Solaris Release Naming Matrix

The following list maps the various upgrade levels to release levels for the Solaris OS.

Please note: These names are provided for reference only; the name in the first column (for example "Solaris 10 05/09") is the official product name.

Solaris Release Naming Matrix

                     SunOS 4.0
                     SunOS 4.0.2 (Sept.1988)
                     SunOS 4.0.3 (May 1989)
                     SunOS 4.0.3c (Jun. 1989)
                     SunOS 4.0.3 PSR_A (Jul. 1989)
                     SunOS 4.1 (Mar. 1990)
                 SunOS 4.1 PSR_A (May 1990)
    Solaris 1.0                = SunOS 4.1.1 (Nov. 1990)
                               = SunOS 4.1.1B (Feb. 1991)
                 SunOS 4.1.1.1 (Jul. 1991)
                 SunOS 4.1.1_U1 (Nov. 1991)
    Solaris 1.0.1              = SunOS 4.1.2 (Dec. 1991)
    Solaris 1.1A               = SunOS 4.1.3 (Aug. 1992)
    Solaris 1.1B               = SunOS 4.1.3B
    Solaris 1.1C               = SunOS 4.1.3C (Nov. 1993)
    Solaris 1.1.1A             = SunOS 4.1.3_U1 Version A (Dec. 1993)
    Solaris 1.1.1B             = SunOS 4.1.3_U1 Version B (Feb. 1994)
    Solaris 1.1.2              = SunOS 4.1.4 (Sep. 1994)
    Solaris 2.0                = SunOS 5.0 (Jul. 1992)
    Solaris 2.1                = SunOS 5.1 (Dec. 1992)
    Solaris 2.2                = SunOS 5.2 (May 1993)
    Solaris 2.3                = SunOS 5.3 (Nov. 1993)
                                 SunOS 5.3 Edition II
                                 SunOS 5.3 Hardware: 5/94 (Mar. 1994)
                                 SunOS 5.3 Hardware: 8/94 (Aug. 1994)
    Solaris 2.4                = SunOS 5.4 (Dec. 1994)
                                 SunOS 5.4 Hardware: 11/94
                                 SunOS 5.4 Hardware: 3/95 (Mar. 1995)
    Solaris 2.5                = SunOS 5.5 (Nov. 1995)
                                 SunOS 5.5 Hardware: 1/96 (Jan. 1996)
    Solaris 2.5.1              = SunOS 5.5.1 (May 1996)
                                 SunOS 5.5.1 Hardware:  4/97 MU3 (Apr. 1997)
                               = SunOS 5.5.1 Hardware:  8/97 MU4 (Aug. 1997)
                               = SunOS 5.5.1 Hardware: 11/97 MU5 (Nov. 1997)
    Solaris 2.6                = SunOS 5.6 (Aug. 1997)
                               = SunOS 5.6 w/MU1 patches, Hardware 3/98 (Mar. 1998)
                               = SunOS 5.6 w/MU2 patches, Hardware 5/98 (May 1998)
    Solaris 7                  = SunOS 5.7 (build 08/03/98)
                               = SunOS 5.7 (Nov. 1998)
                               = SunOS 5.7 Hardware 3/99 (Mar. 1999)
                               = SunOS 5.7 Hardware 5/99 (May 1999)
                               = SunOS 5.7 Hardware 8/99 (Aug. 1999)
                               = SunOS 5.7 Hardware: 11/99 (Nov. 1999)
    Solaris 8                  = SunOS 5.8 (build 38)
                               = SunOS 5.8 (Feb. 2000)
                               = SunOS 5.8 Update 1 (6/00)
                               = SunOS 5.8 Update 2 (10/00)
                               = SunOS 5.8 Update 2 (build 7)
                               = SunOS 5.8 1/01 MU3 (build 8)
                               = SunOS 5.8 4/01 U4
                               = SunOS 5.8 7/01 U5
                               = SunOS 5.8 10/01 U6 (Sep. 2001)
                               = SunOS 5.8 02/02 U7
                               = SunOS 5.8 12/02 PSR1 (Dec. 2002)
                               = SunOS 5.8 HW 05/03 PSR2 (March 2003)
                               = SunOS 5.8 HW 07/03 PSR3
                               = SunOS 5.8 HW 2/04 PSR4
    Solaris 9                  = SunOS 5.9
                               = SunOS 5.9 (build 58) (May. 2002)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 1 (9/02) (Oct. 2002)
                               = Sunos 5.9 Update 2 (12/02) (10 January 2003)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 3 (4/03)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 4 (8/03)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 5 (12/03)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 6 (4/04) (5/10/04)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 7 (9/04) (8/27/04)
                               = SunOS 5.9 Update 8 (9/05) PSR
                               = SunOS 5.9 HW/Update 9 (9/05)

    Solaris SX (aka. Solaris Express) = snapshots of the S10 gate 
    Solaris Express 03/04 (s10_52)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - S10 Beta1 (03/04)
    Solaris Express 04/04 (s10_54)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - S10 Beta2 (04/04)
    Solaris Express 05/04 (s10_55)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - S10 Beta3 (05/04)
    Solaris Express 06/04 (s10_58)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - S10 Beta4 (06/04)
    Solaris Express 08/04 (s10_63)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - s10 Beta6 (08/04)
    Solaris Express 10/04 (s10_69)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 - s10 Beta7 (10/04)
    Solaris Express 11/04 (s10_72)        = Solaris SX snapshot of s10 (11/04)
    
    Solaris 10                            = SunOS 5.10
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 1 (03/04)
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 2 (04/04)
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 3 (05/04)
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 4 (06/04)
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 6 (08/04)
                                          = SunOS 5.10 Beta 7 (10/04)
    Solaris 10 3/05  (avail. 1/05)        = SunOS 5.10 Initial Release
    Solaris 10 3/05 HW1                   = SunOS 5.10 HW1 (7/05)
    Solaris 10 3/05 HW2                   = SunOS 5.10 HW2 (9/05)
    Solaris 10 1/06                       = SunOS 5.10 Update 1 (1/06)
    Solaris 10 6/06                       = SunOS 5.10 Update 2 (6/06)
    Solaris 10 11/06                      = SunOS 5.10 Update 3 (11/06)
    Solaris 10 08/07                      = SunOS 5.10 Update 4 (08/07)
    Solaris 10 5/08                       = SunOS 5.10 Update 5 (04/08)
    Solaris 10 10/08                      = SunOS 5.10 Update 6 (10/08)
    Solaris 10 05/09                      = SunOS 5.10 Update 7 (05/09)
    Solaris 10 10/09                      = SunOS 5.10 Update 8 (10/09)
    
   Solaris Nevada = onnv/snv              = SunOS 5.11
   
   Solaris Express 02/05 (snv_07)          = Solaris SX snapshot of snv (02/28/05)
   Solaris Express 03/05 (snv_09)          = Solaris SX snapshot of snv (03/29/05)
   Solaris Express 04/05 (snv_10)          = Solaris SX snapshot of snv (04/22/05)
   Solaris Express 06/05 (snv_15)          = Solaris SX snapshot of snv (6/21/2005)
   Solaris Express, Developer Edition 2/07 = Solaris SXDE snapshot of snv (2/21/07)
   Solaris Express, Developer Edition 5/07 = Solaris SXDE snapshot of snv (5/07)
   Solaris Express, Developer Edition 9/07 = Solaris SXDE snapshot of snv (9/07)
   Solaris Express, Developer Edition 1/08 = Solaris SXDE snapshot of snv (1/08)
   
   OpenSolaris 2008.05                     = OpenSolaris 2008.05 (05/08) (x86 only)
   OpenSolaris 2008.11                     = OpenSolaris 2008.11 (11/08) (x86 only)
   OpenSolaris 2009.06                     = OpenSolaris 2009.06 (06/09) (x86 & SPARC)