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| Sun Fire X4270 M2
Network Server
IBM | 03 Jan 2011
134457 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Windows 2003 Server R2 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The new Sun Fire X4270 M2 server offers maximum performance, scalability, and robust I/O bandwith in a compact 2RU (rack unit) enclosure. Offering the ultimate in flexibility with two storage configurations and two flash storage options, this server delivers massive data capacity and accelerated I/O performance, making it an ideal server in its class for clustered databases and virtualized workloads.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | P1.Last |
BIOS/uEFI: | 08030103 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz |
RAM: | 144 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 5 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X8 |
Video Adapter: | ASPEED
AST2100 |
Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
LSISAS2008
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 24 Sun
ST930003SSUN300G
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
USB Keyboard: | Sun Type 7 |
USB Mouse: | Sun Type 7 |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP2 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe)
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP2 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.
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Referenced Bulletins
139169
Adapters and Drivers
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ASPEED
AST2100 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: ast_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 49080 |
| Checksum: cc27bbc39f5b8aef80382c7e0398b0cb |
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4 Intel
82576EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 137336 |
| Checksum: 2bb7a5cff522a9e0f71b05995ddb05bf |
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LSI Logic
LSISAS2008 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 173024 |
| Checksum: b56604c8477e2a631b9cd4d33fa9c9fe |
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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
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