How This Book Is Organized

This book is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Installing Software From the Solaris CD supports the Solaris 9 Start Here card by providing additional installation instructions on how to install or upgrade to the Solaris 9 software on specific Sun platforms and hardware options.

Chapter 2, Supported Sun Hardware lists supported Sun hardware.

Chapter 3, Installing Software from the Software Supplement for the Solaris Operating Environment CD describes how to install the software for Sun platforms and hardware options and describes value-added software provided to users of Sun hardware.

Chapter 4, Documents on the Supplement CD describes the locations and formats for the documentation on the Supplement CD.

Chapter 5 describes the procedure for updating the flash PROMs for 64-bit operation on Ultra^TM 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 450, and Sun Enterprise 450 systems.

Chapter 6 describes the procedure for updating the flash PROMs for 64-bit operation on Sun Enterprise^TM 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, and 6x00 systems.

Chapter 5, Power Management on Sun Hardware describes the hardware and software requirements for running the Power Management software on Sun hardware.

Chapter 8 describes installation of Alternate Pathing software.

Chapter 6, OpenBoot Emergency Procedures describes new OpenBoot^TM emergency procedures for some systems.

Chapter 7, Commands for the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems describes installation of the Solaris 9 operating environment on the Sun Fire^TM 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems.