Sun Fire X2250
Network Server
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
11 Jul 2008
101979

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T®     Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10


Product Description
The Sun Fire X2250 Server demonstrates Sun's commitment in delivering one of the most compelling entry-level HPC rack-mount servers in the industry. Designed to benefit companies with massively parallel computing workloads, it offers a powerful compute node at a starting price under $1,500. Within a 1RU form-factor, the Sun Fire X2250 Server supports Linux, the Intel Xeon 5400 processor, and the fastest FBDIMMs available. Above all, the Sun Fire X2250 Server meets or exceeds the criteria of the discerning server buyer, at a price-performance ratio not previously available from Sun.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:P1.Last
BIOS:3A08
CPU:2 Intel®  Quad-Core Xeon® Processor X5472 3.0 GHz
RAM:32 GB
Bus Type:4 USB Ports
PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:ASPEED  AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:Intel®  Integrated 6311 ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:2 Hitachi Data Systems  HUA721010KLA330 , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:Sony  Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A , IDE
USB Keyboard:Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:Sun Type 7
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6


Config Notes


Adapters and Drivers
2 Intel®  Intel® PRO/1000 EB Network Connection with I/O Acceleration
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 303880
Checksum: 601b5c5bbc367549fa0a8829568de036

Intel®  Integrated 6311 ESB ICH
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: ata_piix.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 45056
Checksum: 05fc738e128c8c7f301735048dcc52d4

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


The term YES CERTIFIED applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually YES CERTIFIED components may be exchanged for other YES CERTIFIED components. For more information on swapping YES CERTIFIED components, please access the following web page:

http://developer.novell.com/devres/system/policy/exchange.htm

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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