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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Chapter 8
Software Operating Environment
The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers support multiple 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, including Solaris,
Linux, and Windows. The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers are also VMware ESX Server compatibility certified.
Table 7-1 lists the different operating systems supported on the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers.
Table 7-1: Supported Operating Systems
Operating System Sun Supported
Solaris 10 on x64 64-bit Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 64-bit Q1CY2007
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 64-bit Yes
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64-bit Q1CY2007
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit Yes
VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 32-bit Yes
Solaris 10 on x64, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESX Server operating systems can be ordered
from Sun. Support contracts are also available for these operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Enterprise/Advanced Server Editions 32/64-bit from Sun for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers.
The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers have been qualified by Vmware and are listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility
List which can be seen by visiting the following VMware Web site:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx_systems_guide.pdf
Factory Pre-Installed image
• Solaris 10 64-bit 6/06 (U2)
• Java Enterprise System, Release 4 2005Q4
• Sun Studio 11
• nge patch 122530-02
• 100MB free disk space for LSI RAID metadata
Solaris Operating System Features
Solaris 10 delivers performance advantages for database, Web, and Java technology-based services, as well as massive scalability
with price/performance advantages.
• Real-time troubleshooting of system problems
• New tools for low-level system debugging
• System hardware testing and analysis
• Fine-grained project accounting
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