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Solaris 9 4/04 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. Installing Software From the Solaris Disk

Upgrading Firmware on Sun Fire and Netra Servers Before Installation (Bug ID 4747307, 4799331)

Automatic Installation of Solaris Software

Supported Platform Names and Groups

32-Bit Kernel--Default on 200MHz or Lower UltraSPARC Systems

System Kernel Support

Supported Graphics

2. Installing Software From the Solaris 9 4/04 Software Supplement CD

Supplement CD Software

Installing Supplement CD Software

Before Installing Supplement CD Software

Installing Supplement CD Software as Part of a Solaris Installation

Installing Supplement CD Software Using Solaris Web Start

Installing Supplement CD Software on a Standalone System Using pkgadd

Validation Test Suite Software

SunVTS Packages

Installing SunVTS

Using SunVTS Software

OpenGL Software

Supported Platforms

Removing Old Packages

OpenGL Packages

Installing OpenGL

After Installing the Packages

Unexpected Slow Local Rendering

Sun Remote System Control for Sun Servers

SunForum

Installing SunForum

Online Help

Network Adapter Drivers Included on the Supplement CD

Installing the Drivers

Platform Notes for Network Adapter Drivers

Configuring VLANs

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Configure Static VLANs

Java 3D 1.3.1 API

Installation Dependencies

Installing Java 3D 1.3.1 API

Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP Software

Sun Enterprise 10000 Capacity on Demand 1.0 Software

Netra ct Platform Software

3. Documents on the Supplement CD

AnswerBook2 Documentation and the Solaris 9 4/04 Release

Documentation on the Supplement CD

Accessing Documents From the Installed Packages

Solaris 9 4/04 on Sun Hardware Documentation Set

Sun Computer Systems Manual Page Packages

Installing Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages

Using Sun Computer Systems Manual Pages

Other Documents on the Supplement CD

4. Power Management on Sun Hardware

Supported Platforms and System Distinctions

System Architecture Distinctions and Default Settings

SPARCstation 4 Issues

5. OpenBoot Emergency Procedures

OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems With Standard (Non-USB) Keyboards

OpenBoot Emergency Procedures for Systems With USB Keyboards

Stop-A Functionality

Stop-N Functionality

Stop-F Functionality

Stop-D Functionality

A. Localized Packages on the Supplement CD

Japanese Localized Packages

German Localized Packages

Italian Localized Packages

French Localized Packages

Spanish Localized Packages

Swedish Localized Packages

Traditional Chinese Localized Packages

Simplified Chinese Localized Packages

Korean Localized Packages

Index