Sun Fire X4200 Server Family Operating Systems

Table of Contents
Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server
Sun Fire X4200 Server
  1. Sun Solaris OS
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  4. Microsoft Windows Server
  5. VMware ESX Server
  1. Sun Solaris OS
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  4. Ubuntu Linux
  5. Microsoft Windows Server
  6. VMware ESX Server
 
 

Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Fire X4200 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
Sun Supported
Sun Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Installed
Solaris 10 (06/06)
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Solaris 10 (11/06)
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Solaris 10 (08/07)
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Open Solaris
64-bit
Yes
Yes
Solaris 10 (5/08)
64-bit
Yes
Yes

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server

  
Operating Systems
Red Hat Supported
Red Hat Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Installed
RHEL 3 U8*
64-bit
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 X4200 M2 Server

  
Operating Systems
Sun Supported
Novell Certified
Sold By Sun
Factory Installed
SLES 9 SP3
64-bit
No
SLES 10 SP1
64-bit
No

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Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Fire X4200 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
Sun Supported
Microsoft Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Installed
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, 32-bit, 64-bit)1, 2
32-bit and 64-bit
No
Note3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter, Standard, Enterprise, 32-bit, 64-bit)4
32-bit and 64-bit
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.
[4] How to install Windows 2008 on Sun Fire X4200 M2 servers.

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VMware ESX Server for the Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server

  
Operating System
VMware Certified
Factory Installed
Sold by Sun
Sun Supported
ESX Server1
3.0.x    3.5
No

[1] Certified versions are ESX 3.0.2 and 3.5. 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 X4200 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
Yes
Solaris 10 (11/06)
64-bit
Yes
Yes

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Fire X4200 Server

  
Operating System
Red Hat Supported
Red Hat Certified
Sold by Sun
Factory Installed
RHEL 3 U7*
32-bit
------------
64-bit
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 X4200 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 X4200 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 X4200 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 SP1 or later.

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VMware ESX Server for the Sun Fire X4200 Server

  
Operating System
VMware Certified
Factory Installed
Sold by Sun
Sun Supported
ESX Server1
3.0.x    3.5
No
No
No

[1] Certified versions are ESX 3.0.2 with 3.5.

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