Tested Hardware and Operating System List

Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board

S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA

Installation Guidelines

Revision 2.9

6. Installation Guidelines

6.1 List of currently unsupported features for S5000PSLSATAR and

S5000XVNSASR in Solaris 10 U4 08/07

Issue: This release of Sun* Solaris 10 includes basic support for chipset features. Many

advanced features are not working. These features include:

 ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) sleep states

 Enhanced Intel

SpeedStep Technology(EIST) Processor Throttling

 Virtualization Technology(VT) extensions

 I/OAT (Input/Output Acceleration Technology)

Implication: These features are not currently supported under Sun Solaris.

Guideline: System stability is not impacted; however, these features are not supported.

Status: Intel is currently working with Sun to include support for these features in an

upcoming release of Sun Solaris.

6.2 Solaris 10 U4 (08/07) Requires Kernel Patch in order for E54xx and

E52xx devices to function properly

Issue: The Sun Solaris 10 U4 kernel will not boot into 64-bit mode with any E54xx and

E52xx processors installed.

Guideline: After install, reboot into 32-bit mode and install the kernel patch. Follow the

instructions listed at the following website in order to accomplish this.

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127112-11-1

Status: This issue was resolved in Solaris 10 U5 (05/08).

6.3 Drivers for Solaris 10 U4 (08/07)

Device Description

Chipset Operating System embedded

AHCI Operating System embedded

NIC (Intel

82563EB) Operating System embedded

SAS (LSI* 1064e) Operating System embedded

Video (ATI* ES1000) Operating System embedded

Audio (RealTek*) Not currently supported under Sun Solaris