Sun Server X3-2L

Sun Server X3-2L
Network Server
IBM

10 Jul 2012
137929

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Oracle''s Sun Server X3-2L (formerly Sun Fire X4270 M3) , powered by two of the highest performing CPUs from the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, is the ideal system for clustered databases and virtualized business applications. This server uses a 2U enclosure and is available in three flexible chassis configurations, offering superior scalability with terabytes of storage and six PCIe 3.0 expansion slots. The four onboard 10 GbE ports provide ten times faster network throughput than 1 GbE ports and reduce cabling, increase data throughput and save PCIe slots for other peripherals. System performance and power efficiency are maximized with flash storage options that deliver high I/O performance and reduced energy consumption.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P1.1
BIOS/uEFI:	18012201
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2640 2.50 GHz
RAM:	512 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2300
Host Bus Adapter:	Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z , FibreChannel Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z , FibreChannel Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID, SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z , Serial SCSI (SAS) Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe, SGX-SAS6-INT-Z , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST33000SSSUN3.0T , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Hitachi H106030SDSUN300G , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Seagate® ST330000FSUN300G , FibreChannel
USB Keyboard:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard
USB Mouse:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T adapters was used in this testing. Interrupt remapping support was enabled via echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/allow_unsafe_assigned_interrupts.
UEFI boot was enabled by setting "Launch Storage OpROM" to "UEFI Driver" in the Setup Utility -> System Settings -> Device and I/O Ports.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2300
	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: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 60848
	Checksum: 8e4e7eec0ef3525ae067564d6cccbe56

2 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Dec-2011	Driver Size: 357648
	Checksum: 16918a1803bbd900efa1897b45216a98

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 823696
	Checksum: c809c6cb60d15e05c9d328d63e683493

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 449360
	Checksum: 3b9f65b1b19173bd9c3465cd187258f2

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID, SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 87304
	Checksum: 4b912ce3d71eff482ffc1283bab5c7f0

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe, SGX-SAS6-INT-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 217096
	Checksum: d0146f3489d63beb47354c515b597425

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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

563712

Sun Server X3-2L - Yes Bulletin 137929 | SUSE