Sun Blade X6270 M2

Sun Blade X6270 M2
Network Server
IBM

10 Jan 2011
134503

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
Oracle's Sun Blade X6270 M2 Server Module: Powered by the Intel Xeon Processor X5680, the Oracle Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module helps customers scale their compute resources without adding complexity. The Oracle Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module leverages PCIe2 and SAS2 technologies to provide up to 282Gb/s of ultra fast I/O bandwith. With its 18 DIMM slots and four drive bays this two socket blade server offers streamlined management, enhanced performance, and 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:	08020105
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz
RAM:	144 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2100
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® ST9500530NS , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:	Sun Type 7
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 6, RAID 1 and RAID 0.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2100
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 49080
	Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb

2 Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 146768
	Checksum: 4e0faf6cbc26fd4c01b8344e7c6ec1b1

Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 63888
	Checksum: b71ff75c0d45cba740b5c3bd6d79d1cd

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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