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Solaris 10 Sun Hardware Platform Guide |
This document covers the following topics:
Appendix A covers the following topics for customers with hardware products running the temporary, limited-release Solaris 10 3/05 HW1 Operating System:
Appendix B covers the following topics for customers with hardware products running the temporary, limited-release Solaris 10 3/05 HW2 Operating System:
Before installing the Solaris 10 software, check TABLE 1 for other manuals that might also apply to your situation.
Prior to the release of the Solaris 10 1/06 OS, Sun hardware platforms that included UltraSPARC IV+ CPU/memory boards or system boards were distributed with the temporary, limited-release, Solaris 10 3/05 HW1 software. The Sun Fire T2000 system, which features the UltraSPARC T1 processor, came with the temporary Solaris 10 3/05 HW2 OS. Never install the HW1 or HW2 software on any system it did not originally come with.
Systems running the Solaris 10 3/05, Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, or Solaris 10 3/05 HW2 OS all can be upgraded to the Solaris 10 1/06 OS. If a system or domain is currently running the Solaris 10 3/05 OS, do not use the upgrade process to install the HW1 software. If you must install the HW1 OS rather than the Solaris 10 1/06 OS, perform a fresh installation of the HW1 OS. However, you can use the upgrade process for the HW1 OS if the hardware is currently using the Solaris 8 2/04 release or Solaris 9 4/04 OS release.
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Note - If your system is running the HW1 or HW2 OS, refer to the additional release notes and a list of integrated patches in Appendix A or Appendix B |
You need to know your system architecture (platform group) if you are performing one of the following tasks:
Setting up a boot server on a subnet
Adding clients for network installation (standalone, servers, dataless, diskless)
Writing a custom JumpStart installation rules file
The following tables list and categorize the SPARC platform names and platform groups of various Sun hardware systems supported by the Solaris 10 release. All SPARC platforms are 64-bit, but can run both 64-bit and 32-bit applications. These platforms require no special installation or upgrade instructions to use the Solaris 10 release.
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Note - Platforms listed in TABLE 2 are part of the sun4v platform group. Platforms listed in TABLE 3 are part of the sun4u platform group. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide for information on platform groups for other systems. |
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SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 |
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Solaris 10 1/06) |
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For information on supported x86-based systems, refer to the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List, found online at:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl
The Sun Graphics Platform Matrix lists the graphics accelerators and the Sun hardware and software platforms supported by each. You can access all graphics accelerator documentation, including the Sun Graphics Platform Matrix, at:
http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics
See the Solaris Handbook for Sun Frame Buffers, included in the Solaris 10 on Sun Hardware collection, for information on previously released cards.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency created the Energy Star® guidelines for computer products to encourage the use of energy-efficient computer systems and to reduce air pollution associated with energy generation.
To meet these guidelines, Sun Microsystems, Inc. designs hardware to use power efficiently. It also provides Power Management
software with which to configure the power management settings. Refer to the Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide in the Solaris 10 documentation collections for more information on Power Management software features, defaults, and commands to determine which version works with your system.
The CD labeled Solaris x Software Supplement, also called the Supplement CD, is no longer provided with Solaris releases and is no longer a separate portion of the Solaris DVD. The software and documents formerly found there during Solaris 9 releases are now available for download from the Sun Microsystems software download site.
TABLE 4 shows the status and new locations of the items formerly found on the Supplement CD.
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http://sun.com/software/download (Solaris 10 does not support this software.) |
The Solaris 10 on Sun Hardware document collection, formerly found on the Supplement CD, can now be found with other Solaris 10 documentation at:
The documents available on the web are the most recent.
The Solaris 10 on Sun Hardware document collection includes manuals with more detailed information about some network adapters that are supported by drivers included in Solaris 10.
To determine which network adapter device driver a system is using, use the ifconfig -a command. This command displays a list of all network connections that have been plumbed.
TABLE 5 lists the device names and Platform Notes for network adapters whose device drivers are supplied with the Solaris media. For information on other device drivers, see the System Administrator Collection for your Solaris version at:
The SunVTS validation test suite is a diagnostic tool designed to test Sun hardware. Its multiple diagnostic hardware tests verify the connectivity and functionality of most hardware controllers and devices for SPARC and x86 architectures. SunVTS also provides an infrastructure for programmers to develop their own tests and run them using the SunVTS interface.
SunVTS software was included on the Supplement CD for releases prior to Solaris 10. SunVTS software packages are now delivered on the Solaris 10 DVD in:
Software provided in that directory is not installed automatically when Solaris is installed.
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Note - The Solaris 10 1/06 release includes SunVTS 6.1 in this directory. |
Recent SunVTS releases are also available at:
http://sun.com/software/download
To find and use the latest version of the SunVTS software, refer to the Sun Validation Test Suite documentation in the Solaris on Sun Hardware collection at:
The information about OpenBoot emergency procedures, formerly found in this document, can be found in the OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual (part number 816-1177).
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