Sun Blade X6450 Server Module

Sun Blade X6450 Server Module
Network Server
IBM

04 Nov 2010
134039

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003

Product Description
Sun Blade X6450 Server Moudule is an Intel based 4 processors HPC

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	375-3564-02
BIOS/uEFI:	S95_3B28
CPU:	4 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E7340 2.40 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 6311 ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic LSISAS1068E , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Unigen UGB30SDC16H0 CompactFlash Card , IDE 2 Seagate® ST973402SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type7 Keyboard
USB Mouse:	Sun Type7 Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Kdump (SLE12SP3): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=173M,high crashkernel=122M,low using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD. System was scaled up to 8-sockets by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports (each node also has an internal USB port).

Adapters and Drivers


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

2 Intel Integrated 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 289384
	Checksum: d8809b56542b02265700ddfb3fc6eec4

Intel Integrated 6311 ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 33640
	Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 22864
	Checksum: f75a147de92d992a7c7982e7e45a7576

LSI Logic LSISAS1068E
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 76208
	Checksum: 3d361cbbee63d442101031975688ddfa

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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