Not all platforms and peripheral devices listed in this chapter are compatible. Contact your authorized Sun support provider for support information.
SPARCclassic(TM)
SPARCstation SLC(TM)
SPARCstation ELC(TM)
SPARCstation LX
SPARCstation IPC(TM)
SPARCstation IPX(TM)
SPARCstation 1
SPARCstation 1+
SPARCstation 2
SPARCstation 4
SPARCstation 5
SPARCstation 5 Model 170
SPARCstation 10
SPARCstation 10SX
SPARCstation 20
SPARCstation 20 Model HS11, HS12, HS14, HS21, HS22, 151, and 152
SPARCstation Voyager(TM)
Ultra 1 Model 140, 170
Ultra 1 Creator Model 140E, 170E, 200E
Ultra 1 Creator3D Model 140E, 170E, 200E
Sun Enterprise 1 Model 140, 170, 170E
Ultra 2 Creator Model 1170, 2170, 1200, 2200, 1300, 2300
Ultra 2 Creator3D Model 1170, 2170, 1200, 2200
Ultra 5
Ultra 10
Ultra 30
Ultra 60
Ultra 450
Sun Enterprise 2 Model 1170, 2170, 1200, 2200, 1300, 2300
Sun Enterprise 150
Sun Enterprise 250
Sun Enterprise 450
Sun Enterprise 3000
Sun Enterprise 4000
Sun Enterprise 5000
Sun Enterprise 6000
Sun Enterprise 3500
Sun Enterprise 4500
Sun Enterprise 5500
Sun Enterprise 6500
Sun Enterprise 10000
SPARCserver 1000 and 1000E
SPARCcenter 2000 and 2000E
The following peripherals are supported:
SPARCstorage Array
Sun StorEdge A5000
Sun StorEdge D1000/A1000
1.05-Gbyte
1.05-Gbyte Fast/Wide
2.1-Gbyte
2.1-Gbyte Fast/Wide
4.2-Gbyte Fast/Wide
9-Gbyte Ultra
18-Gbyte Ultra
2.1-Gbyte (2 x 1.05-Gbyte)
4.2-Gbyte (2 x 2.1-Gbyte Fast SCSI-2)
4.2-Gbyte (4 x 1.05-Gbyte)
4.2-Gbyte (2 x 2.1-Gbyte 7200 rpm)
8.4-Gbyte (4 x 2.1-Gbyte Fast SCSI-2)
8.4-Gbyte (2 x 4.2-Gbyte 5400 rpm)
8.4-Gbyte (4 x 2.1-Gbyte 7200 rpm)
8.4-Gbyte (2 x 4.2-Gbyte)
9-Gbyte (2 x 9-Gbyte 7200 rpm Ultra)
9-Gbyte (4 x 9-Gbyte 7200 rpm Ultra)
9-Gbyte (6 x 9-Gbyte Ultra)
16.8-Gbyte (4 x 4.2-Gbyte)
16.8-Gbyte (4 x 4.2-Gbyte 5400 rpm)
18-Gbyte (2 x 9-Gbyte)
36-Gbyte (2 x 18-Gbyte)
36-Gbyte (4 x 9-Gbyte)
54-Gbyte (6 x 9-Gbyte)
72-Gbyte (4 x 18-Gbyte)
108-Gbyte (6 x 18-Gbyte)
104-Mbyte
207-Mbyte
207-Mbyte Low profile (LP)
424-Mbyte
535-Mbyte (LP)
1.05-Gbyte
1.05-Gbyte (LP)
2.1-Gbyte
4.2-Gbyte
327-Mbyte
669-Mbyte
4.2-Gbyte (4 x 1.05-Gbyte)
4.2-Gbyte (2 x 2.1-Gbyte)
8.4-Gbyte (4 x 2.1-Gbyte)
8.4-Gbyte (2 x 4.2-Gbyte)
16.8-Gbyte (4 x 4.2-Gbyte
16.8-Gbyte (4 x 4.2-Gbyte 5.25-inch)
1.3-Gbyte (5.25-inch)
2.1-Gbyte
2.9-Gbyte
9.0-Gbyte
2.1-Gbyte
2.1-Gbyte (4 x 535-Mbyte, narrow)
4.2-Gbyte (4 x 1.05-Gbyte, wide)
8.4-Gbyte (4 x 2.1-Gbyte, wide)
4.2-Gbyte (2 x 2.1-Gbyte)
8.4-Gbyte (2 x 4.2-Gbyte)
SunCD(TM)TM drive
SunCD Plus(TM)TM drive
SunCD 2Plus(TM)TM drive
SunCD 4 drive
Sun StorEdge CD12 drive
SunCD 16 drive
SunCD 24 drive
SunCD 32 drive
60-Mbyte 1/4 inch QIC Sun3 Mass Storage subsystem
150-Mbyte 1/4 inch QIC Desktop Backup Pack and External Storage Module
2.5-Gbyte 1/4-inch QIC Sun StorEdge UniPack
1/2-inch Front Load (800/1600/6250 bpi) Tape
5-Gbyte 4mm Tape Desktop Backup Pack and Sun StorEdge UniPack
20-Gbyte 4mm Tape Auto-Loader Desktop Backup Module
2.3-Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack and External Storage Module
5.0-Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack
10-Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack
14-Gbyte 8mm Desktop Backup Pack and Sun StorEdge UniPack
Multi-Tape Tray and Dragon Media Tray
20-Gbyte 4mm tape autoloader
5.0-Gbyte 8mm
10-Gbyte 8mm
14-Gbyte 8mm
Internal
4-Gbyte 4mm DDS2 tape drive
4-Gbyte 4mm DDS2CR tape drive
4-Gbyte DDS3 tape drive
7-Gbyte 8mm 8505XL tape drive
7-Gbyte 8mm 8705DX tape drive
SPARCstorage Library (up to two 14-Gbyte tape drives with 10 magazine cartridges and a robotic mechanism to select cartridges) (SCSI)
3.5-inch dual density diskette drive
3.5-inch tri-density diskette drive
3.5-inch tri-density manual eject diskette drive
SBus Expansion Subsystem/Chassis (SES/C)
SBus Expansion Subsystem/Board (SES/B)
Sun SCSI Host Adapter (SSHA)
SBus SCSI Buffered Ethernet (SBE/S)
SBus Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet (FSBE/S)
SBus Single-ended Fast/Wide Intelligent SCSI-2 (SWIS/S)
SBus Single-ended Fast/Wide SCSI-2 (SunSwift)
SBus Differential Fast/Wide Intelligent SCSI-2 (DWIS/S)
SBus Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet (DSBE/S)
PCI Single-ended Fast/Wide SCSI-2 (SunSwift/PCI)
Dual Differential UltraSCSI (UD2S)
Dual Single-ended UltraSCSI (US2S)
FC/S
FC-OM (FC/S only)
FC100/S
GBIC (FC100/S only)
The PCMCIA interfaces are provided with the following products:
SPARCstation Voyager (uses STP4020 PCMCIA controller chip)
PCMCIA Interface/SBus (uses STP4020 PCMCIA controller chip)
The supported PC cards are:
Serial RS-232 communication cards
Data and fax modem cards
SRAM, DRAM, MROM memory cards
The following frame buffers are supported:
Product Name |
Common Name |
Device Driver X |
Bus Architecture |
---|---|---|---|
n/a |
CG3 |
/dev/fbs/cgthreeX |
SBus |
GX |
CG6 |
/dev/fbs/cgsixX |
SBus |
GXplus |
CG6 |
/dev/fbs/cgsixX |
SBus |
TGX |
TurboGX |
/dev/fbs/cgsixX |
SBus |
TGX4 |
TurboGX+ |
/dev/fbs/cgsixX |
SBus |
SX |
CG14 |
/dev/fbs/cgfourteenX |
embedded SPARCstation 10SX SPARCstation 20 |
S24 |
tcx |
/dev/fbs/tcxX |
AFX Bus |
FSV |
tcx |
/dev/fbs/tcxX |
AFX Bus (embedded) |
SunVideo |
rtvc |
/dev/rtvcX |
SBus |
Creator |
ffb |
/dev/fbs/ffbX |
UPA Bus |
Creator3D |
ffb |
/dev/fbs/ffbX |
UPA Bus |
Creator Series 2 |
ffb2 |
/dev/fbs/ffbX |
UPA Bus |
Creator3D Series 2 |
ffb2 |
/dev/fbs/ffbX |
UPA Bus |
PGX |
M64 |
/dev/fbs/m64X |
PCI Bus |
X denotes the device number for the device driver and FSV (tcx) is integrated on the SPARCstation 4 system motherboard.
SunDials(TM)
SunButtons(TM)
The SunDials and SunButtons products are not supported on all hardware. Contact your authorized Sun Support provider for more information.
The following network and communications devices are supported:
SBus Second Ethernet
SBus SCSI/Buffered Ethernet Card (SBE/S)
SBus Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet Card (FSBE/S)
SBus Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet Card (DSBE/S)
SBus Quad Ethernet Controller (SQEC)
SunSwift SBus Adapter
SunFastEthernet-2 SBus Adapter
SunSwift PCI Adapter
SBus Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI/S)
SBus High-Speed Interface (HSI/S)
SBus Token Ring Interface (TRI/S)
SBus Prestoserve(TM)
SBus SunATM(TM) 155
SBus SunATM 622
SBus Fibre Channel Card (FC/S)
NVSIMM
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
Serial Parallel Controller/SBus (SPC/S)
SunPC(TM) Accelerator
SunFDDI Single-Attach PCI Adapter
SunFDDI Dual-Attach PCI Adapter
SUNTRI Token Ring Interface PCI Adapter
SUNHSI High-Speed Serial Interface PCI Adapter
Sun Serial Asynchronous Interface PCI Adapter
The following keyboard and mouse options are supported:
Type 3 keyboard
Type 4 keyboard
Type 5 keyboard
Compact 1 keyboard
M3 mouse
M4 mouse
Type 5 mouse
Compact 1 mouse