New Features by Solaris Release

This overview lists all the new features that are described in this chapter. For your reference, this list is sorted by release. Descriptions of these features are provided in the remaining sections of this chapter.

Solaris 9 9/04 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 9/04 release.

• New AMD Opteron Servers and Workstations

• UFS Logging Enabled by Default

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

• Expanded Disk Set Support in the Solaris Volume Manager

• Expanded Printer Support

• Wheel Mouse Support

• Locale Administrator

• New Solaris Unicode Locales

• Changes to makecontext() Function

The description for USB 2.0 Device Features and Compatibility Issues has been revised in the Solaris 9 9/04 release. In addition, see New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 9/04 Release.

Solaris 9 4/04 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 4/04 release.

• Top-Down Volume Creation in Solaris Volume Manager

• Code Conversions for Internationalized Domain Name Support

• Standard Type Services Framework

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 4/04 Release

• Creating RAID-1 Volumes (Mirrors) With Custom JumpStart

• x86: Specifying Boot Properties With add_install_client Command

• Sun Remote Services Net Connect 3.1

The following USB feature descriptions are new or have been revised in the Solaris 9 4/04 release.

• USB 2.0 Device Features and Compatibility Issues

• USB Dual Framework

• USB 2.0 Features

• Solaris Support for USB Devices

• USB Mass Storage Devices

• USB Driver Enhancements

• EHCI and OHCI Drivers

Solaris 9 12/03 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 12/03 release.

• Enhancements to the NFS Client

• Signed Packages and Patches

• NIS-to-LDAP Transition Service

• Common Transliteration-based Input Method for All Indian languages

• SPARC: Locality Groups

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/03 Release

• WAN Boot Installation Method

• Sun Java Enterprise System Joins Solaris

• sadmind Security Level Raised

• Kerberos Enhancements

• Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Key Storage on Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board

• Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon

Sun ONE Application Server Integration has been revised in this release.

Solaris 9 8/03 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 8/03 release.

• Multiterabyte UFS File Systems

• BIND 8.3.3

• Unicode Version 3.2 Support

• Smart Card Interfaces

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 8/03 Release

• Solaris Live Upgrade 2.1

• Custom JumpStart Installation Method Creates New Boot Environment

• TCP Multidata Transmit

• User Selector for Internet Protocol Quality of Service (IPQoS)

• Auditing Enhancements

• GNOME 2.0 Desktop

• Xscreensaver Program

• Ghostscript 7.05

The following features have been revised in the Solaris 9 8/03 release.

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

• Sun ONE Message Queue

Solaris 9 4/03 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 4/03 release.

• Multiterabyte Volume Support With EFI Disk Labels

• Multiterabyte Volume Support in Solaris Volume Manager

• Reconfiguration Coordination Manager Support in Solaris Volume Manager

• Solaris Patch Update Feature

• Additional Keyboard Support

• Wubi Input Method

• Input Method Support for Indic

• Seven Additional Indic Scripts for Support in Unicode Locales

• Stack Check APIs

• Memory Allocation With libumem

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 4/03 Release

• New Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide

• Command-Line Interface Enhancements to the Solaris Product Registry

• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 6to4 Router

• Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Hardware Acceleration

• Netscape 7.0

• X Event Interception Extension (XEvIE)

• FreeType 2.1.x

• New Freeware Packages: libxml2 2.4.16 and libxslt 1.0.19

The following features have been revised in the Solaris 9 4/03 release.

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

• Solaris Flash Archives

• Extended Accounting Subsystem

Solaris 9 12/02 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 12/02 release.

• Combine Data Address and Test Address for Single IP Network Multipathing Group

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

• Enhanced crypt() Function

• New Flags for madvise() Function

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/02 Release

• Solaris Flash Archives

• Support for LDAP Version 2 Profiles

• Sun ONE Application Server Integration

• Sun ONE Message Queue

• Hosting Multiple Web Sites on a Single Solaris Machine

• Enhanced crypt() Function

• Password Management Feature in pam_ldap

• Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Enhancement

• UFS Logging Performance Enhancements

• Xserver Virtual Screen Enhancement

• Xrender Extension

• ANT 1.4.1 Freeware Package

Solaris 9 9/02 Release

The following features are new in the Solaris 9 9/02 release.

• Smartcard Middleware APIs

• NIS+-to-LDAP Transition Documentation

• New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 9/02 Release

• Packet Tunneling Over IPv6

• IP Quality of Service

• Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2)

• Extended Accounting Subsystem

• SPARC: Memory Placement Optimization (MPO)

• SPARC: Dynamic Intimate Shared Memory (DISM) Large-Page Support