The Solaris 9 Operating System unleashes the power of UltraSPARC processor-based systems by giving companies cost-effective scalability,
on systems ranging from uniprocessor desktops and rack-mounted
computers to blade-based environments and powerful mainframe-class
systems such as the Sun Fire 15K. Sun's proven innovation in operating
systems provides the best in reliability, security, availability and
manageability on the industry's leading 64-bit enterprise systems.
For Sun SPARC systems, please see the Solaris 9 Sun Hardware Platform Guide on docs.sun.com. In general, the Solaris 8 and 9 Operating Systems run on the same Sun systems as the Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6 and 7 Operating Systems, with the exception of 600MP, SPARCstation Voyager, and SPARCstation 1/1+/2/IPC/IPX/ELC/SLC systems. In addition, the Solaris 9 OS does not run on SPARCcenter 2000 or SPARCserver 1000 systems.
Customers who need to run the Solaris 8 OS on Sun system models introduced after May 2002 may require a platform-specific release; please see the documentation associated with those systems for details.
Hundreds of Open Source applications, tools, and commands built and packaged for the Solaris 9 Operating System are available to download. The software is available free in pre-compiled binary and source code format.
Design engineered to make the net work, UltraSPARC processors are THE industry-leading, 3rd generation, 64-bit processor family. Optimized for targeted design points, these processors offer binary compatibility across the line and across time.
Delivers application services to the data center or enterprise and enables the use of core Solaris services across a tightly coupled cluster, while maintaining full Solaris platform compatibility.
Management Tools that simplify management of Sun hardware, Solaris Operating System, and applications while enhancing availability and optimizing performance and scalability.
