Sun Blade X3-2B

Sun Blade X3-2B
Network Server
IBM

15 May 2014
141490

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

Product Description
Oracle's Server X3-2B(X6270 M3) system is a very versatile two-socket server for clustered computing and virtualization,packing the optimal balance of computing power, memory capacity and I/O capacity.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	Rev 06
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy Boot: 20100400 (04/04/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 2.90 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X16
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:	Oracle America Inc. H106060SDSUN600G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All 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).
Kdump: Yast2 - Kernel kdump - kdump memory was increased from 128 to 256 MB for kdump to function.
Install: System installed using the BladeCenter chassis DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
System was configured as 1-node scalable partition.

Referenced Bulletins
139113

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2300
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 14588208
	Checksum: b04453e653cab45eefe58ac419ccacb3

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-May-2013	Driver Size: 96096
	Checksum: 41733d0f905440b2b69759ee4d3dda05
	Driver Version: 0.92.2

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

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: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

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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