Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones Planning Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones Software and Hardware Requirements for Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones Verifying Hardware and Software Support on Kernel Zone Hosts How to Verify That a System Can Support Kernel Zones How to Verify That a System Can Support Kernel Zones Verify that the Oracle Solaris operating system version is at least 11.2. $ uname -a For example, on the system global: global$ uname -a SunOS example-server 5.11 11.4.36.15.0 sun4v sparc sun4v non-virtualized Verify that the kernel zone brand package brand/brand-solaris-kz is installed. $ pkg list brand/brand-solaris-kz This example shows that the kernel zone brand package is installed on the system global. global$ pkg list brand/brand-solaris-kz NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO system/zones/brand/brand-solaris-kz 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.10.1 i-- Verify that the global zone supports kernel zones. $ virtinfo This sample output shows that kernel zones are supported on the system global. global$ virtinfo NAME CLASS logical-domain current logical-domain parent non-global-zone supported kernel-zone supported For further information, see the virtinfo(8) man page.