Sun Fire X4800

Sun Fire X4800
Network Server
Sugon Information Industry Co., ltd.

13 Jul 2010
132990

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
Search for Sun Fire X4800 from this URL. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/x64/index.html. The following are the key features of the SunFire X4800 System: * 5RU chassis: 17.5” x 8.61” x 27.56”, WxHxD (445x218.75x700mm) * Supports up to 4 high-performance CPU Modules (CMOD) (2-socket each) * 4 x 2000W, hot-swappable, load-sharing PSUs (4 PSUs installed, for 2+2) * 4x hot-swappable Fan Module CRUs, * Eight 2.5” small form factor drive bays * Eight PCI Express (PCIe) Modules 5GT/s or 2.5GT/s * Two Network Express Modules (NEMs), - 4x 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports per NEM - 4x 10GE SFP+: SR, LR, LRM, Twin-ax per NEM * Service Processor Module (SP Module) - 2x 10/100/1000Base-T Chassis management ports - Serial Console port (RJ-45) - Dongle Connector into Master Blade 0 - 2x USB ports The following are the key features of the CPU Module: * Two Intel® Nehalem-EX CPU sockets (up to 130W TDP SKU per CPU) * Support for 32 RDIMM DDR3-1066MHz sockets, 16 per CPU * Interconnect for two 8x PCIe 2.0 I/O Express Modules (PEM) * Interconnect for two PCIe 2.0 I/O to Network Express Modules (NEM) * On board 2x 10GbE 10/100/1000BaseT ports accessible on the NEMs * 1x SAS2 RAID Express Module (REM). Only one can be connected to the SunFire X4800 System.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	511-1124-04
BIOS/uEFI:	11.01.23.00
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor X7560 2.26 GHz
RAM:	1024 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 USB Ports 16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 Seagate® ST9300603SS Savvio® 10K.3 6-Gb/s 300-GB , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:	Sun Type 7
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Adapters and Drivers


Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 52504
	Checksum: 759f46f9d1e9f6f78cd97907efc0ff27

8 Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 116120
	Checksum: 384f7df9f6046f20813724fd8b777e72

8 Oracle America Inc. Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe ExpressModule
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Oct-2009	Driver Size: 3624673
	Checksum: 4c256dcc8f5906d02cdfc90098bd53e5

ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 56064
	Checksum: f3fc78f7eaf33809681be68203b4379a

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 23-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 2263056

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/

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Sun Fire X4800 - Yes Bulletin 132990 | SUSE