Feature Difference Tables
This section presents in table format some Oracle Solaris key features, and shows the differences between Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11.4.
Table 1 Install, Boot Environment Management, Update, Archive and Recovery
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Automated installation of a single system or multiple systems
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JumpStart
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Automated Installer (AI)
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Interactive installation, from media or over the network
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Live Upgrade
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Text installer
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Base software sets
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Clusters
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Group packages
solaris-large-server – Default for AI and text install
solaris-small-server – Default for non-global zones
solaris-minimal-server – Installs the minimal
supported set of packages required to run Oracle Solaris
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System upgrade, installing additional software, software update
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Live Upgrade
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Archive and recovery
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Flash Archives
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Unified Archives
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Boot Environment (BE) management
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lu*
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Table 2 Booting Features
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Booting (from a root device)
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From a ZFS, UFS, or Solaris Volume Manager root device
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From a ZFS root file system
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Booting (from the network)
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SPARC: boot net[:dhcp] or boot net[:rarp]
x86: Requires a DHCP server that supports a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot from the network
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SPARC: boot net:dhcp
x86: PXE boot process has changed only for UEFI firmware
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Booting (recovery)
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Failsafe
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Unified Archives
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Boot loader (administration)
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SPARC: installboot
x86: installgrub
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SPARC and x86: bootadm install-bootloader
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x86 firmware support
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BIOS
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UEFI and BIOS
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Table 3 File System and Storage Management
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File systems
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ZFS, UFS, or Solaris Volume Manager root file systems
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ZFS root file system
UFS is a supported legacy file system, but it is not supported as a bootable root file system.
The legacy Solaris Volume Manager product is supported, but you cannot boot from a Solaris Volume Manager root device.
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Swap and dump
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A UFS root environment provides one disk slice for both swap and dump devices.
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Two separate volumes are created as a swap device and a dump device. You cannot use a single volume for both swap and dump devices in a ZFS root environment.
You cannot use a file as a swap device in a ZFS root environment.
The dump device must be approximately one-half to three-quarters of the size of physical memory.
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Configure iSCSI LUNs
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iSCSI target daemon, the iscsitadm command, and the ZFS shareiscsi property
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COMSTAR (Common Multiprotocol SCSI Target) supports different types of SCSI targets, not just the iSCSI protocol
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Backup
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ufsdump and ufsrestore
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ZFS snapshot and clone
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File copy
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rdist
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In addition to the documentation cited in the following table, see Managing System Information, Processes, and Performance in Oracle Solaris 11.4.
Table 4 System Configuration and Administration
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Periodic tasks
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cron
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Periodic or scheduled service
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Single system configuration of operating system and network
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sys-unconfig and sysidtool
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System Configuration Interactive (SCI) utility
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Single or multiple system configuration of operating system and network
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Edit /etc/system
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Add partial configuration files to /etc/system.d
Use SMF profiles to configure services
SMF profiles and layers, IPS packages
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Centralized multiple system configuration of entire stack
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Ops Center
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Puppet, Chef, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
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Setting host name
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Edit /etc/nodename
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Power management
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pmconfig and /etc/power.conf
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Remote login
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rstart and rstartd
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Table 5 Network Administration
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Network administration commands
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ifconfig, ndd, wificonfig
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dladm(8) – datalinks, IP tunnels, driver configuration
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Routing
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/etc/defaultrouter
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Naming and directory services
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Edit files in /etc
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Set SMF service property values
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Table 6 Virtualization and High Availability
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Child systems
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Oracle Solaris non-global zones
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Oracle Solaris non-global zones
Oracle Solaris 10 zones
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Standalone systems
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LDOMs
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Oracle Solaris kernel zones
Oracle Solaris VM Server
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Table 7 Desktop Features
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Desktop
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Common Desktop Environment (CDE) (default)
GNOME 2.6 (optional)
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GNOME 3
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Printing
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LP print service, lp print commands, Solaris Print Manager GUI
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CUPS
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Locale, time zone, keymap configuration
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localeadm
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Table 8 User Management
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Commands
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user*, group*, role*
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Addition of the useradm command
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Interactive Tool
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Solaris Management Console and associated command lines
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useradm application
Oracle Solaris User Account Manager BUI
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