The following operating systems are supported for use with the Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers:
Oracle Linux 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, and 7 (64-bit)
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux
Oracle VM 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.1.1, 3.2, and 3.3
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11
Oracle Solaris 10 10/09, Oracle Solaris 10 9/10, and Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2008 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 and SP4 (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 (64-bit) and SLES 11 SP1 and SP2 (64-bit)
VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0 Update 2 and later
VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 and later
VMware ESXi 5.0 and later
For installation instructions for the operating systems listed above, refer to:
Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Installation Guide for Linux, Virtual Machine Software, and Oracle Solaris Operating Systems
Sun Fire X4170 M2 and X4270 M2 Servers Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems