Sun Fire X4170 M2

Sun Fire X4170 M2
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

15 Jun 2010
132810

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
The new Sun Fire X4170 M2 is a robust enterprise class server that packs price/performance, energy and space efficiencies in a dense 1RU form factor for running IT infrastructure applications (file/print, DHCP, security) as well as collaborative applications (email, enterprise 2.0) either in datacenters or at departmental sites or branch offices.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P1.Last
BIOS/uEFI:	08010211
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz
RAM:	144 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2100
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 Seagate® ST9500530NS , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:	Sun Type 7
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE10SP4 drivers are included with SLE10SP4. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-1.7_00.exe).
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
XEN Guests: VM Guests were configured with 1 GB of memory each leaving more memory for the Xen host. In this configuration, if the guests are configured with more memory there is a possibility that network communication could be disrupted during times of heavy system load.

Referenced Bulletins
134919

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2100
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 49080
	Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb

4 Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 146768
	Checksum: 4e0faf6cbc26fd4c01b8344e7c6ec1b1

Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 63888
	Checksum: b71ff75c0d45cba740b5c3bd6d79d1cd

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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Sun Fire X4170 M2 - Yes Bulletin 132810 | SUSE