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The latest version of Logical Domains (LDoms) software has been released.

LDoms 1.2 adds the following new features:

• Support for CPU power management
• Support for jumbo frames
• Restriction of delayed reconfiguration operations to the control domain
• Support for configuring domain dependencies
• Support for autorecovery of configurations
• Support for physical-to-virtual migration tool
• Support for configuration assistant tools

The LDoms 1.2 download page is here. Need help getting LDoms set up? Download the Beginner's Guide to LDoms.

LDoms 1.2 requires running Solaris 10 05/09 or OpenSolaris 2009.06 as the control domain and is supported on the following systems:

• Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Servers
• Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers
• Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers
• Sun Blade T6300, T6320 and T6340 Server Modules
• Netra CP3060 and CP3260 Blades
• Netra T2000,T5220 and T5440 Servers
• Sun Fire or SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 Servers

The latest System Firmware for these systems is also recommended. You can pick up the latest versions of the System Firmware from the BigAdmin Firmware Download and Release History page. System Firmware 6.7.4 for UltraSPARC T1 systems and 7.2.2 for UltraSPARC T2 and UltraSPARC T2 Plus systems are the latest versions available for the above systems.