USB Devices
Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices were developed by the personal computer industry to provide a method to attach peripheral devices such as keyboards, printers, cameras, and disk drives using a common connector and interface. Furthermore, USB devices are hot-pluggable, which means they can be connected or disconnected while the system is running. The operating system automatically detects when a USB device has been connected and automatically configures the operating environment to make it available.
The Solaris 9 operating environment supports USB devices on Sun Blade, Netra, and Sunfire systems. In addition, other Sun Ultra systems can be retrofitted with a USB interface to also support USB devices.
When hot-plugging a USB ...
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