The xfsprogs package is updated to version 6.4.0.

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) TP 8006, which is an in-band authentication for NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), is now fully available on RHCK. The feature provides DH-HMAC-CHAP in-band authentication protocol for NVMe-oF. See the dhchap-secret and dhchap-ctrl-secret options in the nvme-connect(1) manual page for more information.

In-Band Authentication has been fully available on UEK since UEK R7U2.

tmpfs can now use file system quotas to limit space or memory usage on a mounted tmpfs file system to help prevent users from using up all available space or memory on a system by writing to a shared file system. This feature is only available in RHCK.

The Samba packages are updated to version 4.20.2.

Note that the server message block version 1 (SMB1) protocol is deprecated and might be removed in a future release.

See https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.20.0.html for more information.

Using the nvme-cli utility, you can discover and connect to NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) enabled host bus adapters (HBAs). For more information about this feature, see Oracle Linux 9: Managing Storage Devices. For more information about compatible HBA devices, see https://linux.oracle.com/Component_Compatibility_Guide.pdf.

When you install Oracle Linux installation, you can now select NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) devices under the NVMe Fabrics Devices section while adding disks in the Installation Destination window. For more information about compatible HBA devices, see https://linux.oracle.com/Component_Compatibility_Guide.pdf.

You can now boot NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) on NVMe/FC host bus adapters that support NVMe/FC boot capability. For more information about enabling NVMe/FC boot capability, see the NVMe-FC host bus adapter (HBA) manufacturer documentation. For more information about compatible HBA devices, see https://linux.oracle.com/Component_Compatibility_Guide.pdf.