2318596 - SUM - Deploy Software Components fails due to Unsupported major.minor version

Java system update process in SUM fails in the phase "Deploy Software Components" with the situation below.

The Java instance is down as per the following log info.

DEPLOY-COMPONENTS_XX.LOG
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[Error ]: The following problem has occurred during step execution: com.sap.sdt.jspm.service.JspmServiceException: Could not update components.
Deployment of queue Queue_2XX6.05.11 at 13:10:33 completed with error Could not connect to Deploy Controller. Make sure that AS Java and Deploy Controller service are running.
com.sap.engine.services.dc.api.ConnectionException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DCAPI.1144] Could not establish connection to AS Java on [<host>:5XX04]. Cannot establish connection with any of the available profiles:
 url=<host>:5XX04 protocol=p4 (None); Reason: com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.P4IOException: Cannot open connection to host: XXX.XX.X.XX and port: 5XX04
Check if server is started, access point for the protocol is available, and IP/Host name is accessible on network.. Check if the host and port specified are correct and AS Java is up and running.
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Meanwhile, the Java instance cannot be started. The follow error message is reported.

dev_jstart.new

 *** LOG => Signal 20 SIGCHLD.
 *** LOG => Process snapshot stopped (pid 45049).
 *** LOG => Instance state is "Deploying offline components" (STOPPING @ 0, INACTIVE).
 *** LOG => Run level 1 completed.
 *** LOG => Instance state is "Some processes failed" (STOPPED @ 0, INACTIVE).
 MPI: dynamic quotas disabled.
 MPI init: pipes=4000 buffers=6395 reserved=1918 quota=10%
 *** ERROR => FcaInit: already initialized [fcaxxcomm.c  956]
 *** ERROR => ShmCleanup(62) failed 3 [mpixx.c      4607]
 
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 *** ERROR => Node 'deployment' failed with exit code 2.
 ***
 *** Please see section 'Failures in the 'deploying offline components' phase'
 *** in SAP Note 1316652 for additional information and trouble shooting advice.
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*** LOG => exiting (exitcode 22002, retcode 1).

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