Software Releases

This section describes the various software release components.

Software releases on My Oracle Support are grouped by product family (such as Oracle Server), the product (specific server), and the software release version. A software release contains all the updated software and firmware for your server as a set of downloadable files (patches), including firmware, drivers, tools, or utilities, all tested together to be compatible with your server. Each patch is a zip file that contains a ReadMe document and a set of subdirectories containing firmware or software files.

The set of software releases for your server are described in the following table. You can obtain these software release packages by downloading the files from My Oracle Support.

Package Name	Description	When to Download This Package
X8-8 SW release – Firmware Pack	Contains all system firmware, including Oracle ILOM, BIOS, and option card firmware.	You need the latest firmware.
X8-8 SW release – OS Pack	Includes a package of all tools, drivers, and utilities for a specific OS. An OS Pack is available for each supported operating system version. Software includes Oracle Hardware Management Pack, MegaRAID software, and any other optional software. For the Windows OS, the OS Pack also includes Intel Network Teaming and Install Pack.	You need to update OS-specific tools, drivers, or utilities.
X8-8 SW release – All Packs	Includes the Firmware Pack, all OS Packs, and all documents. This pack does not include Oracle VTS image.	You need to update a combination of system firmware and OS-specific software.
X8-8 SW release – Diagnostics	Includes Oracle VTS diagnostics image.	You need the Oracle VTS diagnostics image.