How are operating system updates distributed in the Oracle Solaris 11 environment? 

Updates are only available to customers with an active support contract. The updates are distributed through the My Oracle Support web portal and installed in a central location. All software packages are then updated manually from the command line using the smpatch command. 

Patches are download from http: //support.oracle.com either automatically or manually. All software packages are then updated manually from the command line using the smpatch or patchadd commands. 

Software updates are published as packages to a repository. All software packages are then updated manually from the command line using the pkg command. 

Software updates, published as packages to an OS image. All software packages are then updated manually from the command line using the pkg command.