 | Sun Fire X4800
Network Server Oracle America Inc. | 13 Jul 2010
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YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® with XEN |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| Windows 2003 Server R2 | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SLES 11 for x86 | |||
| Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
| SLES 10 for x86 | |||
| Support Pack: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
Product Description
Search for X4800 from www.oracle.com The following are the key features of the SunFire X4800 System: * 5RU chassis: 17.5” x 8.61” x 27.56”, WxHxD (445x218.75x700mm) * Supports up to 4 high-performance CPU Modules (CMOD) (2-socket each) * 4 x 2000W, hot-swappable, load-sharing PSUs (4 PSUs installed, for 2+2) * 4x hot-swappable Fan Module CRUs * Eight 2.5” small form factor drive bays * Eight PCI Express (PCIe) Modules 5GT/s or 2.5GT/s * Two Network Express Modules (NEMs) - 4x 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports per NEM - 4x 10GE SFP+: SR, LR, LRM, Twin-ax per NEM * Service Processor Module (SP Module) - 2x 10/100/1000Base-T Chassis management ports - Serial Console port (RJ-45) - Dongle Connector into Master Blade 0 - 2x USB ports The following are the key features of the CPU Module: * Two Intel® Nehalem-EX CPU sockets (up to 130W TDP SKU per CPU) * Support for 32 RDIMM DDR3-1066MHz sockets, 16 per CPU * Interconnect for two 8x PCIe 2.0 I/O Express Modules (PEM) * Interconnect for two PCIe 2.0 I/O to Network Express Modules (NEM) * On board 2x 10GbE 10/100/1000BaseT ports accessible on the NEMs * 1x SAS2 RAID Express Module (REM). Only one can be connected to the SunFire X4800 System.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 511-1124-04 |
| BIOS: | 11.01.23.00 |
| CPU: | 8 Intel® Xeon® Processor X7560 2.26 GHz |
| RAM: | 1024 GB |
| Bus Type: | 16 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports Serial |
| Video Adapter: | ASPEED AST2000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 8 Seagate® ST9300603SS , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| USB Keyboard: | Sun Type 7 |
| USB Mouse: | Sun Type 7 |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
| 1) The SLES 11 was installed from a PXE server. Steps to install the "Sun Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Express Module" 1a) set allow_unsupported_modules to "1" in /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules 1b) Install ixgbe-2.0.44.14-1.sles11.x86_64.rpm. 1c) adding nox2apic in boot command line. 1d) add the following into /etc/modprobes.conf.local options ixgbe InterruptType:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 |
| 2) Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network. |
| 3) The ixgbe driver used during certification testing is included on the SUN Tools CD. This ixgbe driver is not PLDP compliant and is NOT supported by Novell. |
Adapters and Drivers
| 8 Intel® 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: igb.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Feb-2009 | File Size: 116216 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 20acf909a146e85ce07528dc0e2b107e | |||||||||
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| 8 Oracle America Inc. Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe ExpressModule | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: ixgbe.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-May-2010 | File Size: 3615801 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 4ed36b32ed147d688dff8de99f46ee95 | |||||||||
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| Oracle America Inc. Sun Storage 6Gb/sec SAS RAID REM | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 28-Feb-2009 | File Size: 52504 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 759f46f9d1e9f6f78cd97907efc0ff27 | |||||||||
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| ASPEED AST2000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: ast_drv.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 25-Feb-2009 | File Size: 56064 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f3fc78f7eaf33809681be68203b4379a | |||||||||
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| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: swrast_dri.so | ||||||||
| File Date: 23-Feb-2009 | File Size: 2263056 | ||||||||
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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:
Oracle America Inc.
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Redwood Shores , CA 94065