Starfire DR Architecture

The DR framework was merged in Solaris 7 to provide some module commonality between the Starfire and the Sun Enterprise 3000-6500 platforms. FIGURE 8-7 shows all software modules involved in the Solaris 7 Starfire DR for both the SSP and DSD sides.

Figure 8-7. Solaris 7 5/99 Starfire DR Software Architecture

On the Starfire platform, all DR operations are initiated by the SSP, and only one outstanding operation is allowed at a time. Both the SSP and the DSD manage their own states to synchronize and guarantee the integrity of the DR operations.

The hostview(1M) and dr(1M) applications on the SSP provide user interfaces ...

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