Using Power Management

System Architecture Distinctions and Default Settings

The SPARC architecture of a workstation determines which Power Management features are available. The default behavior in Power Management functions varies on systems, as described in Table 1-1.

To determine your system's architecture, use the uname -m command.

If you have Sun MicrosystemsTM hardware that is not described by this manual, refer to the Sun Hardware Platform Guide for this Solaris release. It may contain additional information about how Power Management software functions on your system.

Table 1-1 Power Management Features in Different SPARC Architectures

Power Management Features 

sun4m  

sun4u (Energy Star 2.0) 

sun4u (Energy Star 3.0) 

Servers 

Display PM Available 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Display PM by Default 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Device PM Available 

No 

No 

Yes 

No 

Device PM by Default 

N/A 

N/A 

Yes 

N/A 

Suspend-Resume Available 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Suspend-Resume by Default 

No 

Yes 

No 

N/A 

AutoShutDown Available 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

AutoWakeup by Default 

N/A 

Yes 

No 

N/A 


Note -

The SPARCstationTM Voyager is a sun4m-architecture system, but it is not supported in this Solaris release.