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 3.4 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 3.4 Installation Guide.
Added support for the SPARC S7 series servers. See Supported Platforms in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Installation Guide.
Enhanced the virtual SCSI HBA feature to enable I/O multipathing in the service domain. See Chapter 12, Using Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Administration Guide.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers. However, these older servers do not support booting from a virtual SCSI HBA.
Added MIB support for the virtual SCSI HBA-related ldm list commands. See Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Management Information Base User’s Guide.
Enabled a trusted host to create virtual devices such as VLANs and VNICs by permitting guest-specified MAC addresses and VLAN IDs. See Using Trusted Virtual Networks in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Administration Guide.
Extended the verified boot feature to include guest domains. This feature enables you to validate the signatures of SPARC boot blocks and Oracle Solaris kernel modules. See Using Verified Boot in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Administration Guide.
Changed the default inter-vnet-link property value to auto. The default behavior ensures that inter-vnet LDC channels are enabled unless more than eight virtual networks are associated with a single virtual switch. This property enforces the switching off of inter-vnet-links if the number exceeds the configured value, which is eight by default. See Inter-Vnet LDC Channels in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.4 Administration Guide and the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Enhanced property modification methods for the ldm add-vnet, ldm set-vnet, ldm add-vsw, and set-vsw commands. See the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Expanded the number of LDC channels to 4096 on several platforms.
Added support for the dynamic modification of device-specific properties on InfiniBand SR-IOV devices. Use the ldm set-io property=value InfiniBand-VF-or-PF command.
Changed the default linkprop property value to phys-state. See the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Enhanced the ldm list-bindings command to show details about virtual network and virtual switch devices. See the ldm(1M) man page.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Enhanced the Oracle VM Server for SPARC template utilities and add the ovmtadm command. See the ovmtadm(1M) man page.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Restricted the XML interface to only support at least version 1.2 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Support for deprecated protocols such as SSLv3, TLSv1.0, and TLSv1.1 has ended.
This feature is also available on UltraSPARC T2, UltraSPARC T2 Plus and SPARC T3 servers.
Added support for physical partition dynamic reconfiguration policy options for Fujitsu M10 servers. See Fujitsu M10/SPARC M10 Systems System Operation and Administration Guide.
This feature is supported only on Fujitsu M10 servers.
Bug fixes.