Users rely on various networking technologies to communicate, share, store, and process information. One of the primary goals of network administration is to establish and maintain reliable, secure, and efficient data communications on systems that are running the Oracle Solaris release. See Basic Network Configuration in Oracle Solaris.
Beyond the basic configuration that is required to connect client systems to the network, Oracle Solaris also supports several advanced networking technologies, including features that provide support for following functional areas:
High availability
Network security
Network storage
Network virtualization
Observability, monitoring, and debugging
Performance and efficiency
Resource management
Most of these features are designed to address the complexities of modernized network environments by enabling you to use a more modular and layered approach to administering the various aspects of network configuration. For more information, see Key Oracle Solaris Network Administration Features and Network Administration by Functional Area.