For information about the features introduced in all versions of the Oracle VM Server for SPARC (Logical Domains) software, see What's New in Oracle VM Server for SPARC Software (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/documentation/sparc-whatsnew-330281.html).
The major changes for the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 software are as follows. Note that each feature is available on all supported platforms unless otherwise stated. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported Platforms in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Installation Guide.
Improve Oracle VM Server for SPARC logging and add command logging. See Logging Oracle VM Server for SPARC Events in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Add ldm start-domain -f option to start an I/O domain if the root domains are unavailable. See Starting a Domain in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Specify an amount of time to wait for domains to stop after you issue an ldm stop-domain command. See Stopping a Domain in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Add features to the XML and XMPP interfaces to match the CLI. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Developer’s Guide.
Show blacklisted and evacuation-pending core and memory resources. See Using FMA to Blacklist or Unconfigure Faulty Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Add ADI support across live migration. See Migration Restrictions for Silicon Secured Memory Servers in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Enable domain migration when SR-IOV or PCIe cards are present. See Migrating a Domain That Has an SR-IOV Ethernet Virtual Function Assigned in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Increase the success rate of domain migrations between machines whose memory layouts were previously incompatible. See Migration Requirements for Memory in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Ensure that migrated domains do not reappear after an SP reset. See Saving Post-Migration SP Configurations Automatically in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Support native CPU-family migration. See Domain Migration Requirements for CPUs in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Standardize the memory allocation size.
Support the migration of named resources. See Migrating a Domain That Uses Named Resources in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Support SCSI devices that have no LUN0. See Simulating a LUN0 in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Support the virtual switch relay. See Using a Virtual Switch Relay in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Better handle MAC address collisions. See Detecting MAC Address Collisions in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Support for updating alternate MAC addresses dynamically. See Dynamically Updating Alternate MAC Addresses in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Add support for up to 999 virtual networks. See Virtual Network Device in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Administration Guide.
Make MIB enhancements. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Management Information Base User’s Guide.
Make XMPP enhancements to the ldm list-io and ldm list-netdev commands. See the ldm(1M) man page.
Update the OVM template utilities to provide automatic disk expansion. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC Template Features in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Developer’s Guide.
Update the OVM template utilities to create an OpenStack image. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC Template Features in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.5 Developer’s Guide.
Add support for cross-CPU live migration on Fujitsu M12 servers. See Fujitsu M12 Server Product Notes.
Add support for setting the maximum page size of a logical domain. See Fujitsu M12 and Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 System Operation and Administration Guide.
This feature is supported only on Fujitsu M12 servers and Fujitsu M10 servers.
Bug fixes.