Solaris 9 Operating System Component Support

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Solaris 9 OS Component Support
 

The following table lists the components of the Solaris 9 Operating System (OS) media kit, and shows the support provided for these components under SunSpectrum program and Sun Software Support services.

All Sun software is covered by the Sun Microsystems, Inc. standard software warranty support. Terms can be found at global warranty terms and conditions.

Solaris 9 OS Supported Components
Solaris 9 OS Media Kit Component
Support
Warranty
Solaris 9 OS Installation CD
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 OS Software CDs, including:
  • Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4
  • Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1
  • Netscape Communicator 4.7x
  • Freeware SW (only Sun supported software)

Web Download:

  • Netscape 6.2.3

Extra Value Directory:
Co-bundled software:

  • SunScreen 3.2
  • Solaris Webstart Wizards SDK 3.0
Early Access software:
  • Netscape 6.2.1 Beta (Solaris)
  • Solaris 8 OS CDE message translations
All software supported
Exceptions:
  • Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.2.2 : No support contract
  • Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 - Additional maintenance contract required for support. Refer to the support web page for this product.
  • Netscape Communicator 4.7x and Netscape 6.2.1 Beta (Solaris) - No support contract available
  • Open Source SW (only Sun supported software) - Refer to the Solaris OS freeware support web page
  • Solaris 8 OS CDE message translations - Support available on Sun Global Application Developer Corner
Standard
Solaris 9 Languages CD
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 Documentation CDs
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 DVD (includes all of the above)
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 Documentation CDs
Supported
Standard
Solaris 9 DVD (includes all of the above)
Supported
Standard
Sun Management Center 3.0 Update 4 CD
Base product is supported. Optional additionally licensed products require the purchase of a license before a support contract.
Standard
Sun ONE Advantage Software CD:
  • Sun ONE Application Server 6.5
  • Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Ed. 3.0
  • Sun ONE Message Queue for Java 2.0
Not supported under Solaris OS support. Licensed only for evaluation and development, not deployment. Once the necessary deployment license has been purchased an additional contract is required for support. Please refer to the Sun ONE support site for more information about Sun ONE support offerings. No charge technical support for most Sun ONE products is available through the Sun Software Forum. Forum availability is subject to change.
Standard
Forte Developer 6, Update 2 CD
Not supported under Solaris OS support. Licensed only for evaluation. Once the necessary deployment license has been purchased an additional contract is required for support. Please refer to the support web page for more information about Sun Support offerings.
Standard
Forte for Java 3.0 Community Edition (recently announced as Sun ONE Studio 3, Community Edition for Java) CD
Not supported under Solaris 9 OS service contract. Customer may purchase developer support by referring to Sun Developer Connection's web page.
Standard
StarOffice 6.0 CD and StarSuite 6.0 CD
Not supported under Solaris service contract. Customer may purchase a separate support contract by referring to the general software support web pages.
Standard
Exploring the Gnome Desktop1.4 Evaluation CD
No support contract available. For further information, refer to Sun's Gnome web page.
(Support is planned to be included when Gnome 2.x software is shipping from Sun.)
Defective media only
Oracle 9i Software CDs
No support contract available from Sun. For further information refer to the Oracle site.
Defective media only
Solaris Software Companion CD (freeware)
No support contract available
Defective media only