The Solaris 9 Operating System unleashes the power of UltraSPARC1 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.

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System Requirements

Platform Support

• SPARC 32- and 64-bit platforms
• x86 (32-bit) platforms
• AMD Opteron platforms

Disk space

• 600 MB for desktops; 1 GB for servers

Memory

• 64 MB minimum (128 MB recommended)

Supported Systems

• Visit the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) to determine requirements for x86 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.

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Companion Products and Services

»	Java Enterprise System
	A radical new approach to software infrastructure.

»	Solaris Operating System Freeware
	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.

»	UltraSPARC Processors
	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.

»	Sun Cluster
	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.

»	Systems Management
	Management Tools that simplify management of Sun hardware, Solaris Operating System, and applications while enhancing availability and optimizing performance and scalability.

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Links Mentioned on This Page

This page is located at: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/index.xml

Additional links mentioned are:

1. UltraSPARC: http://www.sun.com/processors/index.html
2. Services Platform: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_platform.html
3. Manageability: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_manageability.html
4. Security: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_security.html
5. Scalability: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_scalability.html
6. Availability: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_availability.html
7. Compatibility: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/sparc/solaris9_features_compatibility.html

 
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