Editing Oracle Solaris (section)

==Version history==
Notable features of Solaris include [[DTrace]], [[Doors (computing)|Doors]], [[Service Management Facility]], [[Solaris Containers]], [[Solaris Multiplexed I/O]], [[Solaris Volume Manager]], [[ZFS]], and [[Solaris Trusted Extensions]].

Updates to Solaris versions are periodically issued. In the past, these were named after the month and year of their release, such as "Solaris 10 1/13"; as of Solaris 11, sequential update numbers are appended to the release name with a period, such as "Oracle Solaris 11.4".

In ascending order, the following versions of Solaris have been released:

{{Version|l|show=111100}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Solaris version
! rowspan=2 | SunOS version
! colspan=2 | Release date
! rowspan="2" | End of support<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.oracle.com/us/support/lifetime-support/index.html
  | title = Lifetime Support Policies, see Oracle and Sun System Software and Operating Systems (PDF)
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = April 18, 2013
  | archive-date = April 29, 2013
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130429180633/http://www.oracle.com/us/support/lifetime-support/index.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
!Basis
! rowspan=2 | Major new features
|-
! SPARC
! x86
!SPARC/x86
|-
| {{version|o| 1.x}}
| 4.1.x
| align=center | 1991–1994
| align=center | –
| align=center | September 2003
|4.3BSD
| SunOS 4 rebranded as Solaris 1 for marketing purposes. See [[SunOS]] article for more information.
|-
| {{version|o| 2.0}}
| 5.0
| align=center | June 1992
| align=center | –
| align=center | January 1999
|SVR4
| Preliminary release (primarily available to developers only), support for only the sun4c architecture. First appearance of [[NIS+]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1992/1133.html
 |title       = SUMMARY: Solaris 2.0 vs 2.1
 |access-date  = September 10, 2006
 |author      = Demetrios Stellas
 |date        = September 3, 1992
 |publisher   = Sun Managers mailing list
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20061004080321/http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1992/1133.html
 |archive-date = October 4, 2006
}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o| 2.1}}
| 5.1
| align=center | December 1992
| align=center | May 1993
| align=center | April 1999
|SVR4
| Support for sun4 and sun4m architectures added; first Solaris x86 release. First Solaris 2 release to support [[symmetric multiprocessing|SMP]].
|-
| {{version|o| 2.2}}
| 5.2
| align=center | May 1993
| align=center | –
| align=center | May 1999
|SVR4
| SPARC-only release. First to support sun4d architecture. First to support [[Thread (computing)|multithreading]] libraries ([[Unix International|UI]] threads API in libthread).<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://home.mit.bme.hu/~meszaros/edu/oprendszerek/segedlet/unix/2_folyamatok_es_utemezes/solaris_multithread.pdf
  | title = Multithreading in the Solaris Operating Environment
  | access-date = August 19, 2012
  | date = May 17, 2002
  | publisher = Sun Microsystems
  }}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o| 2.3}}
| 5.3
| align=center | November 1993
| align=center | –
| align=center | June 2002
|SVR4
| SPARC-only release. [[OpenWindows]] 3.3 switches from [[NeWS]] to [[Display PostScript]] and drops [[SunView]] support. Support added for autofs and [[CacheFS]] filesystems.
|-
| {{version|o| 2.4}}
| 5.4
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| November 1994
| align=center | September 2003
|SVR4
| First unified SPARC/x86 release. Includes [[Motif (software)|OSF/Motif]] runtime support.
|-
| {{version|o| 2.5}}
| 5.5
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| November 1995
| align=center | December 2003
|SVR4
| First to support UltraSPARC and include CDE, [[Network File System (protocol)|NFSv3]] and NFS/TCP. Dropped [[sun4]] ([[VMEbus]]) support. POSIX.1c-1995 [[pthreads]] added. [[Doors (computing)|Doors]] added but undocumented.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.5.html
 |title       = Solaris 2.5
 |work        = OCF Solaris History
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20051118141731/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.5.html
 |archive-date = November 18, 2005
}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o| 2.5.1}}
| 5.5.1
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| May 1996
| align=center | September 2005
|SVR4
| The only Solaris release that supports PowerPC;<ref>There was a later PPC port with help from Sun, based on OpenSolaris that was withdrawn because the related hardware could not be produced in a [[RoHS]] compliant variant</ref> Ultra Enterprise support added; user and group IDs (uid_t, gid_t) expanded to 32 bits,<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.5.1.html
 |title       = Solaris 2.5.1
 |work        = OCF Solaris History
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050912194850/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.5.1.html
 |archive-date = September 12, 2005
}}</ref> also included processor sets<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/solaris_processor.html
  | title = Solaris Processor Sets Made Easy
  | author = Matthias Laux
  | publisher = Sun Microsystems Inc
  | date = June 2001
  | access-date = March 10, 2007
  | archive-date = February 21, 2006
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060221075020/http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/solaris_processor.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref> and early resource management technologies.
|-
| {{version|o| 2.6}}
| 5.6
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| July 1997
| align=center | July 2006
|SVR4
| Includes [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]] 5, [[Pluggable Authentication Modules|PAM]], [[TrueType]] fonts, WebNFS, [[large file support]], enhanced [[procfs]]. SPARCserver 600MP series support dropped.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.6.html
 |title       = Solaris 2.6
 |work        = OCF Solaris History
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20051113144231/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.6.html
 |archive-date = November 13, 2005
}}</ref> Last update was Solaris 2.6 5/98.
|-
| {{version|o| 7}}
| 5.7
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| November 1998
| align=center | August 2008
|SVR4
| The first 64-bit UltraSPARC release. Added native support for file system meta-data logging ([[Unix File System|UFS]] logging). Dropped [[Micro Channel architecture|MCA]] support on x86 platform. Sun dropped the prefix "2." in the Solaris version number, leaving "Solaris 7". Last update was Solaris 7 11/99.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.7.html
 |title       = Solaris 7
 |work        = OCF Solaris History
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20050907220232/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/2.7.html
 |archive-date = September 7, 2005
}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o| 8}}
| 5.8
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| February 2000
| align=center | March 2012
|SVR4
| Includes [[Solaris Multiplexed I/O|Multipath I/O]], [[Solaris Volume Manager|Solstice DiskSuite]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/8/ds/ds-sol8oe/index.xml|title=Solaris 8 Operating Environment Data Sheet|publisher=Sun Microsystems|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803063632/http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/8/ds/ds-sol8oe/index.xml |archive-date=August 3, 2009|access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> [[IP network multipathing|IPMP]], first support for [[IPv6]] and [[IPsec]] (manual keying only), mdb [[Modular Debugger]]. Introduced [[Role-Based Access Control]] (RBAC); sun4c support removed. Last update is Solaris 8 2/04.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/8.html
  | title = Solaris 8
  | access-date = September 10, 2006
  | work = SunOS & Solaris Version History (OCF Solaris History)
  | publisher = UC Berkeley Open Computing Facility
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060907000356/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/solaris/8.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> 
  | archive-date = September 7, 2006
}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o| 9}}
| 5.9
| align=center | May 28, 2002
| align=center | January 10, 2003
| align=center | October 2014
|SVR4
| iPlanet Directory Server, Resource Manager, [[Extended file attributes#Solaris|extended file attributes]], [[Internet key exchange|IKE]] IPsec keying, and Linux compatibility added; OpenWindows dropped, sun4d support removed. Most current update is Solaris 9 9/05 HW.<ref>{{cite web|title=Solaris Operating System - Releases|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris/overview/releases-jsp-140987.html|publisher=Oracle|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619195031/http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris/overview/releases-jsp-140987.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|co| 10}}
| 5.10
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2005|01|31}}
| align=center | January 2027
|SVR4
| Includes x86-64 (AMD64/Intel 64) support, [[DTrace]] (Dynamic Tracing), [[Solaris Containers]], [[Service Management Facility]] (SMF) which replaces [[init]].d scripts, [[Network File System (protocol)|NFSv4]]. [[Least privilege]] security model. Support for sun4m and UltraSPARC I processors removed. Support for EISA-based PCs removed. Adds [[Java Desktop System]] (based on [[GNOME]]) as default desktop.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0547
  | title = Solaris 10 What's New
  | publisher = Sun Microsystems
  | access-date = April 29, 2008
  | archive-date = May 3, 2009
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090503112133/http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0547
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* Solaris 10 1/06 (known internally as "U1") added the [[GNU GRUB|GRUB]] bootloader for x86 systems, [[iSCSI]] Initiator support and [[fcinfo]] command-line tool.
* Solaris 10 6/06 ("U2") added the [[ZFS]] filesystem.
* Solaris 10 11/06 ("U3") added [[Solaris Trusted Extensions]] and [[Logical Domains]] (sun4v).
* Solaris 10 8/07 ("U4") added [[Samba (software)|Samba]] Active Directory support,<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://blogs.sun.com/timthomas/entry/samba_and_swat_in_solaris
 |title       = SAMBA and SWAT in Solaris 10 Update 4 (Solaris 10 8/07)
 |work        = As Good A Place As Any: Tim Thomas' Blog
 |access-date  = December 1, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080312212825/http://blogs.sun.com/timthomas/entry/samba_and_swat_in_solaris
 |archive-date = March 12, 2008
}}</ref> IP Instances (part of the [[OpenSolaris Network Virtualization and Resource Control]] project), [[iSCSI]] Target support and Solaris Containers for [[Linux]] Applications (based on [[branded zones]]), enhanced version of the [[Resource Capping Daemon]] (rcapd).
* Solaris 10 5/08 ("U5") added CPU capping for Solaris Containers, performance improvements, [[SpeedStep]] support for Intel processors and [[PowerNow!]] support for AMD processors.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/introducing_speedstep_on_solaris
 |title       = Introducing Enhanced Intel SpeedStep to Solaris
 |access-date  = May 6, 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501125300/http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/introducing_speedstep_on_solaris
 |archive-date = May 1, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/powernow_for_solaris
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20121026115238/http://blogs.sun.com/mhaywood/entry/powernow_for_solaris
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = October 26, 2012
 |title      = AMD PowerNow! for Solaris
 |publisher  = Sun Microsystems
 |access-date = May 6, 2008
}}</ref>
* Solaris 10 10/08 ("U6") added boot from ZFS and can use ZFS as its root file system. Solaris 10 10/08 also includes virtualization enhancements including the ability for a Solaris Container to automatically update its environment when moved from one system to another, Logical Domains support for dynamically reconfigurable disk and network I/O, and paravirtualization support when Solaris 10 is used as a guest OS in Xen-based environments such as [[Sun xVM]] Server.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/faqs_general.jsp
  | title = General FAQs for Solaris 10
  | publisher = Sun Microsystems
  | access-date = October 23, 2008
  | archive-date = March 28, 2008
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080328104856/http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/faqs_general.jsp
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* Solaris 10 5/09 ("U7") added performance and power management support for Intel [[Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]] processors, container cloning using ZFS cloned file systems, and performance enhancements for ZFS on [[solid-state drive]]s.
* Solaris 10 10/09 ("U8") added user and group level ZFS quotas, ZFS cache devices and nss_ldap shadowAccount Support, improvements to patching performance.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/821-0382/
  | title = Solaris 10 10/09 What's New
  | publisher = Sun Microsystems
  | access-date = October 9, 2009
}}</ref>
* Solaris 10 9/10 ("U9") added physical to zone migration, ZFS triple parity RAID-Z and Oracle Solaris Auto Registration.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E18752_01/html/821-1840/index.html
  | title = Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 What's New
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = September 8, 2010
}}</ref>
* Solaris 10 8/11 ("U10") added ZFS speedups and new features, Oracle Database optimization, faster reboot on SPARC system.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23823_01/html/821-2730/index.html
  | title = Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 What's New
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = August 12, 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/oracle_solaris_10_8_11
  | title = Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Released
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = September 28, 2012
  | archive-date = April 27, 2016
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160427162648/https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/oracle_solaris_10_8_11
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* Solaris 10 1/13 ("U11") see release notes.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26505_01/html/E27003/index.html
  | title = Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 What's New
  | access-date = February 10, 2013
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/introducing_oracle_solaris_10_1
  | title = Introducing Oracle Solaris 10 1/13
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = February 10, 2013
  | archive-date = May 7, 2013
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130507113808/https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/introducing_oracle_solaris_10_1
  | url-status = bot: unknown
  }}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o|11 Express 2010.11}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2010|11|15}}
| align=center | November 2011
|SVR4
| Adds new packaging system (IPS – Image Packaging System) and associated tools, ZFS (only) for boot, 1&nbsp;GB RAM min., x86, Solaris 10 Containers, network virtualization and [[quality of service]] (QoS), virtual consoles, ZFS encryption and deduplication, fast reboot,<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/SYSADV1/ghsbc.html
 |title       = x86: Introducing Fast Reboot
 |access-date  = August 20, 2011
 |author      = Sun Microsystems
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816095353/http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/SYSADV1/ghsbc.html
 |archive-date = August 16, 2011
}}</ref> updated [[GNOME]]. Removed [[Xsun]], CDE,<ref>{{cite web
  | url = https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/pdf/E24456.pdf
  | title = Transitioning From Oracle® Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11
  | access-date = August 19, 2012
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | date = March 2012
}}</ref> and the <code>/usr/ucb</code> BSD-compatible commands{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
|-
| {{version|o|11}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2011|11|09}}
| {{dunno}}
|SVR4
| New features and enhancements (compared to Solaris 10) in software packaging, network virtualization, server virtualization, storage, security and hardware support:
* Packaging: Image Packaging System, network and local package repositories; Automated Installer to automated provisioning, including Zones; Distro Constructor to create [[ISO 9660]] filesystem images;
* Network: network virtualization (vNICs, vSwitches, vRouters) and QoS, Exclusive–IP default for Zones, the <code>dladm</code> utility to manage data links, the <code>ipadm</code> utility to manage [[Internet Protocol|IP]] configuration (including [[IP network multipathing|IPMP]]), [[ProFTPD]] and enhancements;
* Zones: Immutable (read–only) Zones, NFS servers in zones, delegated administration, P2V pre–flight check, the <code>zonestat</code> utility coupled with the <code>libzonestat</code> dynamically linked library;
* Security: <code>root</code> as a role, <code>netcat</code> and enhancements;
* Storage: ZFS shadow migration, ZFS backup/restore with NDMP, recursive ZFS send;
* Hardware support: SPARC T4, critical threads, SDP enabled and optimized, including support for Zones, SR-IOV, Intel AVX;
* UEFI Boot support (Solaris 11.1 onwards on x86)
* UltraSPARC II, III, IV series support removed; [[IA-32]] architecture support removed.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/
  | title = Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library, 11/11 Release
  | date = July 1, 2012
  | access-date = August 19, 2012
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | archive-date = September 8, 2024
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240908005356/https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o|11.1}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2012|10|03}}
| {{dunno}}
|SVR4
| New features and enhancements:<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/overview/solaris11-1-1845817.html
  | title = Announcing Oracle Solaris 11.1
  | date = April 18, 2013
  | access-date = April 18, 2013
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | archive-date = June 19, 2018
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180619201612/http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/overview/solaris11-1-1845817.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/announcing_oracle_solaris_11_1
  | title = Announcing Oracle Solaris 11.1 – solaris blog
  | date = April 18, 2013
  | access-date = April 18, 2013
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | archive-date = March 28, 2013
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328091508/https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/announcing_oracle_solaris_11_1
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/oracle_solaris_11_1_blog
  | title = Oracle Solaris 11.1 Blog Post Roundup
  | date = April 18, 2013
  | access-date = April 18, 2013
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | archive-date = March 28, 2013
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328090939/https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/entry/oracle_solaris_11_1_blog
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* Installer enhancements
* [[Service Management Facility]] configuration improvements
* Zone improvements
* [[Address space layout randomization]]
* Per-file authorization to edit administrative files using pfedit command<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/solaris11-1-whatsnew-1732377.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030145536/http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/solaris11-1-whatsnew-1732377.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-30 |url-status=live|title=Oracle Solaris 11.1 — What's New|date=March 21, 2013|publisher=Oracle}}</ref>
|-
| {{version|o|11.2}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2014|04|29}}
| {{dunno}}
|SVR4
| New features and enhancements:<ref>{{cite press release
  | url = http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pressrelease/solaris-11-2-042914
  | title = Oracle Introduces Oracle Solaris 11.2—Engineered for Cloud
  | date = April 29, 2014
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = April 29, 2014
  | archive-date = November 16, 2018
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181116134818/http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pressrelease/solaris-11-2-042914
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* Integrated hypervisor
* Kernel Zones
* Full [[OpenStack]] distribution
* Automation of software patches and updates, and other packaging improvements<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://timsfoster.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/ips-changes-in-solaris-11-2/
  | title = IPS changes in Solaris 11.2
  | first1 = Tim
  | last1 = Foster
  | date = April 30, 2014
}}</ref>
* [[Software-defined networking]]
|-
| {{version|co|11.3}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2015|10|26}}
| align=center | January 2027
|SVR4
| New features and enhancements:<ref>{{cite press release
  | url = https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E53394_01/html/E54847/index.html
  | title = What's New in Oracle® Solaris 11.3
  | date = October 2015
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = October 28, 2015
  | archive-date = October 13, 2019
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191013102655/https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E53394_01/html/E54847/index.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* [[Live migration]] of Solaris Kernel Zones
* InfiniBand support for Kernel Zones
* Virtual Clocks for Solaris Zones
* [[ZFS]] [[LZ4 (compression algorithm)|LZ4]]
* SMB 2.1
* Private VLAN 
* VNICs on IPoIB
* Periodic and Scheduled Services
* Tailored Compliance Reporting 
* OpenBSD 5.5 Packet Filter
* Deferred Dump
* Integration with OpenStack Juno
|-
| {{version|c|11.4}}
| 5.11
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{Start date and age|2018|08|28}}
| align=center | November 2037<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2024 |title=Oracle and Sun System Software and Operating Systems |url=https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf |page=40 |access-date=18 February 2024 |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218114041/https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|SVR4
| New features and enhancements:<ref>{{cite press release
  | url = https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37838_01/html/E60974/index.html
  | title = What's New in Oracle® Solaris 11.4
  | date = August 2018
  | publisher = Oracle Corporation
  | access-date = August 14, 2018
  | archive-date = July 24, 2018
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180724152049/https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37838_01/html/E60974/index.html
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* CPUs with OSA2011 architecture required (UltraSPARC T4, SPARC64 X, or better)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Sun%20Microsystems/2382427_1.html |title=Oracle Solaris 11.3 Support (Doc ID 2382427.1) |date=2023-01-13 |access-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102161404/https://support.oracle.com/knowledge/Sun%20Microsystems/2382427_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>'<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37838_01/html/E60973/glmru.html#SERNSplatformsupport |title=Oracle Solaris 11.4 Release Notes: Platform Support |date=2021-05-01 |access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>
* [[ZFS]] Top-Level Device Removal. <code>zpool remove</code>
*Solaris Web Dashboard and Analytics (sstore)
*Native Zones: Live Zone Reconfiguration for Datasets
*[[GNOME 3]] instead of the [[GNOME 2]] desktop<ref name="g3-in-solaris-11.4">{{Cite web |last=Coopersmith |first=Alan |title=Using GNOME 3 in Oracle Solaris 11.4 |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/using-gnome-3-in-oracle-solaris-114 |website=Oracle Solaris Blog |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801051955/https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/using-gnome-3-in-oracle-solaris-114 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

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A more comprehensive summary of some Solaris versions is also available.<ref>{{cite web
  | url = http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions
  | title = SunOS & Solaris Version History
  | access-date = September 10, 2006
  | publisher = UC Berkeley Open Computing Facility
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060708215337/http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> 
  | archive-date = July 8, 2006
}}</ref> Solaris releases are also described in the Solaris 2 FAQ.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/Q1.5.html
 |title       = What machines does Solaris 2.x run on?
 |access-date  = September 10, 2006
 |author      = Casper Dik
 |date        = April 26, 2005
 |work        = Solaris 2 FAQ
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060901012636/http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/Q1.5.html
 |archive-date = September 1, 2006
}}</ref>