Sun Blade X6270 Server Module

Sun Blade X6270 Server Module
Network Server
IBM

31 Oct 2010
134010

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
Sun Blade™ X6270 Server Module: Powered by the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5520, the Sun Blade X6270 server module helps customers scale their compute resources without adding complexity. The Sun Blade X6270 server module leverages PCIe2 technology to provide up to 270Gb/s of ultra fast I/O bandwidth. With its 18 DIMM slots and four drive bays this two socket blade server offers streamlined management, breakthrough performance, and superior energy efficiency to run the most demanding workloads including Web, enterprise, database, grid and virtualization.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	P1.Last
BIOS/uEFI:	07023900
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5520 2.26 GHz
RAM:	72 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS1068E , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST9146802SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse
USB Mouse:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.21

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe is used with the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 and the driver package name is "ixgbe-kmp-default-4.1.2_k3.12.28_4-h1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346649.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Referenced Bulletins
144802

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 49080
	Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb

2 Intel 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 06-May-2008	Driver Size: 142672
	Checksum: 0f6255089e73f2720091eedfd1bbbb16

LSI Logic LSISAS1068E
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 06-May-2008	Driver Size: 68096

	Driver Version: 3.04.06-suse

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/

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