Hardware Certification Test Suite 2.4.1 User's Guide

Contents

# Preface

The Hardware Certification Test Suite 2.4.1 User's Guide provides detailed information about how to use the Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS) to certify systems, motherboards, and controllers for use with the Solaris™ Operating System (Solaris OS) on x86 platforms.

Note - This Solaris release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems appear in the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. This document cites any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document, the term "x86" refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris 10 Hardware Compatibility List.

## Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for independent hardware vendors (IHVs), hardware manufacturers, system integrators, and end users who want to certify their systems for use with the Solaris OS on x86 platforms.

## Related Books

In addition to the this guide, see the following document:

- Hardware Certification Test Suite 2.4.1 Installation Guide

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## Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol | Meaning | Example
--- | --- | ---
`AaBbCc123` | The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output | Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls `-a`` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123` | What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output | `machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value | To delete a file, type `rm` filename.
AaBbCc123 | Book titles or terms to be emphasized | Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.
AaBbCc123 | New terms or terms to be emphasized | These are called class options.

## Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and `root` user prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell | Prompt
--- | ---
C shell prompt | `machine_name%`
C shell `root` user prompt | `machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt | `$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell `root` user prompt | `#`

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