1. What's New in the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Release
Oracle Solaris Auto Registration
SPARC: Support for ITU Construction Tools on SPARC Platforms
Oracle Solaris Upgrade Enhancement for Oracle Solaris Zone- Cluster Nodes
Virtualization Enhancements for Oracle Solaris Zones
Migrating a Physical Oracle Solaris 10 System Into a Zone
Updating Packages by Using the New zoneadm attach -U Option
Virtualization Enhancements for Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Memory Dynamic Reconfiguration Capability
Virtual Disk Multipathing Enhancements
Virtual Domain Information Command and API
System Administration Enhancements
Oracle Solaris ZFS Features and Enhancements
x86: Support for the IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS MSR
Support for Multiple Disk Sector Size
Sparse File Support in the cpio Command
x86: 64-Bit libc String Functions Improvements With SSE
Automated Rebuilding of sendmail Configuration Files
Automatic Boot Archive Recovery
x86: Intel AES-NI Optimization
New Oracle Solaris Unicode Locales
Device Management Enhancements
x86: HP Smart Array HBA Driver
x86: Support for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver
x86: New SATA HBA Driver, bcm_sata, for Broadcom HT1000 SATA Controllers
BIND 9.6.1 for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS
Open Fabrics User Verbs Primary Kernel Components
InfiniBand Infrastructure Enhancements
Support for the setxkbmap Command
ixgbe Driver to Integrate Intel Shared Code Version 3.1.9
Broadcom Support to bge Networking Driver
x86: Fully Buffered DIMM Idle Power Enhancement
Fault Management Architecture Enhancements
FMA Support for AMD's Istanbul Based Systems
Oracle Solaris FMA Enhancement
Sun Validation Test Suite 7.0ps9
Enhancements to the mdb Command to Improve the Debugging Capability of kmem and libumem
The following driver enhancements have been added to the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 release.
This project integrates HP's x64 Smart Array RAID Controller HBA driver, cpqary3, into the Oracle Solaris OS. With this driver, you can install the Oracle Solaris OS on systems that are connected to HP Smart Array HBA controllers.
For more information about this driver, see http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html.
bnxe is a GLDv3 based driver for Broadcom NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers. This driver supports Broadcom BCM57710/57711/57711E devices on x86 based systems.
For more information, see System Administration Guide: Network Services.
bcm_sata is a new SATA HBA driver for Broadcom HT1000 SATA controllers. This driver provides basic functionality and hot–pluggable capabilities for the following devices:
SATA disks
SATA ATAPI devices such as CDs and DVDs
Removable device called RD1000 from DELL
SATA controllers and devices connected to this driver on systems equipped with Broadcom HT1000 chipset will be able to work in QDMA mode instead of the traditional PATA mode. This capability results in improved performance in data access to the connected devices.
The SATA/AHCI port multiplier has been enhanced to support new devices including the SATA Port Multiplier and SATA-to-CF adapter. This driver now also supports AMD SB700/750 chipsets and nVidia nForce 780a chipsets.
For more information, see the ahci(7D) man page.
This feature provides 10G QSFP support for the nxge driver using Netlogic PHY on RF platforms, T3–2 and T3–4. With QSFP, you can get 40G from 4 10G NIU ports, using just one QSFP connector and cable, instead of 4 10G SFP+/XFP connectors and cables.