Sun Fire


Sun Fire is a series of server computers introduced in 2001 by Sun Microsystems. The Sun Fire branding coincided with the introduction of the UltraSPARC III processor, superseding the UltraSPARC II-based Sun Enterprise series. In 2003, Sun broadened the Sun Fire brand, introducing Sun Fire servers using the Intel Xeon processor. In 2004, these early Intel Xeon models were superseded by models powered by AMD Opteron processors. Also in 2004, Sun introduced Sun Fire servers powered by the UltraSPARC IV dual-core processor. In 2007, Sun again introduced Intel Xeon Sun Fire servers, while continuing to offer the AMD Opteron versions as well.
SPARC-based Sun Fire systems were produced until 2010, while x86-64 based machines were marketed until mid-2012. In mid-2012, Oracle Corporation ceased to use the Sun Fire brand for new server models.

Operating systems

UltraSPARC-based Sun Fire models are licensed to run the Solaris operating system versions 8, 9, and 10. Although not officially supported, some Linux versions are also available from third parties, as well as OpenBSD and NetBSD.
Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron based Sun Fire servers support Solaris 9 and 10, OpenBSD, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 - 6, SUSE [Linux Enterprise Server] 10 and 11, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2|2008 R2].

Model nomenclature

Later Sun Fire model numbers have prefixes indicating the type of system, thus:
  • V: entry level and mid-range rackmount and cabinet servers
  • E: high-end enterprise class cabinet servers with high-availability features
  • B: blade servers
  • X: rackmount x86-64 based servers
  • T: entry level and mid-range rackmount servers based on UltraSPARC T-series CoolThreads processors
When Sun offered Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron Sun Fire servers under the V-Series sub brand, Sun used an x suffix to denote Intel Xeon processor based systems and a z suffix for AMD Opteron processor based systems, but this convention was later dropped. The z suffix was also used previously to differentiate the V880z Visualization Server variant of the V880 server.
Sun's first-generation blade server platform, the Sun Fire B1600 chassis and associated blade servers, was branded under the Sun Fire server brand. Later Sun blade systems were sold under the Sun Blade brand.
In 2007, Sun, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Siemens introduced the common SPARC Enterprise brand for server products. The first SPARC Enterprise models were the Fujitsu-developed successors to the midrange and high-end Sun Fire E-series. In addition, the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers were rebranded as the SPARC Enterprise T1000 and T2000 and sold under the Fujitsu brands, although Sun continued to offer these with their original names. Later T-series servers have also been badged SPARC Enterprise rather than Sun Fire.
Since late 2010, Oracle Corporation no longer uses Sun Fire brand for their current T series SPARC servers, and since mid-2012 for new X series x86-64 machines based on Intel Xeon CPUs. x86-64 server models which had been developed by Sun Microsystems before its acquisition, and were still in production, have all been rebranded as Sun Server X-series.

Sun Fire model range

Some servers were produced in two versions, the original version and a later Restriction of [Hazardous Substances Directive|RoHS] version. Since a general maintenance and upgrade guideline is that RoHS components and spares may be installed into the original non-RoHS versions of that server, the end-of-life date of a server is deemed the EOL date of the RoHS version of that server in this listing.

UltraSPARC architecture

x86/x64 architecture

ModelCodenameRUMax processorsProcessor modelsMax memoryMax disk capacityGA Date - EOL Date
V20zStinger12× AMD Opteron242, 244, 248, 250, 252, 270, 27516 GB2x SCSI 3.5" Ultra320November 8, 2007
V40zStinger34× AMD Opteron844, 848, 850, 852, 854, 856, 870, 875, 880, 88564 GB6× SCSI 3.5" Ultra320March 30, 2007
V60z / V60x12× Intel Xeon2.8, 3.06, 3.2 GHz6 GB3× SCSI 3.5" Ultra320January 2005
V65z / V65x22× Intel Xeon2.8, 3.06, 3.2 GHz12 GB6× SCSI 3.5" Ultra320January 2005
X2100Aquarius11× AMD Opteron146, 148, 152, 154, 156, 175, 1808 GB2× SATA 3.5"April 2007
X2100 M211× AMD Opteron1218, 1214, 12108 GB2× SATA 3.5"
X2200 M212× AMD Opteron2218HE, 2222, 2218, 2210, 2220, 221464 GB2× SATA 3.5"
X225012× Intel XeonX5482, E5472, X5472, E5462, X5272, X5460, E5405, L542032 GB2× SATA 3.5"
X2270 M212× Intel Xeon5600 series96 GB4× SATA 3.5"2010
X410012× AMD Opteron248, 252, 254, 256, 275, 280, 28516 GB4× SAS 2.5"May 28, 2008
X4100 M212× AMD Opteron2220, 2222SE, 2218HE, 2222, 2210, 2218, 2220SE, 221632 GB4× SAS 2.5"
X4140Dorado12× AMD Opteron2218 HE, 222264 GB8× SAS 2.5"
X4150Doradi?12× Intel Xeon5160, L5310, L5320, E5345, E5355, E5335, E5410, E544064 GB8× SAS 2.5"
X417012× Intel Xeon5500 series144 GB8× SATA/SAS 2.5"2009
X4170 M212× Intel Xeon5600 series144 GB8× SAS 2.5"2010
X420022× AMD Opteron248, 252, 254, 256, 275, 280, 28516 GB4× SAS 2.5"May 28, 2008
X4200 M222× AMD Opteron2210, 2216, 2218, 2220SE, 2222SE, 2220, 2222, 2218HE32 GB4× SAS 2.5"
X424022× AMD Opteron2218 HE, 2222, 2224 SE, 2347 HE, 235664 GB8× SAS + 8× SATA 2.5"
X4250Aries22× Intel XeonX5482, E5472, X5472, E5462, X5272, X5460, E5405, L542064 GB16× SAS 2.5"
X427022× Intel Xeon5500 series144 GB16× SATA/SAS 2.5"2009
X4270 M222× Intel Xeon5600 series144 GB12× SATA/SAS 3.5" or 24× SATA/SAS 2.5"2010
X427522× Intel Xeon5500 series144 GB12× SATA/SAS 3.5"August 2009 - ?
X444024× AMD Opteron8218, 8222, 8224128 GB8× SAS 2.5" or 6× SATA 2.5"
X4450Argo24× Intel XeonE7220, L7345, E7320, E7340, X7350128 GB8× SAS 2.5" or 6× SATA 2.5"
X4500Thumper42× AMD Opteron285, 29016 GB48× SATA 3.5"
X4540Thor42× AMD K10128 GB48× SATA 3.5"
X447034× Intel Xeon7500 series512 GB6× SATA/SAS 2.5"2010
X4470 M234× Intel XeonE7-4800 series1024 GB6× SATA/SAS 2.5"2011
X460048× AMD Opteron856, 885256 GB; 32x8 GB4× SAS 2.5"August 8, 2007
X4600 M248× AMD Opteron8218, 8220SE, 8220, 8216, 8360SE512 GB; 64x8 GB4× SAS 2.5"
X480058× Intel Xeon7500 series1 TB8× SATA/SAS 2.5"2010
X4800 M258× Intel Xeon8800 series2 TB8× SATA/SAS 2.5"2011

Sun Server / Oracle Server

As of 2012, the x86 server range continued under the "Sun Server" or "Oracle Server" names.
ModelRUMax processorsProcessor modelsMax memoryMax disk capacityGA Date
X2-4 / X4470 M234× Intel XeonE7-4800 series1 TB6× SAS 600 GBJuly 2011
X2-8 / X4800 M258× Intel XeonE7-8800 series4 TB8× SAS 600 GBJuly 2011
X3-2 / X4170 M312× Intel XeonE5-2600 series512 GB8× SAS 600GBApril 2012
X3-2L / X4270 M322× Intel XeonE5-2600 series512 GB24× SAS 600 GBApril 2012
X4-212× Intel XeonE5-2600 v2 series512 GB8× SAS-2 600 GBSeptember 2013
X4-2L22× Intel XeonE5-2600 v2 series512 GB24× SAS-2 600 GBSeptember 2013
X4-434× Intel XeonE7-8895 v23 TB6× SAS-2 1.2 TBApril 2014
X4-858× Intel XeonE7-8895 v26 TB8× SAS-2 1.2 TBJune 2014
X5-212× Intel XeonE5-2600 v3 series768 GB8× SAS-2 1.2 TBDecember 2014
X5-2L22× Intel XeonE5-2600 v3 series768 GB24× SAS-2 1.2 TBDecember 2014
X5-434× Intel XeonE7-8895 v33 TB6× SAS-2 1.2 TBJune 2015
X5-858× Intel XeonE7-8895 v36 TB8× SAS-2 1.2 TBJuly 2015
X6-212× Intel XeonE5-2600 v4 series768 GB8× SAS-2 1.2 TBApril 2016
X6-2L22× Intel XeonE5-2600 v4 series768 GB24× SAS-2 1.2 TBApril 2016
X7-212× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 81601.5 TB8× SAS-3October 2017
X7-2L22× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 81681.5 TB12× SAS-3October 2017
X7-858× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 81686 TB8× SAS-3October 2017
X8-212× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 82601.5 TB8× SAS-3April 2019
X8-2L22× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 82681.5 TB12× SAS-3April 2019
X8-858× Intel XeonXeon Platinum 82686 TB8× SAS-3April 2019