Features by Software Express Release Date

Many of the features in the Solaris 10 releases are also included in the Software Express program. This section lists all feature titles by original release dates.

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Note –

For a summary of features that were introduced in the Solaris 9, Solaris 8, or Solaris 7 releases, see What's New in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment at http://docs.sun.com. This book covers Solaris 9 features, and Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 features are fully described in the appendix.

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New Features in Solaris 10 1/06 Release

The Solaris 10 1/06 release introduces the following features:

• Upgrade Support Changes for Solaris Releases

• Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0

• x86: GRUB Based Booting

• Upgrading the Solaris OS When Non-Global Zones Are Installed

• Enhancements to Java Desktop System Release 3

• New Command for embedded_su

• SunVTS 6.1

• New nge Driver

• Solaris 10 1/06 Documentation

• Sun Fire Documentation Changes

The following features were introduced in Software Express releases. These features are also included in the Solaris 10 1/06 release.

New Features in Solaris Express 8/05

The Solaris Express 8/05 release introduced the following features:

• Set SMTP to Use Transport Layer Security

• SCSI HBA Driver for LSI MegaRAID 320-2x SCSI RAID Controller

• USB CCID IFD Handler

New Features in Solaris Express 7/05

The Solaris Express 7/05 release introduced the x86: New prtconf Option to Display Product Names feature.

New Features in Solaris Express 6/05

The Solaris Express 6/05 release introduced the following features:

• Source-Filtered Multicasting

• Enhancements for bge and xge Network Interfaces

• Large Pages Enhancement

• Kernel Page Relocation

• Support for SCSI Disks Larger Than 2 Terabytes

• Advanced DDI Interrupts

• X Client Support for XFree86 Extensions

• Support for Virtual USB Keyboard and Mouse Devices

• Memory Placement Optimization Hierarchical Lgroup Support

New Features in Solaris Express 3/05

The Solaris Express 3/05 release introduced the Additional Banner Page Printing Option in Solaris Print Manager feature.

New Features in Solaris Express 2/05

The Solaris Express 2/05 release introduced the following features:

• Metaslot in the Cryptographic Framework

• IKE Enhancements

• Fibre-Channel HBA Port Utility

• Xorg Release 6.8.2

• X Client Support for XFree86 Extensions

• Support for iSCSI Devices

New Features in Solaris 10 3/05 Release

The Solaris 10 3/05 release introduced the following features:

• Signing ELF Objects

• Virtual IP Source Address Selection

• GCC Version 3.4.3

• Solaris 10 Documentation DVD

The Solaris 10 3/05 release included enhancements to the following features:

• Predictive Self-Healing

• Java Desktop System, Release 3

• BIND 9

• New Solaris Unicode Locales

The following features were introduced in the Software Express program. These features were also included in the Solaris 10 3/05 release.

New Features in Solaris Express 11/04 Release

The Solaris Express 11/04 release introduced the following features:

• 64-bit Support on x86 Systems

• Kernel Selection for x86 Systems

• New iconv Code Conversions

• Webmin Tool

• Intelligent Platform Management Interface

• Apache Version 2

The Solaris Express 11/04 release included enhancements to the following features:

• DTrace Dynamic Tracing Facility

• System V IPC and Other Resource Controls

• New or Updated Drivers

New Features in Solaris Express 10/04 Release

The Solaris Express 10/04 release introduced the following features:

• Solaris Service Manager, a new component for Predictive Self-Healing

• Sun Java Web Console

• Multi-Owner Disk Set Support With Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster

• Importing Remotely Replicated Disk Sets With Solaris Volume Manager

• Device ID Changes

• Package and Patch Tool Enhancements

• Enhancements for pbind and psrset Commands

• Java Desktop System, Release 3

• pam_ldap Changes

• Solaris Secure Shell Enhancements

• sshd Daemon and /etc/default/login

• New Password Options for Nonlogin and Locked Accounts

• -setcond Option to auditconfig Command Is Removed

• New or Updated Drivers

• 1394 (FireWire) and Mass-Storage Support on x86 Systems

• Internet Printing Protocol Listener

• Sun Remote Services Net Connect 3.1.1

• Xorg X Server

The Solaris Express 10/04 release included the following updated features:

• Predictive Self-Healing

• System V IPC and Other Resource Controls

New Features in Solaris Express 8/04 Release

The Solaris Express 8/04 release introduced the following features:

• DHCP Event Scripting

• DHCP for Logical Interfaces

• x86: SunVTS 6.0

• Kernel Modular Debugger

• Solaris Process Accounting and Statistics Improvements

• Enhancements to ls Command

• Enhancements to the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5

• OpenSSL and OpenSSL PKCS#11 Engine

• perzone Audit Policy

• Fibre Channel Connectivity for Storage Devices

• Stream Control Transmission Protocol

• Zebra Multiprotocol Routing Suite

• IPsec and NAT Traversal

• Enhancement to the nfsmapid Daemon

• sendmail Version 8.13

• Per-thread Mode Enhancement

• Perl Version 5.8.4

• BIND 9

• Samba Enhancements

• Flex 2.5.4a

• SIP Proxy Server

• libusb 0.1.8

The Solaris Express 8/04 release included revisions to the following features:

• System V IPC and Other Resource Controls

• USB End-User Device Support Enhancements

• NFS Version 4

• Unicode Version 4.0 Support

• Code Conversions for Internationalized Domain Name Support

New Features in Solaris Express 7/04 Release

The Solaris Express 7/04 release introduced the following features:

• New Solaris Project and Resource Management Command Functionality

• New Functions for Converting Strings

• Java Support for pstack Command

• New Solaris Unicode Locales

New Features in Solaris Express 6/04 Release

The Solaris Express 6/04 release introduced the following features:

• Predictive Self-Healing

• New psrinfo Option to Identify Chip Multithreading Features

• Enhancements to pfiles Tool

• Solaris Installation Changes Including Installation Unification

• Changes to PAM for the Solaris 10 OS

• Expanded Printer Support

• Using CacheFS With NFS Version 4

• New Mechanisms for the Solaris Cryptographic Framework

• Retail and Nonretail Options for Providers in Solaris Cryptographic Framework

Also in the Solaris Express 6/04 release, important revisions were made to the following:

• Kerberos Enhancements

• Sun Java System Message Queue

• Sun Java System Application Server

New Features in Solaris Express 5/04 Release

The Solaris Express 5/04 release introduced the following features:

• Common Solaris Target Disk Driver

• Enhancement for vacation Utility

• USB End-User Device Support Enhancements

Also in the Solaris Express 5/04 release, revisions were made to the following:

• DTrace Dynamic Tracing Facility

• Kerberos Enhancements

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

New Features in Solaris Express 4/04 Release

The Solaris Express 4/04 release introduced the following features:

• Mozilla 1.7

• TCP Wrappers for rpcbind

• CPU Performance Counters

• Wheel Mouse Support

• MILTER, sendmail's New Mail Filter API

• UFS Logging Enabled by Default

New Features in Solaris Express 3/04 Release

The Solaris Express 3/04 release introduced the following features:

• Custom JumpStart Installation Package and Patch Enhancements

• Layered Driver Interfaces

• Changes to makecontext() Function

• Samba Enhancements

• Documentation Changes

In addition, enhancements in this release were made to System V IPC and Other Resource Controls.

New Features in Solaris Express 2/04 Release

The Solaris Express 2/04 release introduced the following features:

• Solaris IP Filter

• Solaris Zones Software Partitioning Technology

• zonename Audit Token and Audit Policy Option

• Single UNIX Specification, Version 3

New Features in Solaris Express 1/04 Release

The Solaris Express 1/04 release introduced the following features:

• Expanded Disk Set Support in the Solaris Volume Manager

• Dynamic Resource Pools

• User Commands for Solaris Cryptographic Framework

• IKE Configuration Parameters

• IPv6 Advanced Sockets API

• Contents of /usr/lib/mail Have Moved to /etc/mail/cf

The following features were enhanced in the Solaris Express 1/04 release:

• Core File Content Enhancements

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

New Features in Solaris Express 12/03 Release

The Solaris Express 12/03 release introduced the following features:

• Core File Content Enhancements

• System Management Agent

• LDAP Command Changes

• x86: Specifying Boot Properties With add_install_client Command

• Configuring Multiple Network Interfaces During Installation

• Audit Time Now Reported in ISO 8601 Format

• Simple Authentication and Security Layer for Developers

• Event Ports

New Features in Solaris Express 11/03 Release

The Solaris Express 11/03 release introduced the following features:

• DTrace Dynamic Tracing Facility

• Basic Audit and Reporting Tool

• Added IPv6 Functionality During Solaris Installation

• IPv6 Temporary Addresses

• Locale Administrator

New Features in Solaris Express 10/03 Release

The Solaris Express 10/03 release introduced the following features:

• New Architecture for Network Stacks

• Atomic Operations

• Code Conversions for Internationalized Domain Name Support

New Features in Solaris Express 9/03 Release

The Solaris Express 9/03 release introduced the following features:

• Top-Down Volume Creation in Solaris Volume Manager

• Replacement of Solaris Installation Command-Line Interface

• IPsec and the Solaris Cryptographic Framework

• Solaris Support for USB Devices

• EHCI and OHCI Drivers

• sendmail Version 8.12 Uses TCP Wrappers

• routeadm Command

• Standard Type Services Framework

• Auto Encoding Finder

Feature descriptions that were revised in the Solaris Express 9/03 release include the following:

• USB 2.0 Features

• USB 2.0 Devices

• USB Mass Storage Devices

• USB Driver Enhancements

• Sun Java System Application Server

• Solaris WBEM File Changes

New Features in Software Express Pilot Program

All features that are described in this book and are not listed in the preceding sections were introduced as part of the Software Express pilot program. This features are included in the Solaris 10 3/05 release.