Sun Fire X2270 / Intel® Xeon® E5540 2.53 GHz
Network Server
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
30 Jun 2009
126085

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

Other Products:
  Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1 


Product Description
The Sun Fire X2270 Server demonstrates Sun's commitment in delivering the next generation entry-level HPC and Web 2.0 rack-mount server 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 1-RU form factor, the Sun Fire X2270 Server supports SLES10, the highest performing versions of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5540 and fast DDR3. Above all, the Sun Fire X2270 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:0.32
CPU:Intel®  Xeon® Processor E5540 2.53 GHz
RAM:48 GB
Bus Type:5 USB Ports
PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:ASPEED  AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:Intel®  Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:4 Hitachi Data Systems  HUA721010KLA330 , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:Sun Type 7
USB Mouse:Sun Type 7
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6


Config Notes
1) PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network. The OS was installed via PXE Enabled NIC boot, and network install.
2) 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.

Referenced Bulletins
124811

Adapters and Drivers
2 Intel®  Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: igb.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 142672
Checksum: 0f6255089e73f2720091eedfd1bbbb16

Intel®  Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: ahci.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 62472
Checksum: 97c052c6639708435bc852ccf3a945b1

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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