Recommended update for release-notes-sles

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2047-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The Release Notes of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 have been updated to document:

  • Updated Btrfs feature table. (bsc#1048014)
  • Establishing an NVMe-over-Fabrics connection. (fate#321536, bsc#1049272)
  • Encryption improvements using hardware optimizations. (fate#321642)
  • Shorter Time to Filter and Save Kdump's /proc/vmcore. (fate#321842)
  • Device Driver ibmvnic. (fate#322021)
  • Ceph client support on z Systems and POWER. (fate#321098, bsc#1048332)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1259=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1259=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1259=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20170719-2.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20170719-2.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (noarch)
    • release-notes-sles-12.3.20170719-2.3.1

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