The Solaris 10 7/07 HW Package List lists and describes the packages included in the SolarisTM 10 7/07 HWOperating System (Solaris OS). The list includes information about the software groups that contain each package.
This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.
In this document the term “x86” refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List.
This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing the Solaris software.
The following table lists related information that you need when you install the Solaris software.
Table P–1 Related Information
Information |
Description |
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Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade |
Guides you through planning the installation or upgrade of the Solaris operating system. This book provides overviews of all the Solaris installation programs. This book also provides overviews of the following features as they relate to installation:
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Describes how to perform a basic Solaris installation, on SPARC or x86 platforms, with a graphical user interface (GUI). |
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Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations |
Describes how to perform a remote Solaris installation over a local area network or a wide area network. |
Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning |
Describes how to use Solaris Live Upgrade to create and upgrade new boot environments. |
Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations |
Describes how to create the files and directories necessary to perform an unattended custom JumpStartTM installation. |
Solaris 10 11/06 Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation) |
Provides instructions for creating Solaris Flash archives and using Solaris Flash archives to install the Solaris OS on multiple systems. |
Describes how to back up system files and other system administration tasks. |
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Describes any bugs, known problems, software that is being discontinued, and patches that are related to the Solaris release. |
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SPARC: Solaris Sun Hardware Platform Guide on http://docs.sun.com |
Contains information about supported hardware. |
Contains supported hardware information and device configuration details. |
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources: