How This Document Is Organized

This document is divided into these major sections:

• "General Requirements " lists the x86 hardware requirements for installing the Solaris 2.6 operating environment.

• "System Platforms" lists the platforms supported in the Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition product; not all of the peripherals listed in the "Supported Devices" section have been tested in all combinations on all of these platforms. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of x86 machines that can run Solaris 2.6 software.

• "Supported Devices" lists the supported peripherals.

Specific machines and classes of devices are shown in these tables in this document.

• "System Platforms"

• Single Processor Systems, Table 11-1

• Multiprocessor Systems (SMP), Table 11-2

• Notebook Computers (Prior to March 1996), Table 11-3

• Notebook Certification Matrix (After March 1996), Table 11-4

• "Supported Devices"

• SCSI Host Bus Adapters, Table 11-5

• SCSI RAID Controllers, Table 11-6

• Solid State SCSI Disk Devices, Table 11-7

• CD-ROM Drives, Table 11-8

• Printing Devices, Table 11-9

• Audio Devices, Table 11-10

• Telephony Products, Table 11-11

• Multiport Serial Adapters, Table 11-12

• Network Adapters--Ethernet, Table 11-13

• Network Adapters--Fast Ethernet, Table 11-14

• Network Adapters--FDDI, Table 11-15

• Network Adapters--Token Ring, Table 11-16

• Network Adapters--WAN, Table 11-17

• High-Speed Networking, Table 11-18

• PC Card (PCMCIA)--Add-On Boards, Table 11-19

• PC Card (PCMCIA)--GPS and Navigation Devices, Table 11-20

• PC Card (PCMCIA)--Modems, Table 11-21

• PC Card (PCMCIA)--Serial Cards, Table 11-22

• PC Card (PCMCIA)--SRAM Memory Cards, Table 11-23

• Pointing Devices, Table 11-24

• Tape Drives--SCSI, Table 11-25

• SCSI RAID Tape, Table 11-26

• Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS), Table 11-27

• Motherboards, Table 11-28

• Video Display Adapters, Table 11-29

• Notebook Display Video Support, Table 11-30