1.2 Notable New Features

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.

1.2 Notable New Features

1.2.1 Xen Improvements
1.2.2 Notable New Features Available with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel

This release of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel includes the following new functionality:

The following InfiniBand hardware is supported with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel:
- Mellanox ConnectX-2 InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters
- Sun InfiniBand QDR Host Channel Adapter PCIe #375-3696
InfiniBand support via the rdma package. To start the rdma service, and enable it to load all the required modules automatically when you reboot the system, run the following commands as root:
```
# service rdma start
# chkconfig --level 2345 rdma on
```
To stop or restart the rdma service, use the following commands:
```
# service rdma stop
# service rdma restart
```
To configure which upper-layer modules the rdma service should load, edit /etc/rdma/rdma.conf.
The Linux Containers template script for Oracle Linux (lxc-oracle) supports the creation of containers for Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, Oracle Linux 5, and Oracle Linux 6, downloading and installing the release RPMs from the Oracle Yum Server repository.