Minimum Solaris version for Oracle VM for SPARC 3.1 on SPARC T5

Asset ID:	1-72-1594669.1
Update Date:	2017-10-05
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Solution 1594669.1 : Minimum Solaris version for Oracle VM for SPARC 3.1 on SPARC T5

Applies to:

SPARC T5-2 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
SPARC T5-1B - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Netra SPARC T5-1B Server Module - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
SPARC T5-8 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
SPARC T5-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Minimum Solaris versions required for SPARC T5 guest domains w/Oracle VM 3.1

Cause

Oracle Solaris 10 OS

• For the control domain, guest domains, or for non-virtualized configurations:
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 plus patches and the SUNWldm package

• For guest domains only:
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS or Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS, plus Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Bundle and patches

Solution

As a minimum the SPARC T5-2 guest domain should be installed with any of the following;

Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Mandatory Patches

This version of the OS is supported only in guest domains.

Installation Order OS or Patch

Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 OS
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Bundle
All of the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 mandatory patches.

Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Mandatory Patches

This version of the OS is supported only in guest domains.

Installation Order OS or Patch

Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 OS
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Bundle
All of the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 mandatory patches.

Patch ID 16501861 Patch Solaris 10 1/13 SPARC Bundle: Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 (Update 11) Patch Bundle for SPARC systems

The recommendation is to install a minimum of Solaris 10 1/13 or Solaris 11.1.10.5.1

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