IA SCSI Drivers

This section describes enhancements in the Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition operating environment.

cadp Driver Enhancements

The Solaris cadp driver has been enhanced to include support for:

• PCI and SCSI Hot-Plug capability

• Physical Address Extension (PAE) mode

• Ultra devices

• Cluster and multi-initiator configurations

as well as improvements in quality and performance.

For more information, see the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide.

This feature was first available in the Solaris 7 8/99 release.

ncrs Device Driver Enhancements

The Solaris ncrs device driver now supports the SCSI hot-plugging functionality and Ultra2 devices, in addition to including general functionality and performance improvements.

For more information, see the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide and the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List.

symhisl Device Driver

The symhisl device driver, which supports the SYM53C896 chip and the SYM22910 and SYM21002 adapters, is now included in Solaris Intel Platform Edition.

For more information, see the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List.