Oracle Solaris
OracleSolarisandDell
SinceJan2010whenOraclefinalizedtheacquisitionoverSunMicrosystems,Oraclehasmademanypublicstatements to reiterateitscommitmenttoSun’sbusiness,includingcontinuedfocusonhardwareandsoftwaretechnologiessuchasSPARC,Solaris,JavaandMySQL.
TheagreementbetweenOracleandDellgivesSolariscustomersanexpandedoptionofpre-configuredcertifiedsystems,andenablesDellcustomerstoleveragetheadvancedsecurity,virtualizationandscalabilityfeaturesinherentin the SolarisOS.SunandDellaresimplifyingITbymakingiteveneasiertoacquireanintegratedSolaris-basedsolutionandcollaboratingtoprovideextensiveback-linesupport.
InordertogetsupportfromDellorOraclefor Solaris OS on Dell ™ PowerEdge ™ serverswiki,youmustbeusingacertifiedserver. DellsystemscertifiedforSolarishavegonethroughrigoroustestingstandardsasdeterminedbythelatestHardwareCertificationTestSuite(HCTS).DellsystemslistedonOracleSolarisHCLas"certified"havebeentestedandvalidatedbyDellandOracleengineeringteamsandhavemetthecertificationtestcriteria.
General Notes
Oracle Solaris runs well on Dell PowerEdge servers. Currently, PowerEdge servers are split into two groups:
PowerEdge servers certified by Sun on behalf of Dell for running Solaris 10. These servers are fully supported by Dell and listed on HCL for Solaris OS under OEM and System Vendor Products.
PowerEdge servers certified through the SunOracle HCL entries for running Solaris (limited support by Dell)
Dell PowerEdge Servers Certified with Solaris 10
Listed on HCL for Solaris OS under "OEM and System Vendor Products"
| Server Model | Minimum Solaris version required | Notes |
| PowerEdge 1950 III | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge 2900 III | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge 2950 III | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge 2970 | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge M600 | Solaris 10 5/08 | See Solaris10 Techsheet |
| PowerEdge M605 | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge M610 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge M710 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge M710HD | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge M805 | Solaris 10 10/08 | |
| PowerEdge M905 | Solaris 10 10/08 | |
| PowerEdge M910 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge R300 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge R310 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge R610 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge R710 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge R715 | Solaris 10 10/09 | Patch 141529-03 installed for bnx driver. |
| PowerEdge R805 | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge R810 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge R815 | Solaris 10 10/09 | Patch 141529-03 installed for bnx driver. |
| PowerEdge R900 | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge R905 | Solaris 10 5/08 | |
| PowerEdge R910 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge T300 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge T310 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge T610 | Solaris 10 5/09 | |
| PowerEdge T710 | Solaris10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge C2100 | Solaris 10 10/09 | |
| PowerEdge C1100 | Solaris 10 10/09 |
Dell is actively working on certifying PowerEdge servers with Solaris, so you can expect more models to follow soon.
Dell PowerEdge Servers Certified Through Sun HCL – Links to HCL
| Dell PowerEdge 2950 | Dell PowerEdge 2900 |
| Dell PowerVault™ MD1000 |
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