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Interoperability in a heterogeneous environment is important to IT managers. The Sun Ultra 27 Workstation is a 64-bit workstation that offers the widest available range of operating systems supportmore than other workstations offered by Sun's competitors. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation supports multiple 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, including Linux and Solaris. Sun Ultra 27 Workstation will also be listed in the Windows Catalog as being fully certified for the Windows Vista. Table 16 shows the operating systems supported on Sun "Ultra 27 Workstation.
Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation
Operating System |
Version |
When Supported on Sun Ultra 27 Workstation |
Pre-installed Option at the Factory? |
Sold by Sun? |
Supported by Sun |
Solaris 10 |
Update 6 & later |
Now |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Linux OS for the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation
Operating System |
Version |
When Supported on Sun Ultra 27 Workstation |
Pre-installed Option at the Factory? |
Sold by Sun? |
Supported by Sun |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 (32-bit & 64-bit) |
Update 8 & later |
Now |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5 (32-bit & 64-bit) |
Update 3 & later |
Now |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (64-bit) |
Service Pack 2 & later |
Now |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (64-bit) |
Initial Release & later |
Now |
No |
No |
No |
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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Ultra 27 Workstation
Operating System |
Version |
When Supported on Sun Ultra 27 Workstation |
Pre-installed Option at the Factory? |
Sold by Sun? |
Supported by Sun |
Windows Vista Ultimate (32/64 bit) |
Initial Release & later |
Revenue Release |
No |
No |
Yes |
Windows Server 2008 |
Service Pack 2 & later |
Revenue Release |
No |
No |
Yes |
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All Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Operating Systems, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Operating Systems, and Solaris 10 can be ordered from Sun. Support contracts are also available for these operating systems.
The Sun Ultra 27 Workstation will also be listed in the Windows Catalog as being fully certified for the Windows Vista. It has earned the "Compatible with Windows" designation as a certified platform to run the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating system. Sun "Volans" Workstation will be listed on the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) which can be seen by visiting the Microsoft Windows Hardware and Driver Central (WHDC) at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/search.mspx.
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