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<sect1 id="about-ddu">
<title>About Device Driver Utility</title>
<para>Device Driver Utility</para>
<para>Copyright © 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.</para>
</sect1>
<!-- ============= Overview ============================== -->
<sect1 id="ddu-introduction">
<title>Device Driver Utility Overview</title>
<para>Device Driver Utility is an application that provides information about those devices of your native system that have the OpenSolaris<trademark></trademark> 2010.03 Operating System (OS) installed. Device Driver Utility enables you to connect to the Image Packaging System (IPS) and search device drivers for the devices that do not have drivers attached to them. IPS is a repository for the OpenSolaris OS packages. You can find suitable drivers for the devices in this repository. Use the Device Driver Utility application to perform the following functions:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Get information about devices installed on your native system and check whether their corresponding device drivers exist.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Search drivers for your system devices that do not have corresponding driver attached.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Download and install the device drivers for devices on your system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Submit system configurations to HCL.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Device Driver Utility is integrated with the OpenSolaris 2010.03 OS. This utility requires at least Python version 2.4 and Perl version 5.8. However, the OpenSolaris 2010.03 OS is by default integrated with Perl version 5.8 and Python version 2.4.</para>
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="ddu-interface">
<title>Device Driver Utility Interface</title>
<para>Device Driver Utility starts running on your system automatically when you start the system. If the Device Driver Utility application finds any missing driver, it is notified on your desktop. The missing driver is installed automatically from the repository.
</para>
<para>To invoke Device Driver Utility manually, click Applications->System->Device Driver Utility on the OpenSolaris 2010.03 OS desktop. The Device Driver Utility window is displayed as shown in the following figure.
</para>
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<title>Device Driver Utility Main Window</title>
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<para>
The Types column shows the device category names. Various device categories are Audio, CPU, DVD, Memory, Network, Storage, USB, Video, and Other. If you are using a laptop, there will be a battery category shown up which gives information about your laptop's battery. The Device column shows the list of controllers and device names corresponding to each device category. The Driver column shows the names of the existing device drivers or the status of the existing device driver for each device. The name of the device driver is displayed if the driver exists for the respective device in the system. Otherwise, the status of the driver is displayed.
</para>
<para>The status of the device driver can be one of the following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>IPS: Indicates that there is no driver in the system but the driver exists in the IPS. The Info link provides the information about the package that exists for the corresponding device in the IPS repository. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>SVR4: Indicates that there is no driver in the system but a SVR4 (System V Revision 4) package exists. The Info link provides the corresponding SVR4 package information.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>DU: Indicates that there is no driver in the system but a DU package exists. The Info link provides the relative DU package information. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>UNK: Indicates that the status of the driver is unknown and probably there is no driver for the corresponding device.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Note: When you click the Info link, the text field in the Package radio button is populated with the relative package information. Click the Install button to install the package.</para>
<para>The Device Driver Utility window provides the following buttons:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Refresh: Directs the system to search for devices. If the status of the device driver is Driver Missing, click the Refresh button. This searches the system for the devices and their corresponding drivers and displays the information. This action might change the previous status of the device driver. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Package: Installs driver from the IPS repository. Type the package name in the text field and click the Install button to install the relative package.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>File/URL: Installs driver from the URL or the native system. Type the file name or URL of the package in the text box. Click the Browse button to locate the package on your system and install the package. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Help: Displays the online help for Device Driver Utility. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Close: Closes the Device Driver Utility.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Submit: Submits the configurations of your system to the OpenSolaris hardware compatibility list (HCL). </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Install: Installs the missing drivers. The Install pop-up window is displayed indicating the progress of installation.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="ddu-working">
<title>Working with Device Driver Utility</title>
<para>To get the hardware details of your system:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Right click on any device and click Detail Information. The Hardware Detail Information pop-up window is displayed where you can find the details of your system's hardware.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<para>To install drivers:</para>
<para>Perform the following steps to install the driver from the repository:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Click on the device name for which you want to install the driver.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Info link next to the driver status.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select the Package radio button. If the Device Driver Utility has the repository and the package information in it's database, the package details will automatically populate the text field in the Package radio button.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select the relevant repository and type the package details manually, if the text field is not filled up automatically.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Install.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>If you have downloaded a driver package to your native system, perform the following steps to install the driver:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Click on the device name for which you want to install the driver.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Select the File/URL radio button.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Browse. The Browse Driver Packages window is displayed as shown in the following figure:</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Select the package file.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Install. The Install Driver pop-up window is displayed indicating the progress of installation.</para>
</listitem>
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<para>To add another repository on the system</para>
<para>Perform the following steps to add a new repository to your system:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Click the drop-down list that is next to the Package radio button.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Select Add repository. The Repositories manager window is displayed as shown in the following figure:</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Type the name and URL of the repository.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Click Add.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>To Submit your System to HCL:</para>
<para>Perform the following steps to submit your system to HCL.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Click the Submit button on the main window of Device Driver Utility. The Submit Information To HCL window is displayed as shown in the following figure. </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<title>Device Driver Utility Submission Window</title>
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<para>Type the following system information in the corresponding text fields: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>System type: Select the type of the system from the drop-down list. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Manufacture name: Type the name of the system maker such as Hewlett-Packard or Dell.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Model: Type the complete model number for the system being tested, such as HP xw8400 Workstation. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>BIOS/Firmware Maker: Type the information on the BIOS Setup screen that is usually displayed while booting the system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>CPU type: Type the name of the CPU maker. For instance, Intel(R)Xeon(R)[email protected]. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Information Collected: Verify whether this information reflects the details that you have specified and submit the same to Oracle.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>General Notes: Type any additional information of the system whose details are submitted. You can also type the information of how successfully you got the system and components to work with the OpenSolaris OS.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Upon submission, you will get an acknowledgement of your submission and a link where your submission is available. The Oracle auditing team will check and publish your system information to HCL.</para>
</sect1>
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