Chapter 8. Dynamic System Domains and Dynamic Reconfiguration
In the Resource Management framework, the Sun Enterprise 10000 (Starfire) Server's Dynamic System Domains (DSDs) provide the unique capability of dynamically relocating CPU, memory, and I/O resources within the same machine to accomplish expected service levels. DSDs provide a coarse-grained management of resources since the technology is restricted to relocating system boards with all of the allocated components (all or nothing CPU, memory and I/O resources hosted by a system board).
DSDs are logical, hardware-isolated server entities that can add (attach) or remove (detach) hardware resources through the use of Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) software, without incurring any down time ...
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