COMPUTING OPERATIONS - 1999-2000
Appendix B - Supported Hardware and Census Information

PLATFORM (census)        OPERATING SYSTEM    SUPPORT   SUPPORT
                                             LEVEL     UNTIL
--------------------     ----------------    -------   ----------------
PC Pentium (129)         Windows NT/98/95    high
PC Pentium (44)          Linux RedHat V6+ *  high
MAC power PC, G3 (33)    Mac OS 7.6+         high
SUN Sparc, Ultra (14)    Solaris 2.5+        high
DEC Alpha (13)           Digital Unix V4+    high

SGI (9)                  IRIX 6.2+           medium
IBM RS/6000 (7)          AIX V4.1.4+         medium
TEK X-Terminals (18)     TEK Xpress V8.x+    medium

DEC Alpha and VAX (6)    VMS V5.5+           low       DEC drops support
DEC Alpha (1)            WinNT V3.5.1+       low       DEC drops support
DEC MIPS (6)             Ultrix V4.2A+       low       < 1999
SUN Sparc (3)            SunOS 4.1.3         low       SUN drops support
NCD X-Terminals (3)      NCDware             low       unknown
PC 486, Pentium (?)      WfWG 3.11 + DOS 6.x low       only for interface with 
                                                       specialized hardware, when
                                                       upgrades are not possible

HP (0)                   HP Unix             none
NeXTStation (7)          NeXTStep V3+        none
PC 486, Pentium (?)      other PC-Unix *     none
PC <486                  any                 none
MAC 68K                  any                 none
Dumb Terminals                               none

Printers: 
 HP networked postscript                     high 
   - most varieties (50)
 All others (3+)                             contact staff about support status

Network switches, hubs and routers           high      all must be approved by
                                                       PA computing staff
* Note: At this time, we are only supporting RedHat Lunux V6+ on the PC Pentium platform. All other versions of PC Unix are not supported. This includes Slackware, FreeBSD, Debian, OpenStep, NextStep on Intel, Solaris on Intel and older versions of RedHat Linux.

There are some older machines that are currently receiving support. It is anticipated that they will be upgraded or replaced over time.

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If you have comments or questions about this information, please send mail to Margaret Wilke: wilke@pa.msu.edu 


Updated: 1999.11.10 (Wednesday) 11:25:56 EST by Margaret Wilke.