Sun Fire X4270 M2

Sun Fire X4270 M2
Network Server
Fujitsu

11 Aug 2011
136017

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 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Sun Fire X4270 M2 server offers maximum performance, scalability, and robust I/O bandwith in a compact 2RU enclosure.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P2
BIOS/uEFI:	08080102
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5690 3.46 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 5 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS2008 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST345056SSUN450G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:	Sun Type 7
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

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 4-socket by joining two x880 X6 with 4S 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.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to crashkernel=251M,high crashkernel=172M,low for kdump to function correctly.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the integrated Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
145226

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 2380528
	Checksum: ccc1c687b5bf885f56dcdea73a7076ec

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 60848


2 Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 158400
	Checksum: ae22c8a7eb02f93b94556c6531bf9d41

LSI Logic LSISAS2008
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 217096
	Checksum: d0146f3489d63beb47354c515b597425

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:

Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
FTS PDG ST
Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1
Paderborn 33106
GERMANY

580910

Sun Fire X4270 M2 - Yes Bulletin 136017 | SUSE