SOLARIS 2.4 X86 BASE SERVER DRIVER UPDATE 9+ OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS The Solaris x86 Base Server Driver Update is the mechanism by which new device drivers are distributed to our customers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******IMPORTANT***********IMPORTANT**********IMPORTANT************** NOTE: This re-release of Solaris Base Server DU9 (DU9+) is being made available to provide early access to an updated driver supporting the Adaptec AHA-2940U/2940UW. The updated driver will also be included on the next SBS Driver Update which will be called SBS Driver Update 1. Please note that SBS DU1 will install with *ONLY* with the forthcoming Solaris 2.4 x86 Base Server 3/96 CD-ROM. DU9+ will *only* install with the original Solaris 2.4 x86 Base Server CD-ROM. Solaris Base Server customers who require device drivers that will appear on future Driver Updates will be required to use the 3/96 CD-ROM. ========================================================================= LEGEND: * - New driver in this release; u - updated in this release Driver Update 9+ includes support for the following devices: DISKS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - u Enhanced IDE / ATAPI (IDE CD-ROM) SCSI Host Adapter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Adaptec AHA-2940U, AHA-2940UW Adaptec AIC-6260/6360, AHA-1510A, AHA-1520A, AHA-1522A, AHA-1530P, AHA-1532P Adaptec AHA-2940/AHA-2940W, AIC-7870/7850 u Adaptec AHA-274x/AHA-284x, AIC-7770 AMD PCscsi, PCscsi II, and PCnet-SCSI BusLogic BT-440C, BT-445C, BT-445S, BT-542B, BT-545C, BT-545S, BT-742A, BT-746C, BT-747C, BT-747S, BT-757S, BT-946C DPT SmartCache III Models PM-2024 and PM-2124 IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Adapter/A Siemens Nixdorf PCE-5S integrated SCSI (NCR53C710) Symbios Logic NCR53C815 SCSI Trantor T348 miniSCSI Plus Tricord Intelligent SCSI Subsystem Controller RAID CONTROLLERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Compaq SMART SCSI Array Controller DPT SmartRAID Models PM-3222 and PM-3224 IBM SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Streaming RAID Adapter/A IBM SCSI-2 RAID Controller ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589, 3C589B) Accton EtherCombo-16 Allied Telesyn AT-1500T, AT-1500AT, AT-1500BT Alta EtherCombo-16 T/C AMD PCnet Ethernet controller (ISA, PCI) * Asante EtherFAST 10/100 Cabletron E2210 CNet CN970EBT Cogent EM960TP / EM960C (TP connector only) Compaq Netflex-2 DualPort ENET, NetFlex-2 ENET-TR Controller (Ethernet only) D-Link DE-510CT D-Link DE-530CT Intel EtherExpress 16 Intel EtherExpress 32 Intel EtherExpress PRO Kingston KNE-2000T+ Kingston KNE-2002+ Kingston KNE-2031+ Kingston KNE2121H Microdyne NE2000 Mitron LX2100p Novell/Eagle Technology NE2000 Novell/Eagle Technology NE3200 Olicom EtherCom ISA/II Racal Interlan ES3210 Ethernet Racal Interlan PCI T2-STR Samsung SEB-3000C SMC Elite32C Ultra (SMC 82M32) SMC EtherPower (8432BT/8432BTA) SMC EtherCard Family SMC EtherEZ Ethernet Adapter SVEC FD0455 EtherBoard SVEC NE2100 Thomas-Conrad TC5043-T Znyx EtherAction ZX312 FAST ETHERNET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cogent EM100 Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 SMC Ether 10/100 (SMC 9232) AUDIO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Creative Labs Soundblaster AWE32 TAPE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The "st" tape driver is expected to work with a wide variety of 4mm, 8mm, and QIC tape devices. The following tape devices have been tested by SunSoft: ARCHIVE Python 28454 4mm ARCHIVE 2525 QIC-525 Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm Exabyte EXB-4200 4mm HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 1100 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 2400 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerTape 4000 QIC HP Colorado Memory Systems PowerDAT 6000 4mm HP 35470A DDS 4mm HP 35480A DDS/Data Compression 4mm HP C1533-00100 DDS2/Data Compression 4mm HP C1534A DDS Tape Drive 4mm HP C1536A DDS/Data Compression 4mm HP C1520F SureStore Tape 2000e 4mm HP C1525F SureStore Tape 2000i 4mm HP C1521F SureStore Tape 5000e 4mm HP C1526F SureStore Tape 5000i 4mm HP C1551A SureStore Tape 5000eU 4mm HP C1529F SureStore Tape 6000e 4mm HP C1528F SureStore Tape 6000i 4mm HP C1552A SureStore Tape 6000eU 4mm HP C1520E JetStore 2000e 4mm HP C1525E JetStore 2000i 4mm HP JetStore 5000e 4mm HP C1526E JetStore 5000i 4mm HP C1529A JetStore 6000e 4mm HP C1528E JetStore 6000i 4mm Sony SDT-5000 4mm Sony SDT-5200 4mm SUN DAT X822A 4mm WangDAT 3400DX DDS-2 4mm Wangtek 9500DC QIC Wangtek 51000 QIC Wangtek 9500DC QIC MP Modules - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - u Intel MP Specification 1.1-compliant systems Intel Xxpress Intergraph ISMP6 u Compaq ProLiant (Triflex) Tricord ES4000 PC CARD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Com Etherlink III PCMCIA (3C589/3C589B) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= The Driver Update 9+ release consists of the following components (shown with the Solaris Base Server and DOS format files names): Device Driver Set: - DU9+ SOLARIS BASE SERVER Boot Diskette du901bt.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image du901bt.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image - DU9+ Distribution-1 Diskette (patch format diskette 1 of 2) du901d1.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image du901d1.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image - DU9+ Distribution-2 Diskette (patch format diskette 2 of 2) du901d2.bin -- 3.5" uncompressed dd image du901d2.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image PCMCIA Set: (No additional changes since original DU9 posting) - DU9 (PCMCIA Diskette (patch format diskette) du901p.Z -- 3.5" compressed dd image du901p.zip -- 3.5" zipped dd image Documentation Set: - Solaris Base Server 2.4 x86 Driver Update 9 Guide (No additional changes since original DU9 posting) du9bps.Z -- compressed postscript format du9bps.zip -- zipped postscript format du9btxt.Z -- compressed ASCII text format du9btxt.zip -- zipped ASCII text format Some of these diskettes may not be required for your particular installation. Please refer to the Solaris 2.4 Base Server Driver Update 9 Guide for instructions. The uncompressed (*.Z) and the unzipped (*.zip) files produce identical diskette image files. For each diskette image you only need to download ONE of these two file formats. Driver Update 9+ is available electronically only via the Internet (the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp sites), CompuServe, and the Sun's internal ftp server (newstop.ebay). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To obtain files from the Access1 Web Page: 1) Open URL http://access1.sun.com/gateway/drivergate/driverMain.html click on "Solaris Base Server Driver Update 9+." You will be presented with a list of all diskette images and documents available to download. 2) Download the desired files by selecting the filename and then specifying a local filename when prompted. An alternative WWW site for Driver Update 9+ is SunSITE USA, at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES VIA ANONYMOUS FTP (from ftp.uu.net) To obtain the files using ftp: 1) Use ftp to connect to ftp.uu.net: 'ftp ftp.uu.net' 2) At the login prompt, use 'anonymous'. 3) For the password, use your complete email address. 4) At the ftp prompt, set file type to "binary" ftp> binary [RETURN] 5) cd /vendor/sun/solaris/x86/2.4 6) 'get' the desired files ftp> get [RETURN] 7) Quit the FTP session: ftp> quit [RETURN] Alternative anonymous ftp sites for Driver Updates are: SunSITE USA (sunsite.unc.edu) in the directory /pub/sun-info/solaris-x86/sunsoft-drivers/ Sun's internal anonymous ftp server (newstop.ebay) in the directory /sun/Solaris/x86drivers/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOADING FILES FROM COMPUSERVE To obtain files from CompuServe, establish a CompuServe session and at the prompt type "go sunsoft". Proceed to the Solaris x86 Library ("lib 9"). You can then download the "zip" archives which contain the diskette image files you need. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATING DISKETTES FROM DOWNLOADED FILES Files with .zip or .Z extensions must first be uncompressed. Utilities to uncompress files of either type are widely available for UNIX, DOS, and Microsoft Windows systems (CompuServe, and the SimTel archives which are mirrored on the anonymous ftp sites wuarchive.wustl.edu and oak.oakland.edu, are good sources for DOS and Windows utilities.) To uncompress a .Z file, type: uncompress To unzip a .zip file, follow the instructions appropriate for your unzip program. The uncompressed images must then be copied to diskettes with the dd command. (A DOS version of this command may be found in ftp.uu.net:/vendor/sun/solaris/x86/dd.exe) Under UNIX: dd if=filename of=/dev/rdiskette bs=1024k Or, alternatively, if you are using a Solaris system running Volume Manager (vold): volcheck dd if=filename of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 bs=1024k eject floppy0 Under DOS: dd filename A: Finally, follow the instructions in the Driver Update Guide to install the update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------