How This Document Is Organized

This document is divided into these major sections:

• General Requirements lists the x86 32-bit processor architecture (IA) hardware requirements for installing the Solaris 8 operating environment.

• System Platforms lists the platforms supported in the Solaris 8 x86 Platform Edition product; not all of the peripherals listed in Supported Devices have been tested in all combinations on all of these platforms. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of IA machines that can run Solaris 8 software.

• Supported Devices lists the peripherals supported by drivers bundled on the Solaris CD. Support for these drivers is provided by Sun.

• Devices Supported by Verified Third-Party Drivers lists devices that are developed and supported by third-party vendors. Contact the vendor directly to get support for these third-party drivers.

Specific machines and classes of devices are shown in these tables in this document.

• System Platforms

  • Single Processor Systems, Table 1-1

  • Multiprocessor Systems (SMP), Table 1-8

• Supported Devices

  • SCSI Host Bus Adapters, Table 1-11

  • SCSI RAID Controllers, Table 1-12

  • CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drives, Table 1-13

  • Jaz/Zip Drives, Table 1-14

  • Audio Devices, Table 1-15

  • Multiport Serial Adapters, Table 1-16

  • Network Adapters--Ethernet, Table 1-17

  • Network Adapters--Fast Ethernet, Table 1-21

  • Network Adapters--Token Ring, Table 1-22

  • AT-ISDN Adapters, Table 1-23

  • USB--Keyboards, Table 1-24

  • USB--Pointing Devices, Table 1-25

  • USB--Hubs, Table 1-26

  • USB--Storage Devices, Table 1-27

  • PC Card (PCMCIA)--Add-On Boards, Table 1-28

  • PC Card (PCMCIA)--Modems, Table 1-29

  • PC Card (PCMCIA)--Serial Cards, Table 1-30

  • PC Card (PCMCIA)--SRAM Memory Cards, Table 1-31

  • Pointing Devices, Table 1-32

  • Tape Drives--SCSI, Table 1-33

  • SCSI RAID Tape, Table 1-35

  • Motherboards, Table 1-36

  • Video Display Devices, Table 1-37

• Devices Supported by Verified Third-Party Drivers