Sun Blade X8420 Server Module
Network Server
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
22 Feb 2007
88167

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


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 x64. 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 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
Emulex Corporation  LPE11002 , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:Fujitsu  MHV5480SBSUN80G , Serial ATA (SATA)
Fujitsu  MAY2073RCSUN73G , Serial SCSI (SAS)
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: 03-Jul-2006File Size: 176232
Checksum: b8763550baa5a7ddfb4ca13ea9c2d598

LSI Logic®  LSI SAS 1064
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptsas.ko
File Date: 03-Jul-2006File Size: 51224
Checksum: db2bfdc085b28a0c5ccef3a211662e70

QLogic  QLE2462: 4Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: qla2xxx.ko
File Date: 03-Jul-2006File Size: 202768
Checksum: ab746f87b0b6b5baeff356f9a279e9f6

Emulex Corporation  LPE11002
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: lpfc.ko
File Date: 03-Jul-2006File Size: 242920


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:

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