Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools

The following table lists the tools that are available in various Solaris 8 releases.

Table 1.6. Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools

Feature or Tool

Supported in admintool?

Supported in Solstice AdminSuite 3.0? (Solaris 8 and Solaris 8 6/00 and 10/00 only)

Supported in Solaris Management Console 1.0?

Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.0? (Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 only)

Diskless Client support

No

No

No

No, but a diskless command- line interface is available as a separate tool

Disks tool

No

No

No

Yes

Job Scheduler tool

No

No

No

Yes

Log Viewer tool

No

Yes

No

Yes

Mail Alias support

No

Yes

No

Yes

Mounts and Shares tool

No

Yes

No

Yes

Name Service support

No

Yes

No

For users, groups, and network information only

Printer support

Yes

No, but Solaris Print Manager is available as a separate tool

Yes

No, but Solaris Print Manager is available as a separate tool

Software Package tool

Yes

No

Yes

No

RBAC support

No

Yes (rights support only)

No

Yes

RBAC tool

No

No, but RBAC command-line interface is available as a separate tool

No

Yes

Serial Port tool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

User/Group tool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes