Sun Blade X8420 Server Module
Network Server
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
09 Jan 2007
87561

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T®     Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9


Product Description
Sun's Sun Blade(TM) X8420 Server Module: A fast, reliable, and expandable four-way x64 server that runs SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server for x86_64. The Sun Blade X8420 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 dual core (8000 series) AMD Opteron processors and 6 PCIe interfaces, the Sun Blade X8420 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:Rev 05
BIOS:0ABJL023
CPU:4 AMD  Dual-Core Opteron™ Model 8220 SE 2.8 GHz
RAM:64 GB
Bus Type:2 PCI Express X4
4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:ATI®  RAGE™ XL
Host Bus Adapter:LSI Logic®  LSI SAS 1064 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
QLogic  QLE2462: 4Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:Fujitsu  MAY2073RCSUN73G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Fujitsu  MHV5480SBSUN80G , Serial ATA (SATA)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:Sun  StorEdge 3510
Floppy Type:Diskless
USB Keyboard:USB_Microsoft
USB Mouse:USB-Microsoft Intlimouse
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.0.16


Config Notes


Adapters and Drivers
6 Intel®  Integrated 82571 EB
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 12-Dec-2005File Size: 173725
Checksum: 1dc50b2efecb4e41e7a8661e55ae4519

LSI Logic®  LSI SAS 1064
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptsas.ko
File Date: 12-Dec-2005File Size: 31973
Checksum: 4abcc0826e15d84604789a75dcdc9434

QLogic  QLE2462: 4Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: qla2400.ko
File Date: 12-Dec-2005File Size: 213409
Checksum: 08030b2aec0ac7a99845463eb0aebc77


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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