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Oracle Linux 7 Update 2 includes the following kernels:
kernel-3.10.0-327.el7
Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK).
kernel-uek-3.8.13-98.6.1.el7uek
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 (UEK R3), which is the default kernel.
The following features are still under development, but are made available for testing and evaluation purposes with UEK R3:
* DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device)
* Transcendent memory
* Ceph
* Deo Network Bound Disk Encryption
* SCAP Workbench and the OSCAP Anaconda add-on
* UEFI Secure Boot
For the RHCK, the following features are currently under technology preview:
* Active Directory and LDAP sudo providers.
* Block and object storage layouts for parallel NFS (pNFS).
* Block device caching by LVM, which allows small, fast devices to act as caches for large, slow devices.
* btrfs file system. Oracle supports btrfs with UEK R3.
* Crash kernel can be configured to boot with more than a single CPU.
* DIF/DIX for data integrity checking on SCSI devices other than certain, specified native HBA and storage hardware. Oracle supports DIF/DIX with UEK R3.
* LSI Syncro CS feature in the megaraid_sas driver to support High-Availability Direct-Attached storage (HA-DAS) adapters.
* LVM API.
* More than 32 PCI slots can be configured with PCI Bridge in QEMU.
* OpenLMI Software Provider.
* PCI Express Bus, AHCI Bus, and USB 3.0 host adapter emulation are provided for KVM guests.
* Single-Root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) in the qlcnic driver.
* Storage array management, which includes a command-line interface and the libStorageMgmt API.
* The dm-era device-mapper target records changes made to blocks over a specified time period.
* Trusted Network Connect.
* virtio-blk-data-plane in Quick EMUlator (QEMU) improves block I/O performance
For more information, please refer to the online release notes available at:
<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E60259/html/index.html">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E67200/html/index.html</a>
Software Accessibility
All packages are available on the <a href="http://linux.oracle.com">Unbreakable Linux Network</a> .
Installable binary and source ISO images will available on <a href="http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux">Oracle Software Delivery Cloud</a> shortly.
If ISO images are needed before they are available on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.
Thank You
Sincerely.
The Oracle Linux Team
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