Supported Oracle Solaris Distributions

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The Oracle Fabric Interconnect supports generally available host software for the following Oracle Solaris distributions on SPARC and x86 platforms:

Oracle Solaris 11.1
Oracle Solaris 11.2
Oracle Solaris 11.3

Note - The host drivers are integrated into the kernel from Oracle Solaris 11.3 onwards.

Note - Oracle Solaris hosts are supported on servers with single-port or dual-port ConnectX-2 QDR HCAs only. The HCAs must be running the supported minimum firmware revision level. For more information, see the release notes that accompany the release.

Be aware that even though i386 typically indicates support for both a 32-bit and 64-bit build, the host drivers are actually built as a 64-bit package. Only 64-bit Oracle Solaris platforms are supported.

These topics provide an overview of the two methods of installation supported by the Oracle Virtual Networking host drivers for Oracle Solaris.

The choice of web or local repository depends on your deployment, department policies, and so on.

Related information

Installing Host Drivers

Web Repository

Web repository is the location where the published driver package is available through a URL that points to a central server that contains a single image of the latest host drivers. With this method, multiple servers can point to the URL of the web repository, and install the host drivers over the network.

Local Repository

Local repository is the location where the published driver package is placed directly on the Oracle Solaris server's boot device. The host drivers are installed locally from the boot device.