Oracle has tested the Raptor GFX550e IHV graphics card (PN 19-0156-02) for use on the SPARC S7 servers with Oracle Solaris 11.3. Note that only one display option for SPARC S7 servers is supported at one time; either Xorg for local display or Xvnc for remote display. You must enable Xorg and disable Xvnc for the GFX550e graphics card to function properly in an SPARC S7 server.
To install the card on a SPARC S7 server, follow the directions in the GFX Quick Installation Guide that ships with the card, with these modifications:
The driver that ships with the card does not work with SPARC S7 servers.
# pkg install solaris-desktop
This will make it easier to enable VNC for remote display if you need that option in the future.
... ... ISVNCPLATFORM=false # Check if this is a platform that should use Xvnc or Xorg. if [[ "${XSERVER}" == "/usr/bin/Xorg" ]] ; then ...
# svccfg -s svc:/application/x11/x11-server setprop options/vncplatform_override = boolean: true Note: vncplatform_override property needs to be set to false to revert to default Xvnc mode.
# fbconfig -list Device File Name Device Model Config Program ---------------- ------------ -------------- /dev/fbs/mko0 program not available
For questions or support issues on the GFX 550e graphics card, contact hotline@techsource.com.