Sun Fire X4170 M2

Sun Fire X4170 M2
Workstation
IBM

13 Jul 2010
132999

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The new Sun Fire X4170 M2 is a robust enterprise class server that packs superior price/performance, maximum 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:	08010214
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	144 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 5 USB Ports
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:	American Megatrends Virtual Keyboard and Mouse
USB Mouse:	American Megatrends Virtual Keyboard and Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. The Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet adapter was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139400

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2100
	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: 24-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 2263056
	Checksum: 40a094654e152214f99275ca56b4f860

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

Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 57264
	Checksum: e8a95d74b2f76b30706e49b9f192fa60

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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
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Sun Fire X4170 M2 - Yes Bulletin 132999 | SUSE