Sun Fire X4800 M2

Sun Fire X4800 M2
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

25 Jul 2012
138003

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

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 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
See http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/x86/index.html and search for x4800 as a reference.The different is x4800 m2 support Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 CPU.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P2
BIOS/uEFI:	15013200
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	4 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 8 PCI Express X8 Serial
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2100
Host Bus Adapter:	Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST HUC106030CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Hitachi GST HUC106060CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID1.
Install: System installed using an external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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. An added network adapter, Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572EI GB Ethernet Controller), was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
139879

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2100
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 96096
	Checksum: 6b25c69ddbb86230132fc6ab3ddfa705

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 3315528
	Checksum: 649711e7978ced3725c9502be7ea9f46

4 Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 246368
	Checksum: fcb34e6c5610ff2a00a5460f065817e6

Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: 9064ff5d397905a2741116667bdcf91a

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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Sun Fire X4800 M2 - Yes Bulletin 138003 | SUSE