New Features by Solaris Release

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

Solaris 9 4/04 Release

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

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

• x86: Specifying Boot Properties With add_install_client Command

• 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

• 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 features are available for both the x86 and SPARC platforms in this release.

• USB Dual Framework

• USB 2.0 Features

• USB 2.0 Device Features and Compatibility Issues

• 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.

• WAN Boot Installation Method

• Signed Packages and Patches

• NIS-to-LDAP Transition Service

• Common Transliteration-based Input Method for All Indian languages

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

• Sun Java Enterprise System Joins Solaris

• Enhancements to the NFS Client

• 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

• SPARC: Locality Groups

Sun ONE Application Server Integration has been revised in the Solaris 9 12/03 release.

Solaris 9 8/03 Release

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

• Solaris Live Upgrade 2.1

• Custom JumpStart Installation Method Creates New Boot Environment

• BIND 8.3.3

• Unicode Version 3.2 Support

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

• SPARC: TCP Multidata Transmit

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

• SPARC: Multiterabyte UFS File Systems

• Auditing Enhancements

• Smart Card Interfaces

• GNOME 2.0 Desktop

• Xscreensaver Program

• Ghostscript 7.05

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

• Sun ONE Message Queue

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

Solaris 9 4/03 Release

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

• Command-Line Interface Enhancements to the Solaris Product Registry

• SPARC: 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

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

• New Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide

• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 6to4 Router

• SPARC: Multiterabyte Volume Support With EFI Disk Labels

• Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Hardware Acceleration

• Stack Check APIs

• Memory Allocation With libumem

• 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.

• Solaris Flash Archives

• Extended Accounting Subsystem

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

Solaris 9 12/02 Release

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

• Solaris Flash Archives

• Support for LDAP Version 2 Profiles

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

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

• 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

• Linkers and Libraries Updates

• Enhanced crypt() Function

• New Flags for madvise() Function

• 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.

• 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

• Smartcard Middleware APIs

• SPARC: Memory Placement Optimization (MPO)

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