Sun Blade X6240 Server Module

Sun Blade X6240 Server Module
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara

28 Jul 2010
133174

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
Oracle's Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is the first two-socket AMD Opteron™ (quad-core) blade for use in the Sun Blade 6000 and 6048 Modular Systems. A fast, reliable, and expandable x64 blade server that runs Novell® SLES® 9, the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is a key component in standardizing your infrastructure, helping to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and simplifying data center management, all without compromise. Powered by two AMD Opteron™ (Quad-Core) processors, up to 6 (x8) and 2 (x4) PCIe Interfaces, and up to 128 GB of DDR2 system memory, the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module provides the compute power and I/O expandability required to meet your needs now and into the future.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	P2.2
BIOS/uEFI:	1.10
CPU:	2 AMD Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 2384 2.70GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	Sun STK RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® ST914602SSUN146G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6

Config Notes

VMware guest OS installation information can be found at http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP1 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP1 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.

Adapters and Drivers


2 Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Jun-2008	Driver Size: 166760
	Checksum: 2d0cdc4d76af9923c2a9bf6a8a14895f

Sun STK RAID REM
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Jun-2008	Driver Size: 152344
	Checksum: e6498060fa344f3b580e75067df84451

ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.o
	Driver Date: 17-Oct-2007	Driver Size: 21730
	Checksum: 892d10e181c934ae74fd8a48bcefdc22

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:

Hitachi Vantara
2535 Augustine Drive
Santa Clara , CA 95054
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Toll Free: 1-800-227-1930
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hitachivantara.com

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