Installation guide

CHAPTER 3
What’s New: A Closer Look
This chapter describes new features of the Solaris 2.6 release in detail. For a table
listing features with brief descriptions, see Chapter 2.
The Solaris 2.6 operating environment includes advanced technologies for
multithreading, symmetric multiprocessing, integrated TCP/IP-based networking,
and centralized network administration tools. This Solaris release provides many
new and exciting features that improve an already powerful, stable, operating
environment.
Here are some of our new and exciting features:
Solaris Web Start
Java Virtual Machine
HotJava browser
Web technologies such as WebNFS
Support for large files
Network/Web server and database performance improvements
AnswerBook2 online documentation system
Conformance to X/Open UNIX 95 standards
Network management and system administration such as NTP, SNMP, DMI,
DHCP, and VLSM
Power Management
Year 2000 ready
Expanded language coverage is provided
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