FIGURE 4-5Example of XSBs and Solaris Domains on a High-End Server

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The Solaris OS is installed on a per-domain basis. In the configuration shown in FIGURE 4-5, there would be three Solaris images, one for each domain.

In high-end servers, the internal disks are available only for the first (top) I/O device and the third (third from top) I/O device. The second and fourth I/O devices do not have the capability to have internal hard disks. In midrange servers, the internal disk is available only for the first (top) I/O device.

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