Solaris 11 does not support legavy hardware
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:30 pm
I was trying to install Solaris 11 11/11 on SUN Fire V240 yesterday but the installation disk can't be detected. I had to install Solaris 10 Update 10 (08/11) instead.
Since Solaris 11 just came out less than a month ago, not much information could be found.
I searched the internet again today and found a post that is identical to my situation:
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic. ... &t=1162236
Then, I went to Oracle Solaris 11 - End of Feature Notices and found the following:
That explains why I was unable to install Solaris 11 on legacy hardware.
Since Solaris 11 just came out less than a month ago, not much information could be found.
I searched the internet again today and found a post that is identical to my situation:
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic. ... &t=1162236
Then, I went to Oracle Solaris 11 - End of Feature Notices and found the following:
Only M and T series servers are supported.Support for legacy systems that have included the UltraSPARC I, II, IIe, III, IIIi, III+, IV and IV+ processor architectures (as reported by the Solaris 'psrinfo -pv' command) has been removed. All Oracle SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers and Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers will continue to be supported.
- End of Support for Legacy Hardware
Note: Oracle Solaris 10 will continue to be a supported operating system for these affected platforms as per the current Oracle lifetime support policy.
That explains why I was unable to install Solaris 11 on legacy hardware.