Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i - Manual (Page 21)

LSI Corporation | January 2011 Page 21
MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide Chapter 8: Solaris 10 x86 and Solaris Express x86 Driver Installation | Supported Installations
of Solaris Operating Systems on a Virtual Drive
Chapter 8
This chapter explains how to install the Solaris 10 x86 driver and the Solaris Express x86
driver in RAID-configured drives in a new Solaris 10 x86 system or a new Solaris
Express x86 system. This chapter also explains how to upgrade the driver where the
Solaris operating system has been already installed. You can proceed with the
installation of the operating system and later follow the steps to upgrade the driver.
This chapter consists of the following sections:
 Section 8.1, Supported Installations of Solaris Operating Systems on a Virtual Drive
 Section 8.2, Installing the Driver in a New Solaris 10 x86 or Solaris Express x86
 Section 8.3, Updating the Driver on a Solaris 10 x86 or a Solaris Express x86
NOTE: Currently, LSI supports 32-bit and x64- bit on Solaris.
8.1 Supported Installations
of Solaris Operating Systems on a
Virtual Drive
The following table gives the list of operating system versions which support
installation of a Solaris operating system on a virtual drive.
Solaris 10 x86 and Solaris Express x86 Driver Installation
Table 3: Solaris Operating System Release Support
Solaris OS Release Gen2 MegaRAID Entry
6.3 No No
6.4 No No
7.0 No No
7.1 Yes (the operating system can be
installed on a virtual drive) No
7.2 Yes (the operating system can be
installed on a virtual drive) No