Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 11/99, Hardware Platform Manual

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Preface
The Solaris 7 11/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide contains important information
about the Sun™ hardware supported by the Solaris™ 7 11/99 operating
environment.
This manual:
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Provides platform-specific installation instructions for the Solaris 7 11/99
software
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Describes software provided on the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD and
explains how to install product software
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Describes flash PROM update procedures necessary for some systems to run in
64-bit mode
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Describes installation issues affecting the Sun Enterprise 10000 system
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Identifies installation issues affecting the SPARCstorage™ Array
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Describes hardware and software requirements affecting Power
Management™ software
Note –
For general Solaris 7 11/99 operating environment installation instructions,
refer to Chapter 1 “Installing Software From the Solaris CD”.For information about
how to install software contained on the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD
and information about supported hardware, refer to Chapter 3, “Installing Software
from the Sun Computer Systems Supplement CD”.