What's New in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment

Installation and Management

Feature Description
Solaris Web Start Enhanced Installation CD Solaris Web Start, a graphical, wizard-based software application, powered by Java, that installs the Solaris operating environment and other software, is now distributed on a separate installation CD.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Network Booting Network installations can now use DHCP to acquire boot parameters and network configuration information necessary for booting a client over the network. DHCP booting is supported on certain SPARC^TM and IA based systems.
IA: Boot Partition in the Solaris 8 Release Users who are running Solaris Intel Platform Edition can now designate a separate IA boot partition.
IA: CD-ROM Boot This new feature enables the user to boot a system from an installation CD that uses the "El Torito" standard (rather than from the Device Configuration Assistant diskette, as in previous releases.)
DHCP Manager DHCP Manager provides a Java based graphical interface for configuring and managing the Solaris DHCP server and DHCP databases. The DHCP Manager enables the system administrator to use a single tool to perform all DHCP management duties: set up and manage DHCP servers, manage client configuration options and macros, and manage networks and IP addresses that are under DHCP management.
IA: Large Disk Support By using improved BIOS interfaces to access the disk, Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition now fully uses disks larger than 8 Gbytes.
Solaris Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Services Solaris WBEM Services software is an implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standards and technologies in the Solaris operating environment. Intended for developers and administrators of WBEM-enabled environments, Solaris WBEM Services provides the Solaris Schema; extensions of the CIM Schema classes; and management, security, and logging services.
Support for Domain Name System (DNS) in System Identification Utilities DNS has been added to the list of name services that can be configured through the system identification utilities.
Support for IPv6 in System Identification Utilities Systems can now be configured at installation to use IPv6 in addition to IPv4.
Unlimited Number of Pseudo-Terminals Available Solaris 8 software enables the opening of any number of pseudo-terminals (used by programs like `rlogin` and `telnet`).
Reading Documentation from the Solaris 8 Documentation CD The `ab2cd` script enables all users to read AnswerBook2^TM documentation directly from the Solaris 8 Documentation CD. The script has been enhanced to provide better user feedback, to enable users to set the port number on which `ab2cd` runs, and to read documentation already installed on the user's system.
Product Registry The Solaris Product Registry is a tool to manage software that was installed by using Solaris Web Start 3.0 or the Solaris package management commands (`pkgadd`, for example.) This tool enables you to do the following: View a list of installed and registered software and some software attributes Install additional software products Uninstall software Browse for and launch an installer

Feature Description

Solaris Web Start Enhanced Installation CD

Solaris Web Start, a graphical, wizard-based software application, powered by Java, that installs the Solaris operating environment and other software, is now distributed on a separate installation CD.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Network Booting

Network installations can now use DHCP to acquire boot parameters and network configuration information necessary for booting a client over the network. DHCP booting is supported on certain SPARC^TM and IA based systems.

IA: Boot Partition in the Solaris 8 Release

Users who are running Solaris Intel Platform Edition can now designate a separate IA boot partition.

IA: CD-ROM Boot

This new feature enables the user to boot a system from an installation CD that uses the "El Torito" standard (rather than from the Device Configuration Assistant diskette, as in previous releases.)

DHCP Manager

DHCP Manager provides a Java based graphical interface for configuring and managing the Solaris DHCP server and DHCP databases. The DHCP Manager enables the system administrator to use a single tool to perform all DHCP management duties: set up and manage DHCP servers, manage client configuration options and macros, and manage networks and IP addresses that are under DHCP management.

IA: Large Disk Support

By using improved BIOS interfaces to access the disk, Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition now fully uses disks larger than 8 Gbytes.

Solaris Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Services

Solaris WBEM Services software is an implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standards and technologies in the Solaris operating environment. Intended for developers and administrators of WBEM-enabled environments, Solaris WBEM Services provides the Solaris Schema; extensions of the CIM Schema classes; and management, security, and logging services.

Support for Domain Name System (DNS) in System Identification Utilities

DNS has been added to the list of name services that can be configured through the system identification utilities.

Support for IPv6 in System Identification Utilities

Systems can now be configured at installation to use IPv6 in addition to IPv4.

Unlimited Number of Pseudo-Terminals Available

Solaris 8 software enables the opening of any number of pseudo-terminals (used by programs like rlogin and telnet).

Reading Documentation from the Solaris 8 Documentation CD

The ab2cd script enables all users to read AnswerBook2^TM documentation directly from the Solaris 8 Documentation CD. The script has been enhanced to provide better user feedback, to enable users to set the port number on which ab2cd runs, and to read documentation already installed on the user's system.

Product Registry

The Solaris Product Registry is a tool to manage software that was installed by using Solaris Web Start 3.0 or the Solaris package management commands (pkgadd, for example.) This tool enables you to do the following:

View a list of installed and registered software and some software attributes
Install additional software products
Uninstall software
Browse for and launch an installer