Installation guide

6 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Product Notes • December 2009
New Hardware and Software Features
Enhanced Performance for Certain DIMM
Configurations
It is now possible to achieve enhanced performance when using 4GB 1333-MHz
DIMMs in 2 DIMM-per-channel configurations (up to six DIMMs per processor).
Prior to Supplemental Software Release 2.0, all 2 DIMM-per-channel configurations
were limited to 1066-MHz DIMMS.
Note – This performance enhancement is restricted to 4GB 1333-MHz DIMMs and is
supported by Supplemental Software Release 2.0 and beyond.
Additional Operating Systems Supported
As of Supplemental Software Release 2.1, the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module
supports the following new operating system editions:
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.8
■ Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 4.8 and 5.3
■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
■ VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0
■ OpenSolaris 2009.06
Refer to the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Linux, VMware, OpenSolaris and Solaris
Operating Systems Installation Guide (820-6176) for the following information:
■ Installation instructions for the operating systems listed above
■ A complete list of operating systems supported
Topics
Description Link
Performance
enhancement
• “Enhanced Performance for Certain DIMM Configurations” on
page 6
Additional operating
systems supported
• “Additional Operating Systems Supported” on page 6