Sun Blade X6240 Server Module

Sun Blade X6240 Server Module
Network Server
IBM

10 Jun 2010
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is a two-socket AMD Opteron 2389 Quad Core blade for use in Sun Blade 6000/648 Modular systems. A fast reliable, and expandable X64 blade server.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	P2
BIOS/uEFI:	1.19
CPU:	2 AMD Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 2389 2.90GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	Sun STK RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS) NVIDIA® MCP55 Pro , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Unigen UGB30SDC16H0 CompactFlash Card , IDE Seagate® ST914602SSUN146G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 7 Keyboard
USB Mouse:	Sun Type 7 Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through a KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. As noted in the Tested Configuration above, the system also has one internal USB port. Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: RAID 0.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 SP5 FV guest. One of the Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 49080
	Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb

2 Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 137336
	Checksum: 2bb7a5cff522a9e0f71b05995ddb05bf

Sun STK RAID REM
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 120696
	Checksum: 5e37f3e96f44f049c5aba5af76bc974a

NVIDIA® MCP55 Pro
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: sata_nv.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 36168
	Checksum: 3072745df60c81afad28ebcd1cce3d2f

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: amd74xx.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 28848
	Checksum: 29dadb42ab8206e97ca3aa3ba895c75b

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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Sun Blade X6240 Server Module - Yes Bulletin 132714 | SUSE