The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Technology Preview features are still under development but are made available for testing and evaluation purposes and to give the features wider exposure. These features are not supported under Oracle Linux support subscriptions and are not suitable for production use.
Features that are currently under technology preview when using UEK R4U7 are described in Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel: Release Notes for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 Update 7.
Features that are currently under technology preview when using UEK R2QU5 are described in Oracle Linux Release Notes for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 Quarterly Update 5.
The following technology preview features are currently not supported under Oracle Linux 6 and might not be functionally complete:
Apache IPA identity management modules
Cross Realm Kerberos Trust Functionality (relies on the Samba 4 client library)
DIF/DIX support for SCSI
dm-erais a device mapper target that records when blocks are written to a device and is typically intended for use by backup applicationsfence_ipmilanagent diagnostic pulseFS-Cache
Kerberos v1.10 DIR cache storage type to handle TGTs for multiple KDCs
Kernel Media support
Linux Containers (LXC), except when using UEK R3 or UEK R4
LVM API
Mellanox SR-IOV Support
System Information Gatherer and Reporter (SIGAR)
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
QFQ queuing discipline
System monitoring using SNMP for KVM hosts
trousersandtpm-toolspackages that support Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardwarevCPU hot unplug
FUSE is a supported feature in the UEK R2, UEK R3 and UEK R4 distributions.
LXC is a supported feature in the UEK R3 and UEK R4 distributions.