Installation guide

Note - It is common practice for hardware vendors to release variants of a particular
hardware design under a single marketing name. In some cases, not all variants will
work with the current Solaris device driver. Check the appropriate Device Reference
Page in the Configuring Devices module for additional information about specific
hardware versions supported by the current Solaris device driver. (After this release,
the latest Device Reference Page may be in Driver Update Guide for Solaris 2.6
(Intel Platform Edition); to obtain this document, refer to the locations listed in “How
to Obtain Updated Hardware Compatibility Lists and Device Driver Information” on
page 11-3.)
How This Document Is Organized
This document is divided into these major sections:
“General Requirements ” on page 11-6 lists the x86 hardware requirements for
installing the Solaris 2.6 operating environment.
“System Platforms” on page 11-6 lists the platforms supported in the Solaris 2.6
Intel Platform Edition product; not all of the peripherals listed in the “Supported
Devices” on page 11-42 section have been tested in all combinations on all of these
platforms. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of x86 machines that can
run Solaris 2.6 software.
“Supported Devices” on page 11-42 lists the supported peripherals.
Specific machines and classes of devices are shown in these tables in this document.
“System Platforms” on page 11-6
Single Processor Systems, Table 11–1
Multiprocessor Systems (SMP), Table 11–2
Notebook Computers (Prior to March 1996), Table 11–3
Notebook Certification Matrix (After March 1996), Table 11–4
“Supported Devices” on page 11-42
SCSI Host Bus Adapters, Table 11–5
SCSI RAID Controllers, Table 11–6
Solid State SCSI Disk Devices, Table 11–7
CD-ROM Drives, Table 11–8
Printing Devices, Table 11–9
Audio Devices, Table 11–10
Telephony Products, Table 11–11
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997