Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual
PrefaceSolaris Tunable Parameter Reference Manual
provides reference information about Solaris kernel and network tunable parameters.
This manual does not provide tunable parameter information about the CDE or
Java environments.
It contains information for both SPARC® based and IA based systems.
Note - The Solaris™ operating environment is supported
on two types of hardware, or platforms--SPARC and IA. The Solaris operating
environment supports 64-bit and 32-bit address spaces. The information in
this document pertains to both platforms and address spaces unless specified
in a special chapter, section, note, bullet, figure, table, example, or code
example.
Who Should Use This Book
This book is intended for experienced Solaris system administrators
who might need to change kernel tunable parameters in certain situations.
For guidelines on changing Solaris tunable parameters, refer to Tuning a Solaris System.
How This Book Is Organized
The following table describes the chapters in this book.
Chapter | Description |
|---|
Chapter 1, Overview of Solaris System Tuning | An overview of tuning a Solaris system and a description of the format used
in the book to describe the kernel tunables |
Chapter 2, Solaris Kernel Tunables | A description of Solaris kernel tunables such as kernel memory, the file system,
process size, and paging parameters |
Chapter 3, NFS Tunable Parameters | A description of NFS tunables such as caching
symbolic links, dynamic retransmission, and RPC security parameters |
Chapter 4, TCP/IP Tunable Parameters | A description of TCP/IP tunables such as IP
forwarding, source routing, and buffer sizing parameters |
Chapter 5, Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) Tunable Parameters | A description of tunable parameters for the
Network Cache and Accelerator |
Chapter 6, System Facility Parameters | A description of parameters for changing default
values of certain system facilities by modifying files in the /etc/default directory |
Appendix A, Tunable Parameter Change History | A history of parameters that have changed
or are now obsolete |
Appendix B, Revision History for this Manual | A history of this manual's revisions that
includes the current Solaris release version |
Related Books
The following books provide background material that might be useful
when tuning Solaris systems.
Configuration and Capacity Planning for Solaris
Servers by Brian L. Wong, Sun Microsystems Press, ISBN 0-13-349952-9.
NFS Illustrated by Brent Callaghan,
Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-32570-5.
Resource Management by Richard McDougall,
Adrian Cockcroft, Evert Hoogendoorn, Enrique Vargas, Tom Bialaski, Sun Microsystems
Press, ISBN 0-13-025855-5.
Sun Performance and Tuning: SPARC and Solaris
by Adrian Cockcroft, Sun Microsystems Press/PRT Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-149642-3.
Other Resources for Solaris Tuning Information
This table describes other resources for Solaris tuning information.
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol | Meaning | Example |
|---|
AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output | Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to
list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output | machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value | To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 | Book titles, new words, or terms, or
words to be emphasized. | Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These
are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt
for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell | Prompt |
|---|
| C shell prompt | machine_name% |
| C shell superuser prompt | machine_name# |
| Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | $ |
| Bourne shell and Korn
shell superuser prompt | # |
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