The latest supported version of Oracle Solaris for the Sun Server X2-8 is Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 32.
For other operating systems, the following Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCLs) identify the latest operating system versions supported on Oracle hardware. To find the latest operating system version supported for the Sun Server X2-8, go to the following sites and search using your server model number:
Oracle Linux -- http://linux.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=117:1:3991604960223967
Oracle VM -- http://linux.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=117:1:3991604960223967
Windows -- http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/
VMware ESXi -- http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- https://access.redhat.com/certifications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server -- https://www.suse.com/yessearch/Search.jsp
The following operating systems are the minimum supported for your server:
Oracle Solaris 11.1 and 11.2 (64–bit)
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 (64–bit)
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 (64–bit) plus patch 144489–11 or later and with patch 144568–02 or later
Oracle Linux 5.6, 5.7 , 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.0, and 7.1 (64–bit)
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 for Linux
Oracle VM 2.2.2, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.3.1 and 3.3.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, and 7.1 (64–bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 and SP2 (64–bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64–bit)
For additional information, see Windows Server 2008 and Driver Support.
Windows Server 2012 (64–bit)
For additional information, see Windows Server 2012 and Driver Support.
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 U1, ESXi 4.1 U2, ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.0 U1, ESXi 5.1, and ESXi 5.5
The following operating systems support 4 TB memory:
Oracle Solaris 11.2 (64–bit) and above
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 (64–bit)
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 with patch 144501–19
Oracle Linux 5.8, 6.6, 7.1 and above
Oracle VM 3.2.3 and above
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 and above
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8, 6.6, 7.1 and above
Windows Server 2012 (with system software release 1.1.2 and above)