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Chapter 1 # What's New at a Glance The Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 are a suite of reliable services that provide the foundation for next-generation network services. The Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 can be used by network equipment providers to create a highly available, dynamically scalable cluster of distributed nodes. They can also be used to augment existing frameworks. For an introduction to the service enhancements of the Foundation Services 2.1 6/03, see the following sections: Purpose of Patch Release Highlights of This Delivery For further information about the services available in the Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 product, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Overview. ## Purpose of Patch Release The current patch level of the Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 supports an increased range of hardware platforms and an additional version of the Solaris™ operating system. Many of the services provided by the Foundation Services have been enhanced to improve the availability of applications and to increase your control of the data integrity policy. For information about installing the Foundation Services 2.1 6/03, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Custom Installation Guide. ## Highlights of This Delivery Following are the enhancements provided in the current patch level of the Foundation Services 2.1 6/03: Support of clusters of more than 12 nodes. For information about the cluster size supported, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Release Notes. Support of Sun StorEdge 3310 disk arrays for single attachment. For a full list of supported hardware and example cluster configurations, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Hardware Guide. Support of clusters containing both dataless and diskless nodes. You must install these clusters manually. For further information on the installation method, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Custom Installation Guide. Reduction of the time taken for full synchronization. Data management policies: `Integrity`, `Availability`, and `Adaptability`. Qualification of Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 on new hardware platforms and new versions of the Solaris operating system. For information about the hardware and software supported, see the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Release Notes. Ability to have diskless and dataless nodes running when there is no longer a master in the cluster. Sanity check of the blocks on the replicated slices. Sequential slice synchronization. Ability to delay the beginning of synchronization and later trigger synchronization at a time of your choice. Control of the order in which `nhinstall` installs patches and packages. For further information, see Installation. Update of the books in the documentation set to reflect the changes to the product described in Chapter 2, Installation, Configuration, and Administration and Chapter 3, Service Enhancements. The new versions of the books in the documentation set have part numbers of the format 817-xxxx-20.
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