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Solaris 8 2/02
Solaris 8 10/01
Solaris 8 7/01
Solaris 8 4/01
Solaris 8 1/01
Solaris 8 10/00
Solaris 8 6/00
Solaris Remote Shared Memory (RSM)
Application interface to Remote Shared memory on clusters (SPARC)
Custom Jumpstart Boot over WAN
Apache Web Server 1.3.12
Adding multiple open files to e-mail
Apache Web server supports Java servlets
Enhanced directory name lookup cache (DNLC)
Sun Fire Inter-Domain Networking (IDN)
Disk soft partitions
Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) service
appcert utility included in developer cluster
Algorithm that controls virtual/physical pages enhancement for increased system performance
Generic LAN driver (GLD) available for Solaris software, SPARC and Intel Platform Editions
Generic security services application programming interface (GSS-API)
Modifications to Alternate Threading Library
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) 3.0
IP network multipathing (IPMP) update
Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) version 8.2.2 (DNS update)
Alternate pathing software for Sun Enterprise servers update
High-Availability (HA) drivers: Explains how to design drivers to support HA
Graphical workspace manager
CPR for Sun Blade 100, 1000 and 2000 Workstations
Frame Buffer Power Management
Solaris JumpStart enhancements
Driver hardening test harness
Diskless client management
IP network multipathing
Mobile internet protocol (IP)
WBEM Process Indication
Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition v.1.3.1
Linkers and Libraries Guide update
Generic LAN driver (GLD) update
Dynamic intimate shared memory (DISM)
Java 2 SDK 1.2.2_05a new features
Patch analyzer upgrade
Support for the New Chinese GB18030 Locale Encoding
Lower power consumption
Live upgrade
Graphical workspace manager
Dynamic reconfiguration (DR) error messages
Linkers and Libraries Guide update
Removable media management support for DVD-ROMs, Zip drives, Jaz drives
LTO/Ultrium Tape Driver Ssupport
Play-only and record-only devices to
sdtaudio
and
sdtaudiocontrol
Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide revision
IP multipathing module update
E-cache software recovery
Removable media management update
Removable media manager
Netra T4 and X1 Platform Support
PXE network boot (Intel Architecture only)
Solaris Network Cache Accelerator (NCA)
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.2.2_07a update
J2SE 1.1.8_12 update
Removable media manager update
System interface guide update
Netra ct 800 Platform Extension Support
RSMAPI (Remote shared memory API)
Point-to-point protocol (PPP) 4.0
J2SE v.1.3.0 SDK
J2SE 1.2.2_06 update
Solaris print manager sets up a universal serial bus (USB) printer attached to SPARC system with USB ports
Tasks, projects and extended accounting
Solaris Live Upgrade 2.0
Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual update
Mobile IP update
Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) support in iPlanet Web server directory server
Sun Validation Test Suite (SunVTS) update
Window list
Solaris PPP 4.0
Sun Gigaswift Ethernet driver support
mp Print Filter Enhancement: enables x-server support to improve Asian printing and use of PC printers
Linkers and Libraries Guide update
Universal transformation format-8 (UTF-8) adds locales for Russian, Polish and Catalan
Support for Sun Enterprise 10000 System Service Processor update
Stereo viewing in
sdtaudio
Vectored sendfile system call
Netscape 4.76
Management modules in Solaris Management Console; role-based access control (RBAC) enhancement
Utility for writing CD-R and CD-RW disks included
USB support and USB audio support
Reconfiguration coordination manager (RCM) public API
Mkfs performance enhancement
WBEM update
Sendmail 8.10
Multithreaded Programming Guide update
Platform Support:
Set default router during installation
Netscape 4.75
Supports Netra t11xx alarms
Solaris print manager update
Reconfiguration coordination manager phase II (generic APIs)
Netra Lights Out Management
Solaris Smart Card Administrator guide update
Smart card support
Sun Netra ct systems
Solaris Web-based enterprise management (WBEM) 2.4 includes Sun WEBM Software Developer Kit (SDK) 2.4 update
Solaris management applications
Sun Blade 100 system (64-bit kernel only)
Sysevent public API
Solaris Management Console 2.0 software
64-bit hardware cursor support
Universal transformation format (UTF-8) release of Turkish and Russian Codeset added to European table
Solaris print manager update
Drivers:
Solaris Web Start Flash
Solaris product registry 3.0
Compaq Smart Array RAID, ATI RAGE 128, ATI RAGE XL, ATI RAGE GY, Intel Gigabit
Window list update
Solaris Smart Card Administrator guide update
Platform Support:
Solaris Tunable Reference Manual Update
Solaris WBEM Services 2.3 update
Sun Fire servers
GEM driver update: move to mini-boot
Solaris Web Start 3.0
Intel CADP driver
Sun Validation Test Suite (SunVTS) update
SunForum update
SysID LDAP support
Thai word breaker
Types editor
UFS concurrent direct I/O (VERITAS quick I/O equivalent)
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