 | Sun Blade X6440 Server Module
Network Server Sun Microsystems, Inc. | 22 May 2009
125659 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® |
Product Description
Sun's Sun Blade X6440 Server Module is the first four-socket AMD Opteron™ (quad-core) blade for use in the Sun Blade 6000 and 6048 Modular Systems. A fast, reliable, and expandable x64 blade server that runs SLES 11, the Sun Blade X6440 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. Powered by four AMD Opteron (quad-core) processors, up to 6 (x8) and 2 (x4) PCIe Interfaces, and up to 256GB of DDR2 system memory (when 8GB DIMMs are available), the Sun Blade X6440 Server Module provides the compute power and I/O expandability required to meet your needs now and into the future.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | P2.1 |
| BIOS: | 1.14 |
| CPU: | 4 AMD Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 8356 2.3 GHz |
| RAM: | 256 GB |
| Bus Type: | 5 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ASPEED AST2000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Sun STK RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 Seagate® ST914602SSUN146G , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.21 |
Config Notes
| 1) 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. |
| 2) Install: OS installed via virtual USB CD/DVD drive attached to ILOM. |
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Intel® Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: igb.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Feb-2009 | File Size: 116120 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 384f7df9f6046f20813724fd8b777e72 | |||||||||
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| Sun STK RAID REM | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Feb-2009 | File Size: 125048 | ||||||||
| Checksum: ab226fa93f734e300dfd1cdf1ff0a0a3 | |||||||||
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| ASPEED AST2000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: swrast_dri.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 24-Feb-2009 | File Size: 2263056 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 40a094654e152214f99275ca56b4f860 | |||||||||
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| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: ast_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 25-Feb-2009 | File Size: 56064 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f3fc78f7eaf33809681be68203b4379a | |||||||||
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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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Santa Clara , CA 95054
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