Question was whether configuration with 2 A5100 disk arrays
served by 2 420R servers required Solaris 2.6. Answer seems
to be a unanimous: Solaris 8 will work just fine. You need
anything 2.5.1 11/98 or above.
Casper reminded me that if a system will run an older release
it will run a newer release until the hardware is no longer
supported.
Jeff commented that in 2.6 the array drivers are not built in,
you can't boot from the CD and see the arrays.
I would specifically like to thank Bill and Carroll from cc.gte.com
for the lovely "Returned mail" messages that we've all been getting
for the past freakin two years.
Thanks for all the quick answers:
Casper Dik
Dan Brown
Jeff Kennedy
John Malick
Marc D. Johnson
Kyung Suk
Derrick Daugherty
bhaskar G
>
> We recently ordered 2 A5100 disk arrays, to be served by
> two 420R servers via FC. We were suprised that the OS shipped
> (separately) with the 420Rs was Solaris 2.6 Server, and
> not Solaris 8.
>
> My question is, do I need to use 2.6 and not Solaris 8
> on these servers. The documentation states that one
> needs "Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6 or other compatible
> operating system". Also, what is in the 2.6 "Server" edition
> that wouldn't be in a standard Solaris 8 CD set.
>
> Am I hosing myself by installing Solaris 8 on these servers??
>
> Tried to ask Sun first, but all their local engineers are
> away at a conference.
>
> Dave Foster
>
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