Sun Fire V20z Server Operating Systems

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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).

Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Software.
Click on an associated "Red Hat Certified" entry to display the listing in the Red Hat Hardware Catalog.

Operating System		Sun Supported	Red Hat Certified Single-Core	Red Hat Certified Dual-Core	Sold by Sun*	Factory Preinstalled
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	RHEL 3 U1-4 AS/ES/WS Edition (32-bit/64-bit)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	RHEL 3 U5 AS/ES/WS Edition (32-bit/64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes
	RHEL 3 U6 AS/ES/WS Edition (32-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes
	RHEL 4 AS/ES/WS Edition (32-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes
	RHEL 4 U1 AS/ES/WS Edition (32-bit/64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes

* Installation: Sun sells the GA release versions of RHEL 3 & 4. Before installing, please do the following:

Create a Red Hat Network ID (if you do not currently have one) and then activate your subscription (http://www.redhat.com/activate)
Download the latest RHEL 3 or RHEL 4 Update ISO images from Red Hat Network (https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/)
Burn downloaded ISOs to CD-ROMs
Boot from the Update CD1 and commence the installation (note: you will not need the GA release versions for installation)

Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun Service Plans for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Software.
Click on an associated "Novell SUSE Certified" entry to display the YES Bulletin in the Novell YES Certified SUSE Linux list.

Operating System		Sun Supported	Novell SUSE Certified Single-Core	Novell SUSE Certified Dual-Core	Sold by Sun*	Factory Preinstalled
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	SLES 8 SP3 (64-bit)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	SLES 9 SP1 (64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SLES 9 SP2 (64-bit)	Yes	Yes	Yes

* Installation: Sun sells the GA release version of SLES 9. Before installing, please do the following:

Register the product at http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/portal/ (Follow the 'Activation/Registration' link)
Download the latest Service pack ISO images (Follow the 'Patch Support Database Link')
Burn downloaded ISOs to CD-ROMs
Boot from the Service pack CD #1 and commence the installation (note: you will need the GA release version for installation)

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 Single-Core	Microsoft Certified Dual-Core	Sold by Sun	Factory Preinstalled
Microsoft Windows Server 2000	Server (32-bit)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Windows Server 2000	Advanced Server (32-bit)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SP1	Web Edition (32-bit)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Standard Edition (32-bit)	No	Yes	Yes
	Enterprise Edition (32-bit)	No	Yes	Yes
	Standard Edition (64-bit)	No	Yes	Yes
	Enterprise Edition (64-bit)	No	Yes	Yes

Click on an associated "Sun Supported" entry to display Sun service support offerings (currently none).
Click on an associated "VMware Certified" entry to display the listing in the VMware Systems Compatibility Guide for ESX Server.

Virtual Infrastructure Software		Sun Supported	VMware Certified Single-Core	VMware Certified Dual-Core	Sold by Sun	Factory Preinstalled
VMware ESX Server	ESX Server 2.5	Contact Sun	Yes	No	Contact Sun	No
	ESX Server 2.5.1	Contact Sun	Yes	No
	ESX Server 2.5.2	Contact Sun	Yes	Yes

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