Solaris 10 & Solaris Express Hardware Compatibility list(HCL)
As you are aware of, every Operating System has a Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). The Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) identifies hardware that is compatible with the Operating System and provides information about available software support.
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Solaris 10 OS:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/
There are totally 906 system which includes OEM & System Vendor Products, VMWare,Servers, Desktops, Laptops andMotherboards and 1568 system components
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Solaris Express Developer Edition:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sx/
This includes 975 Systems and 1602 system components
Sun Device Detection Tool 1.2 for x86 systems
The Sun Device Detection Tool can help you to determine if the Devices on the system is detected by the Sun Solaris Operating System.
If your device or system is already on the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) then this may not be necessary. Click here for the HCL in Sun Solaris.
However, there is no harm in running the tool. The tool also allows you to submit the device to HCL under the Reported to Work Function (RWF).
Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 installation check tool
Solaris Operating System for x86 Installation Check Tool checks the system on which you try to install the operating system and report if the system can run the Sun solaris OS properly.
The download is a simple ISO file which then needs to burnt onto a CD to create a boot CD. Once created, start the X86 system with the CD. The ISO can be downloaded from here.
For Sun Solaris Express Edition, click here
Sun Security Alerts- Sun Alert 275590 A Security Vulnerability in the ntp Daemon (xntpd(1M)) May Lead to a Denial of the Solaris Network Time Protocol(NTP) Service
- Sun Alert 274110 Security Vulnerability in the Apache 1.3 "mod_perl" Module Component "Status.pm" May Lead to Unauthorized Access to Data
- Sun Alert 274990 Security Vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 (SSLv3) Protocols Affects Multiple Server Products in the Sun Java Enterprise System Suite
- Sun Alert 275530 Integer Overflow Security Vulnerability in AES and RC4 Decryption in the Solaris Kerberos Crypto Library May Lead to Execution of Arbitrary Code or a Denial of Service (DoS)
- Sun Alert 271169 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) Web Interface in OpenSolaris May Lead to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and HTTP Response Splitting Attacks