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How to check Solaris version
Here is how to check the Oracle Solaris Version you are running
$ uname -a
SunOS mysunserver 5.10 Generic_125100-06 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000 Solaris
$
Solaris 10 uses the SunOS 5.10 kernel, Solaris 9 uses the SunOS 5.9 kernel...
$ cat /etc/release
Solaris 10 11/06 s10s_u3wos_10 SPARC
Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 14 November 2006
$
And to check the Solaris build
$ showrev
Hostname: mysunserver
Hostid: 848233a4
Release: 5.10
Kernel architecture: sun4v
Application architecture: sparc
Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems
Domain:
Kernel version: SunOS 5.10 Generic_125100-06
$
Kernel architectures:
sun4c (MicroSPARC)
sun4d
sun4m (SuperSparc)
sun4u (UltraSPARC) (~1995)
sun4v (USIIIi) (~2002)
(Solaris 10 only support sun4u and later)