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  1. Sun Solaris Operating System
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  4. Microsoft Windows Server
  5. VMware ESX Server
 
 
Sun Solaris Operating System for the Sun Blade Modular Systems
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display SunSpectrum Service Plans.
  • Click on an associated "Sun Certified" entry to display the listing in the Solaris OS Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
 
Operating Systems
Supported
Sun Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Installed
Solaris 10 (06/06)
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Solaris 10 (11/06)
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Blade Modular Systems

 
Operating Systems
Red Hat Supported
Red Hat Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Sun Blade X6220 Module
RHEL 4 U4*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X6220 Module
RHEL 5*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X6250 Module
RHEL 4 U6*/U4*
32-bit U6*
------------
64-bit U4*
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8400 Module
RHEL 4 U3*
32-bit
------------
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8400 Module
RHEL 5*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8420 Module
RHEL 4 U3*
32-bit
------------
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8420 Module
RHEL 5*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8440 Module
RHEL 54 U3*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8440 Module
RHEL 5*
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8450 Module
RHEL4 U6
32-bit
------------
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8450 Module
RHEL5
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

*Certification is also valid for subsequent updates unless otherwise noted in the product pages or Red Hat Hardware Catalog.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Sun Blade Modular Systems

 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Novell Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Sun Blade X6220 Module
SLES 10
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X6250 Module
SLES 9 SP3
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X6250 Module
SLES 10
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X6250 Module
SLES 10 SP1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8400 Module
SLES 9 SP3
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8400 Module
SLES 10
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8400 Module
SLES 10 SP1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8420 Module
SLES 9 SP3
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8420 Module
SLES 10
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8420 Module
SLES 10 SP1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8440 Module
SLES 9 SP3
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8440 Module
SLES 10
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8440 Module
SLES 10 SP1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8450 Module
SLES9 SP4
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sun Blade X8450 Module
SLES10 SP1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X6220 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1
32-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition2
32-bit
Yes
Coming Soon
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition2
64-bit
Yes
Coming Soon
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.
[2] How to install Windows 2008 on Sun Blade X6220 server module.

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X6250 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1
32-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition
32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition
64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Note3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Note3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition
32-bit
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition
64-bit
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.
[2] This system is Microsoft cluster certified.
[3] Sun Customer Ready Program can load customer provided Windows licenses on any Sun x64 system.

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X8420 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Note3
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Note3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition
32-bit
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition
64-bit
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.
[2] This system is Microsoft cluster certified.
[3] Sun Customer Ready Program can load customer provided Windows licenses on any Sun x64 system.

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X8440 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
32-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition
32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition
64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.
[2] This system is Microsoft cluster certified.

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Blade X8450 Server Module
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Windows OS.
  • Click on an associated "Microsoft Certified" entry to display the Windows Server Catalog listing.
 
Operating System
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
32-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition
32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition
64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
No

[1] Supported editions include Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2, SP2, and R2 with SP2.
[2] This system is Microsoft cluster certified.

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VMware ESX Server for the Sun Blade Modular Systems
  • Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun service support offerings.
  • Click on an associated "VMware Certified" entry to display the listing in the VMware Systems Compatibility Guide for ESX Server.
 
Sun Blade Server Module
Operating Systems
Sun Supported
VMware Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Preinstalled
X6220
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5
Yes
No
X6250
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5   ESXi
Yes
No
X6450
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5   ESXi
Yes
No
X8400
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5
Yes
No
X8420
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5
Yes
No
X8440
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5   ESXi
Yes
No
X8450
ESX Server
Yes
3.0.x   3.5   ESXi
Yes
No

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