 | Sun Blade X6240 Server Module
Network Server Oracle America Inc. | 28 Jul 2010
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YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 9 |
Other Products:
| Novell® Open Enterprise Server Support Pack 2 |
Product Description
Oracle's Sun Blade X6240 Server Module is the first two-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 Novell® SLES® 9, the Sun Blade X6240 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 two AMD Opteron™ (Quad-Core) processors, up to 6 (x8) and 2 (x4) PCIe Interfaces, and up to 128 GB of DDR2 system memory, the Sun Blade X6240 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: | P2.2 |
| BIOS: | 1.10 |
| CPU: | 2 AMD Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 2384 2.70GHz |
| RAM: | 128 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 6.3.0-0.6 |
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) SLES-9-SP4 (x86_64): System was tested with rev 312 kernel update to solve low memory issues. This update is available from support.novell.com or standard online update methods. |
| 3) Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network. |
Referenced Bulletins
104862
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Intel® Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: igb.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 09-Jun-2008 | File Size: 166760 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 2d0cdc4d76af9923c2a9bf6a8a14895f | |||||||||
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| Sun STK RAID REM | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: aacraid.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 09-Jun-2008 | File Size: 152344 | ||||||||
| Checksum: e6498060fa344f3b580e75067df84451 | |||||||||
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| ASPEED AST2000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | File Name: fbdev_drv.o | ||||||||
| File Date: 17-Oct-2007 | File Size: 21730 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 892d10e181c934ae74fd8a48bcefdc22 | |||||||||
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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.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065