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8.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements of Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones


8.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements of Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones
The following shows the XCP and Oracle Solaris versions and the SRU essential for executing Oracle Solaris kernel zones.
- SPARC M12 XCP 3021 or later, Oracle Solaris 11.2 SRU11.2.4.6.0 or later

- SPARC M10 XCP 2230 or later, Oracle Solaris 11.2 SRU11.2.4.6.0 or later


The following shows the XCP and Oracle Solaris versions and the SRU essential for performing a warm/live migration of an Oracle Solaris kernel zone.
- SPARC M12 XCP 3021 or later, Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later

- SPARC M10 XCP 2280 or later, Oracle Solaris 11.3 or later


Oracle Solaris kernel zone can run on a logical domain. However, there is a limit for the number of Oracle Solaris kernel zones that can run on one logical domain at the same time. The limit is 512 for SPARC M12 systems and 256 for SPARC M10 systems.