Sun Server X4-2

Sun Server X4-2
Network Server
IBM

23 Sep 2013
140327

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 2 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
Oracles Sun Server X4-2 system is the most versatile two-socket server for clustered computing and virtualization, packing the optimal balance of computing power, memory capacity, and I/O capability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	P2
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: 25010600 (07/08/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v2 2.70 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2300
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801HR ICH8R , Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic LSISAS2008 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST330000FSUN300G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Teac DV-W28SS-V , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

System was tested with updated SolidDriver-compliant ixgbe-3.17.3 driver. Driver packages intel-ixgbe-3.17.3-2.1.x86_64.rpm and intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.17.3_3.0.13_0.27-2.1.x86_64.rpm were downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp2/common/x86_64/ .
System was tested with updated SLES 11 SP2 kernel 3.0.101-0.7.21.1.7188.0.PTF-xen provided by SUSE Support.
System was tested with updated SolidDriver-compliant megaraid-sas-06.602.03.00 driver downloaded from http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-search.aspx .

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2300
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 96096
	Checksum: 6b25c69ddbb86230132fc6ab3ddfa705

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 3315528
	Checksum: 649711e7978ced3725c9502be7ea9f46

2 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 303760
	Checksum: 1a2e823c44188856a3af53632c8495a4
	Driver Version: 3.3.8-k2

Intel Integrated 82801HR ICH8R
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 52464
	Checksum: 4cd063a2fed5fa5fe7a32b8a1c80b3ca

LSI Logic LSISAS2008
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 253048
	Checksum: 4a7cf02da81e903522d10faa86f90da3

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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