[rescue] T4

[Ethan Hawke]

Solaris 10 won't run, but Solaris 11 will ( + OpenBSD and Linux). They still rock OpenBoot 4, so work the same way the v880 does. They use iLOM for remote management, the design is a bit... weird but there is no licensing (unlike IDRAC/ILO). I'd say go for it!

Cheers,

On 17 March 2026 9:41:07 pm AEDT, silcreval via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>I've been thinking of getting a 'newer' sun server, and a friend offered me a T4 (just a single CPU but has memory and disks).
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>Its a massive item, and obviously takes a lot of power when fully configured, but I can probably run it in the workshop as I have a 100A feed.
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>I'm just wondering though, do these machines take Solaris 10/11 fairly easily - or do you need special setup / keys / etc to get the systems running?
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>I've used systems up to the V880 era, but nothing more recent than that.
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>- Ian
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