SPARC: Sun ONE Application Server Integration

Sun ONE Application Server 7, Platform Edition, (formerly iPlanet^TM Application Server) is integrated in the Solaris 9 12/02 Update release. The Platform Edition of the Application Server provides the foundation for enterprise-class application services and web services. The server provides a high performance, small-footprint Java^TM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE^TM platform). J2EE enables the development, deployment, and management of enterprise applications and web services to a broad range of servers, clients, and devices.

The Sun ONE Application Server provides application portability and fast time to market for new Java and XML applications with J2EE 1.3 platform compatibility. The Application Server enables developers to build applications that are based on JavaServer Pages^TM (JSP^TM), Java Servlet, and Enterprise JavaBeans^TM (EJB^TM) technology. This technology supports a broad range of business requirements from small departmental applications to enterprise-scale, mission-critical services.

Some of the main feature highlights include the following: 

• Integrated Sun ONE Message Queue and the HTTP server from the Sun ONE Web Server

• Scalability and high performance

• Comprehensive web services support – Java Web Services, SOAP, WSDL

• Interoperability with the Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0 and Sun ONE Directory Server

• Leverages the J2EE Reference Implementation

The following name changes have been made:

• Sun ONE Message Queue (formerly iPlanet Message Queue for Java)

• Sun ONE Web Server (formerly iPlanet Web Server)

• Sun ONE Portal Server (formerly iPlanet Portal Server)

• Sun ONE Directory Server (formerly iPlanet Directory Server)

For further information, see the Sun ONE Application Server 7 Getting Started Guide. See also http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/appsrvr/home_appsrvr.html.

For specific licensing terms, refer to the binary code license.  

12/02 

SPARC: Sun ONE Message Queue

The Solaris 9 12/02 Update release supports Java Messaging Service (JMS) applications. This release uses Sun ONE Message Queue (formerly iPlanet Message Queue for Java) as a JMS provider.  

JMS messaging allows applications and application components to exchange messages asynchronously and reliably. Processes that run on different platforms and different operating systems can connect to a common message service to exchange information.  

In the Solaris 9 12/02 Update release, Sun ONE Message Queue, Platform Edition, provides a full implementation of the JMS specification. The message queue provides additional features such as the following: 

• Centralized administration

• Tunable performance

• Support for the Java Naming and Directory Interface^TM (JNDI)

• Support for SOAP messaging

For further information, see the Sun ONE Message Queue 3.0.1 Administrator's Guide and the Sun ONE Message Queue 3.0.1 Developer's Guide. For information on Sun ONE Message Queue editions and features, see also http://www.sun.com/software/products/message_queue/home_message_queue.html.

12/02 

Hosting Multiple Web Sites on a Single Solaris Machine

The Solaris Network Cache and Acceleration (NCA) kernel module now supports multiple instances of a web server. This support enables you to use a Solaris machine to perform IP address-based virtual web hosting. Solaris uses a single configuration file, ncaport.conf, to map NCA sockets to IP addresses.

For further information, see the ncaport.conf(4) man page.

12/02 

IP Quality of Service

IP Quality of Service (IPQoS) is a new feature in the Solaris operating environment. IPQoS enables system administrators to provide different levels of network service to customers and to critical applications. By using IPQoS, the administrator can set up service-level agreements. These agreements provide an ISP's clients with varying levels of service that are based on a price structure. A company could also use IPQoS to prioritize among applications so that critical applications get a higher quality of service than less critical applications. 

For further information, see the IPQoS Administration Guide.

9/02 

Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2)

Solaris system software now supports RIPv2.  

RIPv2 adds Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and Variable-Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) extensions to the RIPv1 protocol. MD5 extensions protect routers against intentional misdirection by malicious users. The new in.routed implementation also includes a built-in RDISC implementation.

RIPv2 supports multicast, if the point-to-point links are enabled with multicast. RIPv2 also supports unicast. If you configure a broadcast address by using the /etc/gateways file, then RIPv2 supports broadcast.

For information on how to configure RIPv2, see the in.rdisc(1M), in.routed(1M), and gateways(4) man pages.

9/02 

Packet Tunneling Over IPv6

This feature enables tunneling over IPv6 for both IPv4 over IPv6 tunnels and IPv6 over IPv6 tunnels. IPv4 packets or IPv6 packets can be encapsulated in IPv6 packets.  

For more information, see the IPv6 Administration Guide.

9/02