CHAPTER 3
About Software
This chapter explains the following software functions.
3.1Solaris Operating System Functions
The Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) has the following features:
■Solaris reliability that has been built over the years
■Affinity that fully brings out the hardware performance of the SPARC architecture.
■A variety of products from ISVs (application software and middleware)
■Resource optimization using the partitioning and DR functions
■Dynamic addition/change of IO device using PCI hot plug
■Resource management with Solaris zones using Solaris container technology
■Advanced system management in cooperation with XSCF
For details of the Solaris Operating System, see the manual on the following URL.
http://docs.sun.com
Irrespective of the capabilities of the software suite, the Solaris Operating System has the following functions for communicating with the SPARC Enterprise server hardware: