Solaris Modular Debugger Guide.
When using either kmdb or mdb debugger, the module name prefix is not required. After a module is loaded, its symbols form a common name space with the core kernel symbols and any other previously loaded module symbols.