Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server
- 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 |
Dual Core Support |
Quad Core Support |
Supported by Sun |
Sun Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
Solaris 10 (06/06) |
64-bit |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
Solaris 10 (11/06) |
64-bit |
Yes |
No |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
Solaris 10 (08/07) |
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server
Operating Systems |
Dual Core Support |
Quad Core Support |
Red Hat Supported |
Red Hat Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
RHEL 3 U8* |
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
RHEL 4 U3* |
32-bit
------------
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes, 4.5 and up |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
RHEL 5* |
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Yes |
No |
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*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 Fire X4100 M2 Server
Operating Systems |
Dual Core Support |
Quad Core Support |
Sun Supported |
Novell Certified |
Sold By Sun |
Factory Installed |
SLES 9 SP3 |
64-bit |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
No |
SLES 10 SP1 |
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
No |
|
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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server
- 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 Systems |
Dual Core Support |
Quad Core Support |
Sun Supported |
Microsoft Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2 |
32-bit |
Yes |
Yes, SP2 |
|
|
No |
Note3 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1, 2 |
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes, SP2 |
|
|
No |
Note3 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise Edition4 |
32-bit |
|
|
Coming Soon |
Coming Soon |
No |
No |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition4 |
64-bit |
|
|
Coming Soon |
Coming Soon |
No |
No |
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[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.
[4] How to install Windows 2008 on Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers.
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VMware ESX Server for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server
Operating Systems |
Dual Core Support |
Quad Core Support |
Sun Supported |
VMware Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
ESX Server1 |
Yes |
Coming Soon |
|
|
|
No |
ESX Server1 |
Coming Soon |
Coming Soon |
Coming Soon |
3.5 |
Coming Soon |
No |
|
[1] Certified versions are ESX 3.0.2. For additional version details, see VMware certification catalog
[2] Sun resells VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and related products
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Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Fire X4100 Server
- 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 System |
Sun Supported |
Sun Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
Solaris 10 (06/06) |
64-bit |
|
|
|
Yes |
Solaris 10 (11/06) |
64-bit |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
|
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Fire X4100 Server
Operating System |
Red Hat Supported |
Red Hat Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
RHEL 3 U6 |
32-bit
------------
64-bit |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
RHEL 3 U7* |
32-bit
------------
64-bit |
|
|
Yes |
No |
RHEL 4 U2 |
32-bit
------------
64-bit |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
RHEL 4 U3* |
32-bit
------------
64-bit |
|
|
Yes |
No |
RHEL 5* |
64-bit |
|
|
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 Fire X4100 Server
Operating System |
Sun Supported |
Novell Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
SLES 9 SP2 |
64-bit |
|
|
|
No |
SLES 10 |
64-bit |
|
|
|
No |
|
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Ubuntu Linux for the Sun Fire X4100 Server
Operating Systems |
Canonical Supported |
Canonical Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04LTS |
64-bit |
Yes* |
|
No |
No |
|
* Free support is also available from the Ubuntu community.
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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Fire X4100 Server
- 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 Systems |
Sun Supported |
Microsoft Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition1 |
32-bit |
|
|
No |
No |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition1 |
64-bit |
|
|
No |
No |
|
Note: This system is Microsoft cluster certified.
[1] Requires SPI or later.
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VMware ESX Server for the Sun Fire X4100 Server
Operating Systems |
Sun Supported |
VMware Certified |
Sold by Sun |
Factory Installed |
ESX Server 2.5.2 |
Yes1 |
|
No |
No |
ESX Server 2.5.4 |
Yes1 |
|
No |
No |
ESX Server 3.0 |
Yes1 |
|
No |
No |
ESX Server 3.0.1 |
Yes1 |
|
No |
No |
|
[1] Yes, provided customers have the appropriate support contracts from both Sun and VMware.
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