For existing customers, this section highlights the following key changes in this release:
Probe-based failure detection in datalink multipathing (DLMP) aggregation – Detects the loss of connectivity between DLMP aggregated links and configured targets. This type of failure detection addresses the limitations of the link-based failure detection mechanism, which can only detect failures caused by the loss of direct connection between the datalink and the first-hop switch. For more information, see Failure Detection in DLMP Aggregation.
Transmission of the enhanced transmission selection (ETS) recommended values to the peer – ETS feature in data center bridging (DCB) is enhanced to enable the Oracle Solaris host to recommend bandwidth shares to the next hop switch in the DCB network. For more information, see Recommending ETS Configuration to the Peer, Setting the ETS-Related Datalink Properties, and Example 6–8.
Displaying the effective value of the datalink properties – The dladm show-linkprop subcommand is enhanced to display the EFFECTIVE field for some datalink properties. The values for the EFFECTIVE field is determined by the system based on the availability of the resource, capability of the underlying device, or negotiations with the peer. The effective value need not be the same as the configured values. A datalink property can have an effective value, even though the property is not configured with a value. For an example about how to display the EFFECTIVE field, see Displaying Datalink Properties and Example 6–7.
Displaying bridge statistics – The dlstat show-bridge subcommand displays the statistics of the bridges and the statistics of the links connected to each bridge and also shows the nested view of the bridge statistics. For more information, see Displaying Information About Configured Bridges.