Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
No
No
No
[1] Certified versions are ESX 3.0.2 with 3.5.
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