Operating Systems and Architectures Matrix
The information below applies to the basic system only. Additional hardware may
require a higher release of the OS.
SYSTEM Minimum OS Release
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sun4u architecture Solaris
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Ultra 1 (A11) 2.5 or later
Ultra 1E (A12) 2.5 HW 1/96 or later
Ultra 2 (A14) 2.5.1 or later
Ultra 5 (A21) 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Ultra 10 (A22) 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Over 419 MHz CPU's, 2.5.1 HW 11/97 [Note 1], 2.6 HW 5/98 [Note 1], 7 3/99 or later
Ultra 30 (A16) 2.5.1 HW 4/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Ultra 60 (A23) 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Over 419 MHz CPU's, 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 5/98, or later [Note 1]
Ultra 80 (A27) 2.5.1 HW 11/97[Note 1], 2.6 HW 5/98[Note 1], 7 8/99 or later
Ultra Enterprise 220R (A34) 2.5.1 HW 11/97[Note 1], 2.6 HW 5/98[Note 1], 7 8/99 or later
Ultra Enterprise 420R (A33) 2.5.1 HW 11/97[Note 1], 2.6 HW 5/98[Note 1], 7 8/99 or later
Sunblade 100 (A36) 8 10/00 or later [Note 2] 04/01 w/out OE CD
Sunblade 150 (A41) 8 02/02
Sunblade 1000 (A2 8 10/00, 01/01 and 04/01 [Note 3]
Sunblade 2000 (A29) 8 02/02
Ultra Enterprise 250 (A26) 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 5/98 or later
Ultra Enterprise 450 (A25) 2.5.1 HW 4/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Ultra Enterprise 3/4/5/6000 2.5.1 or later
Ultra Enterprise 3/4/5/6500 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Ultra Enterprise 10000 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Sun Fire V100 (N19) 8 02/02
Sun Fire V120 (N25) 8 10/01 [Note 6], or 8 02/02
Sun Fire 280R (A35) 8 01/01 and 04/01[Note 3]
Sun Fire V480 8 02/02 [Note 7]
Sun Fire V880 (A30) 8 07/01 or later
Sun Fire V880z (A47) 8 02/02 [Note 13]
Sun Fire 3800/4800/6800 8 04/01 or later
Sun Fire V1280 8 02/02, 9
Sun Fire 12K 8 10/01
Sun Fire 15k 8 10/01
Netra t1 100/105 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Over 419 MHz CPU's, 2.5.1 - not supported,
Need 2.6 HW 5/98*, 7 11/99 or later
Netra t 1120/1125 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 3/98 or later
Netra t 1400/1405 2.5.1 HW 11/97, 2.6 HW 5/98, 7 5/99 or later
Netra t1 200 AC/DC 8 10/00 or later [Note 2]
Netra 20 aka Netra T4 (N2 8 04/01 or later [Note 5]
Netra x1 (N19) 8 10/00, 01/01 and 04/01[Note 4]
Netra e1 Expansion board 8 10/00
Netra ct 400/800/1600 8 6/00 or later
LX50 Sun Linux 5.0 or Solaris 8 02/02 (Intel Platform Edition)
NOTES:
[1] Need Operating Environment CD (OECD) part # 704-7076-10
[2] Need Operating Environment CD (OECD) part # 704-7610 for Solaris 8
10/00 and part # 704-7617 for Solaris 8 01/01. The part # for both OE CD's is 798-3679.
[3] Patches 108528-08 and 111433-02 or Patch 108528-09 are required after the initial installation
(not necessary to boot). See Product Notes Sun Blade 1000/Sun Enterprise 280R (816-1712-10)
[4] Drivers must be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/netra See Netra X1 Server Product
Notes (806-6137-11) or infodoc 26310
[5] Requires Operating Environment Installation CD 705-0039-10
[6] Patches 109882-05, 110723-04, and 108528-13 are required after initial installation.
[7] Patches 112396-01, 108987-08, 111883-10, 109962-07, 108528-15, and 112953-02 are required after initial installation. Patches 112396 and 108987 should be installedbefore any other patches.
[13] Plus patches, including KU18 or higher, and XVR-4000 Graphics Accelerator packages.
DISK ARRAY Minimum OS Release
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StorEdge A1000 2.5.1 HW 8/97 or later
StorEdge A3500 2.5.1[Note 8] + RM 6.1.1 Update 1 or later
StorEdge A3500FC 2.6 or later
StorEdge A5x00 2.5.1 HW 11/97[Note 9] or later
StorEdge D1000 2.5.1 HW 8/97[Note 10] or later
StorEdge T3/T3+ 2.6 or later + minimum set of patches (see T3 Software/Firmware Configuration matrix)
StorEdge 3310 8
StorEdge 3900/6900 8 10/01
StorEdge 9910/9960 2.6
StorEdge 9970/9980 Depends on the server. See Sun StorEdge 9970 and 9980 Systems: What Works With What
StorEdge D2 8 Plus recommended patch cluster
StorEdge S1 2.6
Notes:
[8] With required OS patches. Use PatchPro for the required patches.
Solaris 2.6 or later is required if using 18GB or 36 GB 10000 RPM disks.
[9] With patch 105310-11. Fast Write Cache 2.0 is not supported with this
environment.
[10] Only with 9 GB 7200 or 10000 RPM drives. 18GB & 36GB 10000 RPM drives
require 2.6 or higher.
Tape Libraries Minimum OS Release
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L9 2.6 [Note 11]
L25/L100 2.6 [Note 11]
L180 2.6 [Note 11,12]
L700 2.6 [Note 11,12]
L5500 2.6 [Note 11]
[11] Requires current version of st.conf/st driver patch. os version/patch number: 2.6 105847, 7 107460, 8 108725, 9 113324
[12] Solaris 2.6 not supported with the SDLT320 tape drive.
