T5,M4 and Athena support in S10U11

The kernel patch for Solaris 10 update 11 show support for several new platforms: SPARC T5, SPARC M4 and the Fujitsu Athena (SPARC64-X).

7086173 Solaris support for SPARC M4 platforms
7086179 Solaris support for SPARC T5 platforms

7124696 Solaris support for Athena processor

7142242 Solaris support for Fujitsu's SPARC64-X Athena platforms

The Oracle SPARC T5 and M4 processors are unannounced when I write this but the T5 are expected early 2013.

getupdates.oracle.com/readme/147147-26

LDOM 3.0, T5 and M10

The release notes for LDOM 3.0 confirms what we already knew, logical domains will be supported not only on upcoming SPARC T5 systems but also on the new generation for Fujitsu SPARC Server, M10.

"To enable all the OracleVM Server for SPARC 3.0 features, you must run the required 

system firmware versions on the following platforms:

UltraSPARC T2 server Run at least version 7.4.2 of the system firmware.
UltraSPARC T2 Plus server Run at least version 7.4.2 of the system firmware.
SPARC T3 server Run at least version 8.2.1.b of the system firmware.
SPARC T4 server Run at least version 8.2.1.b of the system firmware.
SPARC T5 server Use any installed version of the system firmware.

This firmware is preinstalled on the SPARC T4 and SPARC T5 servers. The required firmware
for Fujitsu M10 systems is preinstalled on your system. For information about the required
Oracle Solaris OS version, see “Required and Recommended Oracle Solaris OS Versions” on
page 12."

The new SPARC M10 systems can now be seen on Fujitsus site (English translation).
From the Register:  Fujitsu launches 'Athena' Sparc64-X servers in Japan

Solaris 10 1/13 released

The last update of Solaris 10 has now been released, update 11. The final name of the release is Solaris 10 1/13 and not 8/12 as plans earlier indicated. This is probably due to the upcoming SPARC T5 systems, to have the releases close in time. Supports the latest and greatest X86 systems, SPARC M-series, SPARC T4/T5 while still working fine on my 15 year old Ultra 2.

• Live Upgrade and Zone Preflight checkers 
• Install and boot from iSCSI 
• pkgdep command
• SSH, SCP, and SFTP Speed Improvements 
• USB 3 Support 
• Support for new hardware
• Enhanced FMA (AMD,Intel)
• Samba 3.6.8 with SMB2 support

Solaris 10 has full support for another five years and extended support until 2021.

Oracle Solaris 10 Downloads
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 What's New