Solaris 11: Hardware Compatibility List - 2019q1

Solaris 11: Hardware Compatibility List - 2019q1

Abstract

For those who are covering the life of real UNIX systems, a good place to track the progress of Solaris has been the Hardware Compatibility List. For the Q1 quarter of 2019, it may be helpful for readers to understand what the latest hardware is, that has been certified for Oracle Solaris, to execute 2019 purchases.

[Oracle Logo, courtesy Oracle Corporation]

Oracle's Submissions

Oracle's most recent submission - SPARC M8-8 on 2018-09-07 for Solaris 11.3 & 11.4.

Fujitsu's Submissions

Fujitsu's most recent submission - SPARC M-12 on 2017-07-10 for Solaris 11.3 & 11.4.

Interestingly enough, also certified is Solaris 10 1/13 [aka Solaris 10 Update 11]!

[Dell Logo, courtesy Dell Corporation]

Dell Additions

Dell continues to submit hardware into the Hardware Compatibility List.
They included 3x submissions:

1. 2018-11-14 PowerEdge R640 - 2x socket, 8x cores/socket, Intel Bronze 3106 CPU @ 1.70GHz
2. 2018-12-20 PowerEdge R840 - 4x socket, 4x cores/socket, Intel Gold 5122 CPU @ 3.60GHz
3. 2019-01-15 PowerEdge R740 - 2x socket, 14x cores/socket, Intel Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz

All of these were for Solaris 11.4.

The Odd Man Out

There is a Chinese outsourcing company which also appears on the HCL, called Inspur.
They have 2x submissions:

1. 2018-11-08 NF5280M5 - 2x socket 8x core/socket, Intel Silver 4110
2. 2018-11-15 NF5180M5 - 2x socket, 24x core/socket, Intel Platinum 8176

 Inspur was certifying for Solaris 11.4.