General Issues

This section contains general issues that involve AP on Sun Enterprise servers. Read this section before you attempt to install or configure AP.

Supported Devices

The following devices are supported by the AP software on Sun Enterprise servers:

• SPARCstorage(TM) Arrays recognized by AP using the pln,soc, and ssd ports

• Sun(TM) StorEdge(TM) A5000 recognized by AP using sf, socal, and ssd ports

• SunFastEthernet(TM) 2.0 (hme)

• SunFDDI(TM) 5.0 (nf) SAS (Single-Attach Station) and DAS (Dual-Attach Station)

• SCSI-2/Buffered Ethernet FSBE/S and DSBE/S (le)

• Quad Ethernet (qe)

• Sun(TM) Quad FastEthernet(TM) (qfe)

• Sun GigabitEthernet 2.0 (ge)

The following table lists which devices are supported in which releases:

SunFDDI and GigabitEthernet Devices

AP 2.2 validation tests were performed on SunFDDI (revision 6.0) and GigabitEthernet (revision 2.0). If you install either of these devices, you must use the revision level that was tested, unless a higher revision level exists. In addition, you must install all of the available patches for these devices. Refer to http://www.sunsolve.sun.com for more information about the patches.

Sun StorEdge A3000

The Sun StorEdge A3000 supports failover capabilities that are similar to those provided by AP. Because of this, AP does not support the Sun StorEdge A3000. See that product's documentation for more information about its failover support.

Sun StorEdge A5000

AP supports the Sun StorEdge A5000 for this release.

Sun StorEdge A7000

AP 2.2 does not support the Sun StorEdge A7000 for this release.

Software Compatibility

The following lists includes the possible combinations of AP and Solaris software you can install on a Sun Enterprise server.

• Solaris 2.6 5/98 with AP 2.1 and DR

• Solaris 7 with AP 2.2 and DR

• Solaris 7 5/99 with AP 2.2 and DR