What hardware does Solaris 10 SPARC support?

From: Dave (nospam_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/22/05

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    Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:16:19 +0000

    I'm trying to find out if my somewhat old hardware will be OK on Solaris
      10. My biggest concern is the Sun PCI II Pro card (733 MHz Celeron).
    Why I worry I do not know, as the thing is so damm slow, but it saves
    the hassle of starting a PC some times.

    The page at
    http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/specs.jsp

    has a section 'Solaris 10 System Requirements' There's a link to the
    Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) but despite the above page implying
    this is for SPARC and x86, when you click the link you realise its just
    about x86. I can't seem to find out a list of SPARC hardware supported.
    I know of course Sun 4m has been removed, but what else ??

    Does anyone know of any issues I might have with this lot.

    * Sun Ultra 80, 4 x 450 MHz, 4GB RAM.
    * Plextor SCSI CD-RW.
    * SunPCI II pro card (733 MHz Celeron) - my biggest concern.
    * Dual Sun PCI SCSI controller.
    * Creator 3D, running 1600x1200 at 60 Hz.
    * DEC HVD SCSI card
    * A preference for CDE over GNOME!!!

    I know the Creator3D is not supported in the Ultra 80, but it works. I
    guess the same will likely be true on Solaris 10. Any extra known
    issues, beyond the rare (but known) problems with the card in a U80.

    I'm guessing the DEC SCSI card will be OK. It uses the same chipset as a
    Sun card. The chip set, and its $12 price, was the reason I chose to buy
    one. It controls my StoreEDGE L9 with no problems. Obviously nobody is
    going to know for sure, but are there likely to be problems, given it
    works in Solaris 9 with no hassles?

    Anyone running Matlab 6.5 Release 13 and/or Mathematica 4.0 and can
    confirm if there are any problems?

    I'm not likely to do an upgrade for a few months at least (I'm never too
    keen on upgrading operating systems). Am I likely to see any gains or
    losses in performance with the above hardware. It's a home machine,
    which for the most part sits pretty idle, but sometimes the CPUs are
    flat out for a few days doing some computation.

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