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### Installing an Operating System

Supported Operating Systems lists the operating systems supported for installation and use on the Sun Fire X4470 Server at the time of publication of this document, along with information about where to get instructions for installing each operating system.

Note - For an up-to-date list of the operating systems supported on the Sun Fire X4470 Server, go to the following web site and navigate to the appropriate page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/sun-x86/overview/index.html.

Table 5-1 Supported Operating Systems

Operating System | Supported Version | For More Information, See:
--- | --- | ---
Oracle Solaris | Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 and later Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 | Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System.
Linux | Oracle Linux 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 SLES 11 SLES 11 SP1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 64-bit | If you want to use the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant to install the Linux OS, see the Sun Installation Assistant 2.3 through 2.4 User’s Guide for x64 Servers. If you want to install the Linux OS from installation media, see the Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems.
Virtual Machine Software | Oracle VM 2.2.1 VMware ESX 4.0 Updates 1 and 2 VMware ESXi 4.0 Updates 1 and 2 VMware ESX 4.1 VMware ESXi 4.1 | Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Virtual Machine Software.
Windows | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Standard Edition, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Enterprise Edition, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Datacenter Edition, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard Edition, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter Edition, 64-bit | If you want to use the Oracle Hardware Installation Assistant to install the Windows OS, see the Sun Installation Assistant 2.3 through 2.4 User’s Guide for x64 Servers. If you want to install the Windows OS from installation media, see the Sun Fire X4470 Server Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems.

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