This document provides information about general IA hardware
requirements and the peripherals and system platforms that are supported in Solaris
TM
8
x86 Platform Edition
.
It documents cumulative changes since the release of Solaris 8
x86 Platform Edition
, including those documented in the
Solaris 8 (x86 Platform Edition) 6/00 Hardware Compatibility List
,
the
Solaris 8 (x86 Platform Edition) 10/00 Hardware Compatibility
List
and the
Solaris 8 (x86 Platform Edition) 1/01
Hardware Compatibility List
.
Note -
In this document the term "IA" refers to the x86
32-bit processor architecture, which includes the Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium
II, Pentium II Xeon, Celeron, Pentium III, and Pentium III Xeon processors
and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD and Cyrix.
Note -
System platforms listed in this document are tested "as-shipped"
by the hardware manufacturers, but due to the nature of this industry, there
might be unexpected and unannounced changes.
Before a system can be certified, every controller (disk, network, and
video) in the system must be certified. This means that each controller runs
on an existing Solaris driver or on a driver that has been certified by Sun.
All Sun certified controllers are listed in
Supported Devices
and
Certified Controllers Supported by Third-Party Drivers
.
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
“Device Reference Pages” in the
Solaris 8 (x86 Platform
Edition) Device Configuration Guide
to see if they provide
additional information about specific hardware versions supported by the current
Solaris device driver.
