System administration benefits of the Solaris 2.5 release are the result of enhancements to the Solaris system software and the ONC networking protocols and administration applications. For the benefit of IA users who may not have seen intervening releases, these enhancements are described in the following sections.
The following administration features have been enhanced since the release of Solaris 2.3:
Keyboard, mouse, and display configurations are updated with kdmconfig
Booting sequence is different on IA-based machines
The following administration features have been enhanced since the release of Solaris 2.1:
Administration Tool is enhanced to simplify terminal and modem setup.
Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET) enables administrators to easily increase a system`s security.
Dynamic kernel and loadable modules simplify:
Kernel management for heterogeneous systems
Adding new devices to running systems
Adding device drivers without rebuilding the kernel
NIS+ name service creates subdomains and assigns security to network resources.