LSI ITI8000 Series, User Manual

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General Description 1-3
Rev. 1.0 Copyright © 2000–2001 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
1.1.2 Hardware and Software Requirements
The Solaris operating system on SPARC-based systems supports the
LSI Logic ITI8000 adapters.
Table 1.3 lists the versions of the operating
systems that support these adapters.
Table 1.4 lists the hardware and software requirements for the Ethernet
portion of the ITI8000 Series adapters.
LSI Logic provides software device drivers that take full advantage of the
embedded RISC SCRIPTS multiport SCSI controller to minimize system
overhead and maximize data throughput. Four integrated Fast Ethernet
ports provide high performance network connectivity with full
compatibility with the Sun Microsystems Solaris SPARC QFE driver. An
integrated ATI Rage2C graphics engine provides high performance
graphics capability without the need for an additional CompactPCI slot.
LSI Logic provides the highest performance and the maximum
functionality with their ITI8000 adapters, while leaving the system
integrator the most expandable system platform. Having CompactPCI
Table 1.3 Operating System Support
Operating System Intel SPARC
Sun Solaris Version 2.6 No Yes
Sun Solaris Version 7.0 No Yes
Sun Solaris Version 8.0 No Yes
Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98 No N/A
Linux No N/A
Table 1.4 Requirements for the Ethernet Adapter
Requirements Hardware /Software
Supported Systems Sun SPARC or SPARC OEM systems
Supported Operating Environments Solaris 2.6 and above
OpenBoot PROM (OBP) Release 3.0 or later