Sun Blade X3-2B

Sun Blade X3-2B
Network Server
IBM

29 Nov 2012
138725

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
See http://oracle.com

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	P1.L
BIOS/uEFI:	20020300
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2609 2.40 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2300
Host Bus Adapter:	Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA, RAID Expansion Module, SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST HUC106060CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
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}
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2300
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vesa_drv.so
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 28072
	Checksum: 0924b0f658357f94e06521969e66bc6b

Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 01-Jun-2012	Driver Size: 163616
	Checksum: db66f6a3131c26c952dd2a642551a8fa

Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA, RAID Expansion Module, SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 01-Jun-2012	Driver Size: 119472
	Checksum: dd2cc74f58ea5332c85a1b7d07799287

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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