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 | Sun Blade X6240
Network Server
IBM | 12 Jan 2011
134507 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Windows 2003 Server R2 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is the first two-socket AMD Opteron blade for use in the Sun Blade 6000 and 6048 Modular Systems. A fast, reliable, and expandable x64 blade server that runs Novell SLES 11, the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is a key component in standardizing your infrastructure, helping to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and simplifying data center management, all without compromise.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | P2.1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | 1.20 |
CPU: | 2 AMD
Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2439 SE 2.80 GHz |
RAM: | 16 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X4 4 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | ASPEED
AST2000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | Sun
STK RAID REM
, Serial SCSI (SAS) NVIDIA®
MCP55 Pro
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | Fujitsu
MHY2200BS
, Serial ATA (SATA) Fujitsu
MAY2073RCSUN73G
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Unigen
UGB30SDC16H0 CompactFlash Card
, CompactFlash |
USB Keyboard: | Sun Type 7 |
USB Mouse: | Sun Type 7 |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
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Adapters and Drivers
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ASPEED
AST2000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: swrast_dri.so |
| Driver Date: 09-May-2010 | Driver Size: 2380528 |
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| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: ast_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010 | Driver Size: 60848 |
| Checksum: 8e4e7eec0ef3525ae067564d6cccbe56 |
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Intel
Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: igb.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 158400 |
| Checksum: ae22c8a7eb02f93b94556c6531bf9d41 |
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Sun
STK RAID REM |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 143392 |
| Checksum: 34e0e371a60792e16ef8982b1df4fcb3 |
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NVIDIA®
MCP55 Pro |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: sata_nv.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 48064 |
| Checksum: bffeece2de614da8e123f013d5f8411e |
| Driver Version: 3.5 |
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| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: pata_amd.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 25200 |
| Checksum: b6f22d3ebe748ca9d4f16d1e2ff128e4 |
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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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