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 | Sun Blade X6270 Server Module
Network Server
IBM | 13 Oct 2010
133858 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Sun Blade™ X6270 Server Module: Powered by the Intel® Xeon® Processor X5520, the Sun Blade X6270 server module helps customers scale their compute resources without adding complexity. The Sun Blade X6270 server module leverages PCIe2 technology to provide up to 270Gb/s of ultra fast I/O bandwidth. With its 18 DIMM slots and four drive bays this two socket blade server offers streamlined management, breakthrough performance, and superior energy efficiency to run the most demanding workloads including Web, enterprise, database, grid and virtualization.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | P1.Last |
| BIOS/uEFI: | 07023900 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5520 2.26 GHz |
| RAM: | 72 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | ASPEED
AST2000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Sun
STK RAID REM
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate®
ST9146802SS
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| USB Keyboard: | American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse |
| USB Mouse: | American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.21 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Maintenance update: SLE11SP1 Xen maintenance update (2011/0333) is required and was installed during certification testing. Kernel patch installed: 2.6.32.29-0.3-xen.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11SP1 drivers are included with SLE11SP1. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com. (VMDP-WIN-1.7_00.exe)
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
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Referenced Bulletins
135519
Adapters and Drivers
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| ASPEED
AST2000 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: ast_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 56064 |
| | Checksum: f3fc78f7eaf33809681be68203b4379a |
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| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: swrast_dri.so |
| | Driver Date: 24-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 2263056 |
| | Checksum: 40a094654e152214f99275ca56b4f860 |
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| 2 Intel
82575EB Gigabit Network Connection (Dual Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| | Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 116216 |
| | Checksum: 20acf909a146e85ce07528dc0e2b107e |
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| Sun
STK RAID REM |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| | Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 125640 |
| | Checksum: d57d854d9cdaa0b8b3fadc832c51c726 |
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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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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