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x86: boot loader (GRUB)
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GRUB Legacy (0.97)
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GRUB 2
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boot loader
(administration)
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SPARC:
installboot
x86:
installgrub
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bootadm install-bootloader (SPARC and
x86)
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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: From the OpenBoot PROM
(OBP) ok prompt: 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 for UEFI firmware only
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Booting (recovery)
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SPARC: From the OBP
ok prompt: boot -F
failsafe
x86: Select the failsafe boot
entry in the GRUB menu at boot time
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Failsafe mode no longer supported on x86 and SPARC
platforms.
Oracle Solaris Unified Archives
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Crash dump directory
location
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/var/crash/system-name
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/var/crash
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Database management system
(MySQL)
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Release series 5.1
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Release series 5.1 and release series 5.5
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Desktop environment
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Common Desktop Environment (CDE) (default) and GNOME 2.6
(optional)
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Oracle Solaris Desktop (GNOME 2.30)
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Disk labeling
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UFS root disk is SMI (VTOC); UFS non-root disk is SMI or
EFI
ZFS root disk is SMI (VTOC); ZFS non-root disk is SMI or EFI
(recommended)
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x86 and SPARC with GPT-aware
firmware: ZFS root disk is EFI (GPT).
SPARC: ZFS root disk is SMI
(VTOC)
SPARC and x86: ZFS non-root
disk is SMI or EFI (recommended).
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Ensuring system is configured
securely
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Solaris Security Toolkit (SST)
netservices limited
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sysconfig profiles
Secure by Default (SBD)
compliance command
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File systems (default)
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ZFS, UFS, or Solaris Volume Manager root file systems
|
ZFS root file system (default)
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x86: Firmware support
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BIOS
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UEFI and BIOS
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GRUB configuration file
(default)
|
menu.lst
|
grub.cfg
|
GRUB configuration file
(custom)
|
menu.lst
|
custom.cfg
|
GRUB password protection
|
Not available
|
Available (starting with Oracle Solaris 11.3), there is a password
protection option for GRUB 2 menu loading, menu entry modification,
and menu entry booting.
|
Installation (graphical user interface
(GUI))
|
GUI installation program on DVD or CD
|
Live Media (x86 only)
|
Installation (interactive
text)
|
Interactive text installation and interactive text installer for
ZFS root pools
|
Text installer (stand-alone and network installation)
|
Installation (automated)
|
JumpStart feature of Oracle Solaris 10
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Automated Installer (AI) feature of Oracle Solaris 11
Oracle VM Manager Ops Center
|
Installation (automated client
configuration)
|
JumpStart profile files
|
AI manifests
|
Installation (other)
|
Oracle Solaris Flash Archive installation
|
Oracle Solaris Unified Archives
|
Internationalization and localization
configuration
|
localeadm
|
nlsadm
|
Java version (default)
|
Java 6
|
Java 8
|
Network administration (fixed
mode)
|
ifconfig
Edit /etc/hostname.*
ndd for configuring protocols (tunables)
|
dladm for datalinks, ipadm
for IP configuration
|
Network administration (reactive
mode)
|
Not applicable
|
netcfg and netadm
|
Network administration
(DHCP)
|
Sun DHCP and other name services configuration
|
ISC DHCP and legacy Sun DHCP
|
Network administration (IP network
multipathing (IPMP))
|
ifconfig, plumb, and
umplumb
|
dladm, ipadm
|
Network administration (TCP/IP properties
or tunables)
|
ndd
driver.conf
|
dladm and ipadm
|
Network administration
(wireless)
|
wificonfig
|
Fixed mode:
dladm and ipadm
Reactive mode:
netcfg, and netadm
From the desktop: Network
administration GUI
|
Packaging (software
management)
|
SVR4 package and patch commands
|
IPS pkg(1) commands and utilities
|
Print service (default)
|
LP print service, lp print commands, Solaris
Print Manager GUI
|
CUPS
|
Security management
|
root as a system account
|
root as a role
|
Sun Oracle server
management
|
SPARC and x86: Oracle Hardware
Management Pack: a set of commands and agents for managing Sun
Oracle servers (packages available as a separate download)
|
Oracle Hardware Management Pack: a set of commands and agents for
managing Sun Oracle servers (packages are included, starting with
Oracle Solaris 11.2)
|
System clustering
|
Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3
|
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4
|
System configuration and
reconfiguration
|
sysidtool, sys-unconfig,
sysidconfig, and
sysidcfg
|
sysconfig, SCI tool, SC profiles
|
System configuration (Oracle Solaris
kernel configuration)
|
Add to /etc/system
|
Add to /etc/system and files within
/etc/system.d
|
System configuration (naming
services)
|
Configured in various files within /etc and
/var
|
Managed by Service Management Facility (SMF) commands
|
System configuration (setting host
name)
|
Edit /etc/nodename
|
hostname command
|
System management
(centralized)
|
All versions of Ops Center support Oracle Solaris 10
|
|
System recovery and cloning
(automated)
|
Oracle Solaris Flash Archive feature
|
Oracle Solaris Unified Archives
|
System registration and service request
support
|
Auto Registration feature
Oracle Configuration Manager (starting with Oracle Solaris 10
1/13)
|
Oracle Configuration Manager and the Oracle Auto Service Request
utility
|
System upgrade and BE
management
|
lu and SVR4 package commands
|
pkg commands
beadm for managing boot environments
|
User account management
|
useradd, usermod,
userdel, groupadd,
groupmod, groupdel,
roleadd, rolemod, and
roledel
Solaris Management Console GUI and equivalent command-line
|
useradd, usermod,
userdel, groupadd,
groupmod, groupdel,
roleadd, rolemod, and
roledel
User Manager GUI
|
User environment
management
|
Korn shell (ksh)
MANPATH variable required
|
Default shell:
ksh93
Default
ksh
path:
/usr/bin/ksh; /bin/sh is
also ksh93
Default interactive shell:
bash; default bash path:
/usr/bin/bash
MANPATH variable no longer required
|
ZFS root pool disk (SPARC and
x86)
|
Root pool disk requires SMI (VTOC) disk label and a slice 0
|
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Zones environment
|
Oracle Solaris 10 branded zones, legacy branded zones
|
Supported Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 zones features
and Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones (solaris-kz
branded zones), starting with Oracle Solaris 11.2
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