Intel S5000VSA4DIMM Hardware Guide - Page 67

Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA 6. Installation Guidelines Installation Guidelines 6.1 List of currently unsupported features for S5000PSLSATAR and S5000XVNSASR in Solaris 10 U4 08/07 Issue: This release of Sun* Solaris 10 includes basic support for chipset features. Many advanced features are not working. These features include: Implication: ƒ ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) sleep states ƒ Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep Technology(EIST) Processor Throttling ƒ Virtualization Technology(VT) extensions ƒ I/OAT (Input/Output Acceleration Technology) These features are not currently supported under Sun Solaris. Guideline: System stability is not impacted; however, these features are not supported. Status: Intel is currently working with Sun to include support for these features in an upcoming release of Sun Solaris. 6.2 Solaris 10 U4 (08/07) Requires Kernel Patch in order for E54xx and E52xx devices to function properly Issue: The Sun Solaris 10 U4 kernel will not boot into 64-bit mode with any E54xx and E52xx processors installed. Guideline: After install, reboot into 32-bit mode and install the kernel patch. Follow the instructions listed at the following website in order to accomplish this. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127112-11-1 Status: This issue was resolved in Solaris 10 U5 (05/08). 6.3 Drivers for Solaris 10 U4 (08/07) Device Description Chipset Operating System embedded AHCI Operating System embedded NIC (Intel® 82563EB) Operating System embedded SAS (LSI* 1064e) Operating System embedded Video (ATI* ES1000) Operating System embedded Audio (RealTek*) Not currently supported under Sun Solaris Revision 2.9 61