3 1/2 Minute Video: Solaris 10 8/07

There is a good but brief video of Rich Green describing Solaris 10 (aka Update 4) on Sun's web site. There are many new features whose benefits Rich draws attention to.

Here is a list of what's New in the Solaris 10 8/07 Release:

System Administration Features

• Name Service Switch Enhancements
• iostat Improvements
• ZFS Command Improvements and Changes
• Solaris System Registration
• Sun Service Tag
• PxIO Path Steering
• raidctl
• Brand-Specific Handlers for zoneadm Commands
• x86: Fault Management For Next Generation AMD Opteron Processors
• x86: Predictive Self-Healing for PCI Express on x64 Systems
• x86: stmsboot Porting
• x86: Concurrent FPDMA READ/WRITE QUEUED Under SATA Module
• x86: Tagged Queuing Installation Enhancements

Installation Enhancements

• NFSv4 Domain Name Configurable During Installation
• Solaris Live Upgrade
• Upgrading the Solaris OS When Non-Global Zones Are Installed
• Keyboard Configuration Automated
• Deferred-Activation Patching

Networking Enhancements

• IPsec Tunnel Reform
• Packet Filter Hooks
• SMF Enhancements to Routing Management
• Quagga Software Routing Suite
• DHCPv6 Client
• Single Hosts File
• Large Send Offload
• x86: nge Driver Updated to Support Jumbo Framework
• NFSv4 Domain Name Configurable During Installation

Security Enhancements

• Solaris Key Management Framework
• libmd Message Digest library
• Solaris Cryptographic Framework

File System Enhancements

• Support for iSCSI Target Devices
• Extended FILE Space for 32-bit Solaris Processes

System Resources Enhancements

• lx Branded Zones: Solaris Containers for Linux Applications
• Improved zonecfg Procedures for Creating Containers
• IP Instances: LAN and VLAN Separation for Non-Global Zones
• Solaris Zones Boot Enhancements
• System V Resource Controls for Zones
• Zone Unique Identifier
• Ability to Mark Zones as "Incomplete"
• Using DTrace in a Non-Global Zone

Desktop Tools

• Thunderbird 2.0
• Firefox 2.0 Web Browser
• Gaim OTR plugin
• x86: XVideo Support RealPlayer

X11 Windowing Features

• dtlogin Language Selection Overhaul
• X Server DTrace Provider
• Xorg X11R7.2 Server and Drivers

Language Support Enhancements

• Migration of Existing EMEA, Central and South American Locales to Common Locale Data Repository
• Japanese Font Update
• More Japanese iconv Modules for Unicode
• Input Method Switcher Enhancement and EMEA Keyboard Layout Emulation Support
• x86: Zero-CountryCode Keyboard Layout Support

Developer Tool Enhancements

• SunVTS 6.4

New Drivers

• Reliable Datagram Sockets
• USCSI LUN Reset Support
• SATA HBA Framework and Marvell Driver
• Compact Flash Support
• CardBus Support
• IBM LTO-4 Tape Drive Support
• HP LTO-4 Tape Drive Support
• NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Drivers
• SPARC: ntwdt Driver for UltraSPARC-T1 (Niagara) Systems
• x86: ACPI Thermal Zone Monitor
• x86: Adaptec aac Hardware Support
• x86: Solaris Audio Driver for ATI IXP400
• x86: High-Definition Audio Driver
• x86: SATA AHCI HBA Driver

System Performance Enhancements

• SPARC: UltraSPARC-T1 (Niagara) II PCI Express Interface Unit Performance Counter Data
• Multi-level CMT Scheduling Optimizations
• Process Count Scalability
• MPSS Extended to Shared Memory

Device Management Features

• Enhanced st SCSI Reservations
• CPU Power Management

Console Subsystem Features

• Coherent Console