Sun Server X3-2

Sun Server X3-2
Network Server
Oracle America Inc.

10 Jul 2012
137916

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Oracle''s Sun Server X3-2 (formerly Sun Fire X4170 M3), powered by two of the highest performing CPUs from the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, offers unparalleled performance balanced with compute, memory, and I/O capabilities in a compact energy-efficient 1U enclosure. The server is available in three flexible chassis configurations and offers superior scalability with terabytes of storage, four PCIe 3.0 expansion slots, and four 10GbE network interface ports. A versatile server for enterprise data centers that run a range of mission-critical business applications, the Sun Fire X4170 M3 server is ideal for running middleware and enterprise business application workloads and as a platform for application development.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P1.2
BIOS/uEFI:	17.01.22.01
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2640 2.50 GHz
RAM:	512 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2300
Host Bus Adapter:	Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z , FibreChannel Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z , FibreChannel Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID, SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST330000FSUN300G , FibreChannel 5 Hitachi H106030SDSUN300G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard
USB Mouse:	American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on 4 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gb ethernet controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.
Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.

Referenced Bulletins
137382

Adapters and Drivers


Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 445832

	Driver Version: 8.03.01.06.11.1-k8

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGETEK 8 Gb (FC), SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 777360

	Driver Version: 0:8.3.5.8.1p

Intel 82599EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Dec-2011	Driver Size: 358256
	Checksum: e9c651aef2f4b223a0ed12d3bdede617

ASPEED AST2300
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 2380528
	Checksum: ccc1c687b5bf885f56dcdea73a7076ec

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 60848
	Checksum: 8e4e7eec0ef3525ae067564d6cccbe56

2 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Dec-2011	Driver Size: 357648
	Checksum: 16918a1803bbd900efa1897b45216a98

Oracle America Inc. SUN STORAGE 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID, SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 217096
	Checksum: d0146f3489d63beb47354c515b597425

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:

Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065
Website: www.Oracle.com

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Sun Server X3-2 - Yes Bulletin 137916 | SUSE