This section lists features that are no longer supported in the Solaris software.
SunSM Install Check is a legacy application that is no longer supported. For custom and comprehensive patch or risk analysis, see the variety of service offerings at http://www.sun.com/service/consulting/index.jsp.
Starting with the Solaris Express 9/06 release, the JNITM Fiber Channel Adapter (JFCA) driver is no longer supported.
For more information, see the following:
http://sundoc.central.sun.com/SunWINPublicView.jsp?token=444304
http://sundoc.central.sun.com/SunWINPublicView.jsp?token=449152
Starting with the Solaris Express 7/06 release, the following Sun JavaTM Desktop System (Java DS) features are no longer supported:
GNOME viewer for PDF and PostScriptTM files
GNOME Project Planner
Java DS Image Organizer
Java DS Disk Analyzer
Java DS Dictionary
Java DS Text Editor
Java DS Diagram Editor
Sun Java Calendar Preview
The GNOME viewer for PDF and PostScript files has been replaced by the Evince viewer for PDF and PostScript files.
Starting with the Solaris Express 5/06 release, the following Desktop Management Interface (DMI) commands, libraries, and package are no longer supported:
dmiget
dmi_cmd
dmispd
snmpXdmid
libdmi
libdmici
libdmimi
SUNWsadmi
You can find this functionality in one of the following alternative facilities in the Solaris OS:
Web-based Enterprise Management
Common Information Model/Object Model (CIMOM)
The following drivers will no longer be supported by the Solaris Express 4/06 release:
SUNWrtvc: Device driver for the SunVideoTM real-time video capture and compression card
SUNWdial: Streams module for the Dials and Buttons devices
SUNWdialh Header files for the Dials and Buttons devices
Starting in the Solaris Express 2/06 release, the following devices are no longer supported:
IBM PC ServeRAID SCSI
IBM ServeRAID II Ultra SCSI
IBM ServeRAID-3 Ultra2 SCSI
In addition, device drivers written for these controllers are no longer supported.
Starting in the Solaris Express 2/06 release, the T5900FC Dual Basic Rate ISDN Interface (DBRI) and associated multimedia codec chips are no longer supported. In addition, device drivers written for these devices are no longer supported.
The Framed Access Control Environment (FACE) has been removed from the current Solaris release. The removal includes all of the commands and files in the following directories:
/usr/oasys
/usr/vmsys
The following Asian short locale names are no longer listed in the dtlogin language list in the Solaris software.
zh.GBK
zh.UTF-8
ko.UTF-8
Starting in the Solaris Express 2/06 release, the Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET) checksum functionality provided by aset in the /usr/aset directory is no longer available.
You can find this functionality in one of the following alternative sources:
The basic audit reporting tool, bart, in Solaris 10 OS
The Solaris Security Toolkit found at http://www.sun.com/software/security/jass/
The Solaris Fingerprint Database found at http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=content/content7