Installation guide

TABLE 2–1 Solaris 2.6 Features at a Glance (continued)
Feature Description
Variable Length
Subnet Mask
(VLSM)
VLSM enables more efficient use of IP address space by enabling the TCP/IP administrator
to use Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) to partition this space in a flexible manner.
Routing Sockets Conformance with the de facto routing socket interface as implemented by 4.4 BSD, which
allows use of CIDR-aware routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP-4, and RIPv2 is now
included.
autofs
The new autofs automount daemon is now fully multithreaded. This enables concurrent
servicing of multiple mount requests and increases reliability.
Processor Sets Processor sets give the system administrator control over the allocation of processes to sets
of processors.
NIS+ backup/
Fast restore
NIS+ backup and restore provide a quick and efficient method of backing up and
restoring NIS+ namespaces.
NIS+ Over a
Wide Area
Network (WAN)
Server-use customization enables NIS+ administrators to specify NIS+ server search order
for clients that need naming services. Server use can be balanced among various clients by
designating different servers for different clients as “preferred” (primary). If a client cannot
obtain information from its preferred servers, the order in which the client seeks out other
servers can be specified. This feature is particularly useful when a NIS+ domain spans a
WAN link, because administrators can reduce network traffic over the WAN link by
specifying that clients first try to obtain the naming service from servers on the client’s
side of the link.
NIS Server Solaris software now natively supports the NIS server. In previous Solaris releases, the NIS
server was supported under emulation mode by the NIS+ server or via an unbundled
product named NSkit.
CFS Boot CFS Boot enables AutoClient
TM
systems to boot more quickly with less network traffic by
booting from a local CacheFS disk cache. The first system boot populates the cache. System
boots that follow are satisfied from the cache.
Patch Tools Patch tools, including patchadd and patchrm commands to add and remove patches, are
now part of the Solaris software rather than shipping with each individual patch as
installpatch and backoutpatch commands.
Isalist Utilities Isalist is a set of utilities that enables users to find out which instruction sets are supported
on their machines and also to determine which one performs best for them.
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