Patching considerations for BareMetal for Oracle

In this article, we'll look at important operating system (OS)/kernel patching considerations for BareMetal Infrastructure for Oracle.

For proper network performance and system stability, install the OS-specific version of eNIC and fNIC drivers. See the following compatibility table.

Servers are delivered to customers with compatible versions. However, during OS/kernel patching, drivers can be rolled back to the default driver versions. So be sure to confirm that the correct driver version is running after OS/kernel patching.

OS Vendor OS Package Version Firmware Version eNIC Driver fNIC Driver
Red Hat RHEL 7.6 3.2.3i 2.3.0.53 1.6.0.34
Red Hat RHEL 7.6 4.1.1b 2.3.0.53 1.6.0.34
Red Hat RHEL 7.6 4.1.1b 4.0.0.8 2.0.0.60

Next steps

Learn about the Ethernet configuration of BareMetal for Oracle.