Ensuring That You Have the Proper Device Drivers

Before installing the Oracle Solaris OS, you need to determine whether your system's devices are supported. Review the Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL) at http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html. The HCL provide information about hardware that is certified or reported to work with the Oracle Solaris operating system.

You can, also, use the Oracle Device Detection Tool before or after an installation to determine whether a device driver is available. The Oracle Device Detection Tool reports whether the current release supports the devices that have been detected on your system. This tool runs on many different systems, including several different Solaris 10 releases, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD. There is a link to the Oracle Device Detection Tool on the HCL (http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html).

For instructions on using the Oracle Device Detection Tool, see How to Use the Oracle Device Detection Tool.

How to Use the Oracle Device Detection Tool

Before or after you perform an installation, you can use the Oracle Device Detection Tool as follows to determine whether the current release includes drivers for all of the devices on your system.

1. In a web browser, go to http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/hcts/device_detect.html.
2. In the Using the Device Detection Tool section, click the Start Oracle Device Detection Tool option.
3. Accept the license agreement.
4. Click the ddtool download link.
5. Select the Open with JavaWS option, then select Run.

   The tool runs but it is not installed on your system.

6. Select the Target Operating System for which you want to check driver availability.

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   Tip - For additional information, click the Help button.

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