This section highlights information for existing customers about important new security features in this release.
Deadman Feature – The deadman feature in Solaris is implemented for penetrating system hard hangs. When enabled, this feature checks the deadman timer status every second on each CPU. It does this by firing a level 14 interrupt on the CPU. For more information, see Using the Deadman Feature.
Fibre Channel SR-IOV Devices – A new interface for configuring the attributes of a Fibre Channel SR-IOV virtual function (VF) using the physical function (PF) is available. This section describes the steps required to:
Configure a Fibre Channel Virtual Function
Update a Fibre Channel Virtual Function
Unconfigure a Fibre Channel Virtual Function
Configure Bandwidth on a Fibre Channel Virtual Function
Configure SR-IOV Fibre Channel Devices on SPARC Platforms
Configure SR-IOV Fibre Channel Devices on x86 Platforms
For more information, see Fibre Channel SR-IOV Devices.