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Sun Fire X4270 Server

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Sun Solaris OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Microsoft Windows Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux
VMware ESX Server

Sun Solaris OS for the Sun Fire X4270 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 Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
Solaris 10 10/08 (U6)	64-bit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenSolaris 2008.11	64-bit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the Sun Fire X4270 Server

Operating System		Red Hat Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
RHEL 5.3	64-bit	Yes	No¹	Yes	No, support provided by Red Hat directly.
RHEL 4.7	32-bit ------------ 64-bit	Yes	No¹	Yes	No, support provided by Red Hat directly.

[1] Sun resells Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1 and 3-year subscriptions, support provided by Red Hat.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Sun Fire X4270 Server

Operating System		Novell Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
SLES 10 SP2	64-bit	Yes	No¹	Yes	Yes
SLES 11	64-bit	Yes	No¹	Yes	Yes
SLES 11 with Xen	64-bit	Yes	No¹	Yes	Yes

[1] Sun resells SUSE Enterprise Linux 1 and 3-year subscriptions, support provided by Sun.

Microsoft Windows Server for the Sun Fire X4270 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 System		Microsoft Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard & Enterprise), SP2	32-bit ------------ 64-bit	Yes	No	No	Yes³
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter, Standard, Enterprise)	32-bit ------------ 64-bit	Yes¹	No	Yes	Yes³
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Datacenter, Standard, Enterprise)	64-bit	Yes²	No	No	Yes³

[1] All systems that are Certified for Windows Server 2008 are automatically certified for Hyper-V as well.
[2] All systems that are Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2 are automatically certified for Hyper-V R2 as well. Windows Server 2008 R2 is 64-bit OS only.
[3] Sun System Service Plans for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are available from Sun.

Oracle Enterprise Linux

Operating System	Oracle Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit, 64-bit)	Yes	No	No	No
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit)	Yes	No	No	No

[1] Support contracts available for purchase from Oracle via the "Unbreakable Linux Program".

VMware ESX Server for the Sun Fire X4270 Server

Operating System		VMware Certified	Factory Installed	Sold by Sun	Supported by Sun
VMware ESX 3.5 U4	32-bit	Yes	No	Yes¹	Yes
VMware ESXi 3.5 U4	32-bit	Yes	No	Yes¹	No
VMware ESX 4.0	64-bit	Yes	No	Yes¹	Yes
VMware ESXi 4.0	64-bit	Yes	No	Yes¹	No