Sun Blade X6270 Server Module

Sun Blade X6270 Server Module
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

17 Oct 2010
133923

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 with XEN

Product Description
Sun Blade™ X6270 Server Module: Powered by the Intel® Xeon® Processor L5520, 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 L5520 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

The i40e.ko used during testing is not SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following driver package: <i40e-2.0.19.tar.gz. This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/i40e%20stable/2.0.19/. Then run the following commands 1) tar -zxvf i40e-2.0.19.tar.gz 2) cd i40e-2.0.19/src 3) make install 4) reboot.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.

Referenced Bulletins
146196

Adapters and Drivers


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

2 Intel 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 116120
	Checksum: 384f7df9f6046f20813724fd8b777e72

Sun STK RAID REM
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 125048
	Checksum: ab226fa93f734e300dfd1cdf1ff0a0a3

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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Sun Blade X6270 Server Module - Yes Bulletin 133923 | SUSE