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.
The major changes for the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 software are as follows. Note that each feature is available on all supported platforms except UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 unless otherwise stated. For the list of supported platforms, see Supported Platforms in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Installation Guide .
Provide performance counter access control to get, set, and unset a domain's access rights to three groups of performance counters. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide and the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is not supported on Fujitsu M10 servers.
Provide migration security enhancements. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide , Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Security Guide , and the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Provide live migration performance enhancements, including parallel memory-mapped I/O and optimized firmware copying routines. These enhancements reduce the overall migration time and the time during which the migrated guest domain is suspended. See Chapter 12, Migrating Domains, in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide and Migration Requirements for Memory in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
Some of these performance enhancements require at least the Oracle Solaris 11.2 SRU 8 OS and are not supported on the Oracle Solaris 10 OS.
Update virtual disk management for mpgroups to show and specify the selected path to the virtual disk backend. You can see the path that is currently used and dynamically request a path switch. This feature requires at least the Oracle Solaris 11.2.1.5.0 OS. See Configuring Virtual Disk Multipathing in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide and the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Provide a centralized view of the network devices and network statistics in a physical system or physical domain. Also, provide new link properties for virtual network and switch devices. See Chapter 11, Using Virtual Networks, in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide and the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Provide a large pool of LDC endpoints to assign to domains. See Using Logical Domain Channels in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
Remove virtual CPU cores and virtual memory from a resource group. See Using Resource Groups in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
Provide support for private virtual LANs. See Using Private VLANs in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Provide support to dynamically assign PCIe buses. See Chapter 6, Creating a Root Domain by Assigning PCIe Buses, in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
This feature is supported only on the SPARC M5 and SPARC M6 systems and Fujitsu M10 systems.
Provide support of FIPS 140-2 mode for migration. See FIPS 140-2 Mode for Domain Migration in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Provide support for resilient I/O domains that can continue to run even when their root domains are not available. See I/O Domain Resiliency in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide
Require that each master domain assigned to a slave domain must have the same failure policy. See Configuring Domain Dependencies in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 Administration Guide .
This feature is also supported on the UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus, and SPARC T3 systems.
Bug fixes.