 | Sun Fire V40z
Network Server Sun Microsystems, Inc. | 10 Feb 2005
79711 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64® Support Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 8 |
Product Description
The Sun Fire V40z server is the extreme-performance, four-way x64 server that saves you money and space. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, large memory, and multiple operating systems. Get performance, availability, and flexibility, at a high return on IT investment.
Tested Configuration:
| Product/Model: | Sun Fire V40z |
| CD/DVD: | Teac® DV-28E , ATAPI |
| CPU: | 4 AMD Opteron™ model 848 |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 3 Seagate®
ST373307LC
, Ultra320 SCSI Seagate® ST336607LC , Ultra320 SCSI |
| Host Bus Adapter: | AMD
Integrated AMD 8111
, UltraATA-133 LSI Logic® LSI53C1030 , Ultra320 SCSI |
| Video Adapter: | Trident Microsystems, Inc. Blade 3D (9880) |
| BIOS: | Phoenix Bios 4.0 Release 6.0 |
| Bus Type: | 7 64-bit/66MHz PCI-X |
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Floppy Type: | 1.44 |
| Mother Board Revision: | 3U4P |
| RAM: | 32768 MB |
| Test Kit: | System Test Kit 4.1.4 |
Config Notes
| - RAID functionality of integrated Symbios Logic 53c1030 controller is not covered by certification due to missing RAID management software for this processor type. |
| - Installation has to be started from UL1-SP3 CD |
| - Driverupdate CD from http://portal.suse.com/psdb/1290a905919b621ba9e9519b35c0a2b7.html has to be applied by pressing [ALT] key |
| - SP3 CD has to be applied directly after installation prior to the first reboot |
Adapters and Drivers
| Adapter | Driver Type | File Name | Date | Size | OS Version | ||||
| 2 Broadcom® Broadcom BCM570X NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter | |||||||||
| AMD Integrated AMD 8111 | |||||||||
| LSI Logic® LSI53C1030 | |||||||||
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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