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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

3.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

4.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

5.  Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)

6.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

7.  Using USB Devices (Overview)

What's New in USB Devices?

EHCI Isochronous Transfer Support

Support for CDC ACM Devices

Changed USB Device Hotpluggable Behavior

Oracle Solaris ZFS Support on USB Devices

Support for Prolific and Keyspan Serial Adapters

USB Power Budgeting

x86: Support for USB CDs and DVDs in GRUB-Based Booting

USB Virtual Keyboard and Mouse Support

vold Provides Awareness of Hot-Plugged USB Devices

Solaris Support for USB Devices

Overview of USB Devices

Commonly Used USB Acronyms

USB Bus Description

USB Devices and Drivers

USB Driver Enhancements

The EHCI, OHCI, and UHCI Drivers

Solaris USB Architecture (USBA)

About USB in the Oracle Solaris OS

USB 2.0 Features

USB 2.0 Device Features and Compatibility Issues

Bus-Powered Devices

USB Keyboards and Mouse Devices

USB Wheel Mouse Support

USB Host Controller and Hubs

USB Hub Devices

SPARC: USB Power Management

Guidelines for USB Cables

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

13.  x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

14.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

17.  Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)

18.  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)

19.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

20.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

21.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

22.  UFS File System (Reference)

23.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

24.  Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

25.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

26.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

27.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

28.  Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

29.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Solaris Support for USB Devices

Use the following table to identify Solaris support information for specific USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices.

USB Device
Solaris 8 HW 5/03 and Later Releases
Solaris 9 Releases
Solaris 10 Releases
General USB 1.1 device support
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
General USB 2.0 device support
SPARC only
SPARC and x86 (Solaris 9 4/04)
SPARC and x86
Specific USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 device support
audio devices (See notes below.)
USB 1.1 only:

Not supported on a USB 2.0 hub

USB 1.1 only:

Not supported on a USB 2.0 hub

USB 1.1 only:

Supported on a USB 2.0 hub

generic USB driver (ugen(7D))
SPARC only
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
hid devices (keyboard and mouse devices, hid(7D))
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
hubs (hubd(7D))
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
printers
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
serial devices (Edgeport (usbser_edge(7D)), Prolific (usbsprl(7D)), Keyspan (usbsksp(7D))
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
storage devices (scsa2usb(7D))
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
SPARC and x86
user-space USB device management library (libusb(3LIB))
Not supported
Not supported
SPARC and x86

Notes:

For task information associated with mass storage devices, see Chapter 8, Using USB Devices (Tasks).

For more information about ugen, see USB Driver Enhancements.