Sun Fire X4170

Sun Fire X4170
Network Server
IBM

23 Sep 2010
133650

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
The Sun Fire X4170 server is a versatile enterprise server that delivers high performance for your mission-critical applications, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and databases. Its compact, energy-efficient 1RU design delivers savings on energy and space. Key Features: Rack-optimized (1RU) x64 server; Two Intel® Xeon® processor X5570, Intel HyperThreading, and 18 memory DIMMs for maximum memory of 144GB; Eight 2.5-inch drive bays that can support SAS Hard Disk Drives or Solid State Drives; Comprehensive and easy-to-use system management and monitoring built into every system

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P1.Last
BIOS/uEFI:	07013803
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5570 2.93 GHz
RAM:	72 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA) Sun SGXPCIESAS-R-INT-Z , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST9146802SS , Serial SCSI (SAS) Fujitsu MHY2200BS , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	TSST TS-TS632A , USB
USB Keyboard:	ORTEK Combo Keyboard V1.5
USB Mouse:	USB Optical Wheel Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.21

Config Notes

Maintenance update: SLES 12 kernel update 136 is required and was installed during certification testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 FV guests. One of the Intel I350-T4 ML2 GbE adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5.

Referenced Bulletins
142665

Adapters and Drivers


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

4 Intel 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 06-May-2008	Driver Size: 142672
	Checksum: 0f6255089e73f2720091eedfd1bbbb16

Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 06-May-2008	Driver Size: 62472
	Checksum: 97c052c6639708435bc852ccf3a945b1

Sun SGXPCIESAS-R-INT-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 06-May-2008	Driver Size: 123736
	Checksum: f039541659e9edc97043e5e3a57bae78

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
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568799

Sun Fire X4170 - Yes Bulletin 133650 | SUSE