<s>
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
server	B-Application
computers	I-Application
introduced	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
(	O
since	O
2010	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
branding	O
coincided	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
processor	O
,	O
superseding	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	O
II-based	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Enterprise	I-Architecture
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Sun	O
broadened	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
brand	O
,	O
introducing	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
servers	O
using	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
these	O
early	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
models	O
were	O
superseded	O
by	O
models	O
powered	O
by	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Sun	O
introduced	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
servers	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	B-General_Concept
IV	I-General_Concept
dual-core	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
again	O
introduced	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
servers	O
,	O
while	O
continuing	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
versions	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPARC-based	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
systems	O
were	O
produced	O
until	O
2010	O
,	O
while	O
x86-64	B-Device
based	O
machines	O
were	O
marketed	O
until	O
mid-2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2012	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
ceased	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
brand	O
for	O
new	O
server	B-Application
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UltraSPARC-based	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
models	O
are	O
licensed	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
versions	O
8	O
,	O
9	O
,	O
and	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
,	O
some	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
third	O
parties	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
and	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
based	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
servers	O
support	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
and	O
10	O
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
3	O
-	O
6	O
,	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	B-Application
Server	I-Application
10	O
and	O
11	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
2008	B-Device
,	O
and	O
2008	B-Device
R2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
model	O
numbers	O
have	O
prefixes	O
indicating	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
system	O
,	O
thus	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Sun	O
offered	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
and	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
servers	O
under	O
the	O
V-Series	O
sub	O
brand	O
,	O
Sun	O
used	O
an	O
x	O
suffix	O
to	O
denote	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
processor	O
based	O
systems	O
and	O
a	O
z	O
suffix	O
for	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
processor	O
based	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
convention	O
was	O
later	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
z	O
suffix	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
previously	O
to	O
differentiate	O
the	O
V880z	O
Visualization	O
Server	B-Application
variant	O
of	O
the	O
V880	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
's	O
first-generation	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
platform	O
,	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
B1600	O
chassis	O
and	O
associated	O
blade	B-Architecture
servers	I-Architecture
,	O
was	O
branded	O
under	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
server	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
Sun	B-Application
blade	I-Application
systems	O
were	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
Sun	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
,	O
Fujitsu	O
and	O
Fujitsu	O
Siemens	O
introduced	O
the	O
common	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
brand	O
for	O
server	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
models	O
were	O
the	O
Fujitsu-developed	O
successors	O
to	O
the	O
midrange	O
and	O
high-end	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
E-series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
T1000	O
and	O
T2000	B-Architecture
servers	O
were	O
rebranded	O
as	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
T1000	O
and	O
T2000	B-Architecture
and	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
Fujitsu	O
brands	O
,	O
although	O
Sun	O
continued	O
to	O
offer	O
these	O
with	O
their	O
original	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
T-series	O
servers	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
badged	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
late	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
no	O
longer	O
uses	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
brand	O
for	O
their	O
current	O
T	O
series	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
servers	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
mid-2012	O
for	O
new	O
X	O
series	O
x86-64	B-Device
machines	O
based	O
on	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
CPUs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
x86-64	B-Device
server	B-Application
models	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
before	O
its	O
acquisition	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
still	O
in	O
production	O
,	O
have	O
all	O
been	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Sun	O
Server	B-Application
X-series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
a	O
general	O
maintenance	O
and	O
upgrade	O
guideline	O
is	O
that	O
RoHS	O
components	O
and	O
spares	O
may	O
be	O
installed	O
into	O
the	O
original	O
non-RoHS	O
versions	O
of	O
that	O
server	B-Application
,	O
the	O
end-of-life	O
(	O
EOL	O
)	O
date	O
of	O
a	O
server	B-Application
is	O
deemed	O
the	O
EOL	O
date	O
of	O
the	O
RoHS	O
version	O
of	O
that	O
server	B-Application
in	O
this	O
listing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model	O
Codename	O
RU	O
Max	O
processors	O
Processor	O
models	O
Max	O
memory	O
Max	O
disk	O
capacity	O
GA	O
Date	O
-	O
EOL	O
Date	O
V20z	O
Stinger	O
1	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
242	O
,	O
244	O
,	O
248	O
,	O
250	O
,	O
252	O
,	O
270	O
,	O
275	O
16	O
GB	O
2x	O
SCSI	O
3.5	O
"	O
Ultra320	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2007	O
V40z	O
Stinger	O
3	O
4×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
844	O
,	O
848	O
,	O
850	O
,	O
852	O
,	O
854	O
,	O
856	O
,	O
870	O
,	O
875	O
,	O
880	O
,	O
885	O
64	O
GB	O
6×	O
SCSI	O
3.5	O
"	O
Ultra320	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
V60z	O
/	O
V60x	O
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
2.8	O
,	O
3.06	O
,	O
3.2	O
GHz	O
6	O
GB	O
3×	O
SCSI	O
3.5	O
"	O
Ultra320	O
January	O
2005	O
V65z	O
/	O
V65x	O
2	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
2.8	O
,	O
3.06	O
,	O
3.2	O
GHz	O
12	O
GB	O
6×	O
SCSI	O
3.5	O
"	O
Ultra320	O
January	O
2005	O
X2100	O
Aquarius	O
1	O
1×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
146	O
,	O
148	O
,	O
152	O
,	O
154	O
,	O
156	O
,	O
175	O
,	O
180	O
8	O
GB	O
2×	O
SATA	O
3.5	O
"	O
April	O
2007	O
X2100	O
M2	O
1	O
1×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
1218	O
,	O
1214	O
,	O
1210	O
8	O
GB	O
2×	O
SATA	O
3.5	O
"	O
X2200	O
M2	O
1	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
2218HE	O
,	O
2222	O
,	O
2218	O
,	O
2210	O
,	O
2220	O
,	O
2214	O
64	O
GB	O
2×	O
SATA	O
3.5	O
"	O
X2250	O
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
X5482	O
,	O
E5472	O
,	O
X5472	O
,	O
E5462	O
,	O
X5272	O
,	O
X5460	O
,	O
E5405	O
,	O
L5420	O
32	O
GB	O
2×	O
SATA	O
3.5	O
"	O
X2270	O
M2	O
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5600	O
series	O
96	O
GB	O
4×	O
SATA	O
3.5	O
"	O
2010	O
X4100	O
1	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
248	O
,	O
252	O
,	O
254	O
,	O
256	O
,	O
275	O
,	O
280	O
,	O
285	O
16	O
GB	O
4×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2008	B-Device
X4100	O
M2	O
1	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
2220	O
,	O
2222SE	O
,	O
2218HE	O
,	O
2222	O
,	O
2210	O
,	O
2218	O
,	O
2220SE	O
,	O
2216	O
32	O
GB	O
4×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
X4140	O
Dorado	O
1	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
2218	O
HE	O
,	O
2222	O
64	O
GB	O
8×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
X4150	O
Doradi	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5160	O
,	O
L5310	O
,	O
L5320	O
,	O
E5345	O
,	O
E5355	O
,	O
E5335	O
,	O
E5410	O
,	O
E5440	O
64	O
GB	O
8×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
X4170	O
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5500	O
series	O
144	O
GB	O
8×	O
SATA/SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
2009	O
X4170	O
M2	O
1	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5600	O
series	O
144	O
GB	O
8×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
2010	O
X4200	O
2	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
248	O
,	O
252	O
,	O
254	O
,	O
256	O
,	O
275	O
,	O
280	O
,	O
285	O
16GB	O
4×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2008	B-Device
X4200	O
M2	O
2	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
2210	O
,	O
2216	O
,	O
2218	O
,	O
2220SE	O
,	O
2222SE	O
,	O
2220	O
,	O
2222	O
,	O
2218HE	O
32	O
GB	O
4×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
X4240	O
2	O
2×	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
2218	O
HE	O
,	O
2222	O
,	O
2224	O
SE	O
,	O
2347	O
HE	O
,	O
2356	O
64	O
GB	O
8×	O
SAS	O
+	O
8×	O
SATA	O
2.5	O
"	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
in	O
total	O
)	O
X4250	O
Aries	O
2	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
X5482	O
,	O
E5472	O
,	O
X5472	O
,	O
E5462	O
,	O
X5272	O
,	O
X5460	O
,	O
E5405	O
,	O
L5420	O
64	O
GB	O
16×	O
SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
X4270	O
2	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5500	O
series	O
144	O
GB	O
16×	O
SATA/SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
2009	O
X4270	O
M2	O
2	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5600	O
series	O
144	O
GB	O
12×	O
SATA/SAS	O
3.5	O
"	O
or	O
24×	O
SATA/SAS	O
2.5	O
"	O
2010	O
X4275	O
2	O
2×	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
5500	O
series	O
144	O
GB	O
12×	O
SATA/SAS	O
3.5	O
"	O
August	O
2009	O
-	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
x86	O
server	B-Application
range	O
continued	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
Sun	O
Server	B-Application
"	O
or	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
Server	B-Application
"	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
