Distribution running on IBM TS7530 Virtualization Engine

Well, I was just a bit curious earlier what distribution might be running on our IBM TS7530 Virtualization engines .. well, I just had a look-see ..

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~&gt; cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)
VERSION = 10
PATCHLEVEL=1

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~&gt; uname -a
Linux VTL 2.6.16.46-229-smp #1 Sun Apr 13 05:21:49 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~&gt; free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          4022       1378       2643          0        342        552
-/+ buffers/cache:        484       3537
Swap:         3815          0       3815

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~&gt; cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 1
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 65
model name      : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 2600.186
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~> cat /etc/SuSE-release

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)

VERSION = 10

PATCHLEVEL=1

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~> uname -a

Linux VTL 2.6.16.46-229-smp #1 Sun Apr 13 05:21:49 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~> free -m

total used free shared buffers cached

Mem: 4022 1378 2643 0 342 552

-/+ buffers/cache: 484 3537

Swap: 3815 0 3815

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor : 1

vendor_id : AuthenticAMD

cpu family : 15

model : 65

model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218

stepping : 3

cpu MHz : 2600.186

cache size : 1024 KB

physical id : 0

siblings : 2

core id : 1

cpu cores : 2

Main difference to a “normal” SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 installation (there’s about zip normal with that kind of installation, thus the quotes) thus far are:

the build for the VE uses busybox as init
IBM stripped man/info
they are running Xorg/Fluxbox on it

Just don’t ask me why there’s a DE (desktop environment) running, it ain’t even hooked up to a monitor. Only reason would be for the RSA’ remote monitor stuff … *lala*

Also, if anyone is interested in a full list of the used devices, that’s here:

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~&gt; hwinfo --short
cpu:
                       Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218, 2600 MHz
                       Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218, 2600 MHz
keyboard:
  /dev/input/event1    IBM RSA2
  /dev/ttyS0           serial console
mouse:
  /dev/input/mice      IBM RSA2
monitor:
                       Generic Monitor
graphics card:
                       IBM ES1000 515E
storage:
                       IBM HT1000 Legacy IDE controller
                       IBM ServeRAID 8k/8k-l8
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
                       QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter
network:
  eth0                 IBM NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
  eth1                 IBM NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
network interface:
  bond0                Ethernet network interface
  eth0                 Ethernet network interface
  eth1                 Ethernet network interface
  lo                   Loopback network interface
  sit0                 Network Interface
disk:
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba IBM 1814      FAStT
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048d48c66e02 IBM 1814      FAStT
partition:
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part1 Partition
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part2 Partition
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part3 Partition
  /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part4 Partition
cdrom:
  /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.1-ide-0:0 UJDA780 DVD/CDRW
usb controller:
                       IBM HT1000 USB Controller
                       IBM HT1000 USB Controller
                       IBM HT1000 USB Controller
bios:
                       BIOS
bridge:
                       Broadcom HT1000 PCI/PCI-X bridge
                       IBM HT1000 Legacy South Bridge
                       IBM HT1000 LPC Bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom HT1000 PCI/PCI-X bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       Broadcom PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
                       NEC PCI bridge
hub:
                       Linux 2.6.16.46-229-smp ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller
                       Linux 2.6.16.46-229-smp ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller
                       Linux 2.6.16.46-229-smp ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller
memory:
                       Main Memory
unknown:
                       FPU
                       DMA controller
                       PIC
                       Timer
                       RTC
                       Keyboard controller
                       Hifn Encryption controller
                       Serial controller

vetapeservice@VTL-B:~> hwinfo --short

cpu:

Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8218, 2600 MHz

keyboard:

/dev/input/event1 IBM RSA2

/dev/ttyS0 serial console

mouse:

/dev/input/mice IBM RSA2

monitor:

Generic Monitor

graphics card:

IBM ES1000 515E

storage:

IBM HT1000 Legacy IDE controller

IBM ServeRAID 8k/8k-l8

QLogic QLA2432 Fibre Channel Adapter

network:

eth0 IBM NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet

eth1 IBM NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet

network interface:

bond0 Ethernet network interface

eth0 Ethernet network interface

eth1 Ethernet network interface

lo Loopback network interface

sit0 Network Interface

disk:

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba IBM 1814 FAStT

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048d48c66e02 IBM 1814 FAStT

partition:

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part1 Partition

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part2 Partition

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part3 Partition

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600a0b80005002be0000048648c66dba-part4 Partition

cdrom:

/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.1-ide-0:0 UJDA780 DVD/CDRW

usb controller:

IBM HT1000 USB Controller

bios:

BIOS

bridge:

Broadcom HT1000 PCI/PCI-X bridge

IBM HT1000 Legacy South Bridge

IBM HT1000 LPC Bridge

Broadcom PCI bridge

AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration

AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map

AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller

AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control

Broadcom PCI bridge

Broadcom HT1000 PCI/PCI-X bridge

Broadcom PCI bridge

NEC PCI bridge

hub:

Linux 2.6.16.46-229-smp ohci_hcd OHCI Host Controller

Linux 2.6.16.46-229-smp ehci_hcd EHCI Host Controller

memory:

Main Memory

unknown:

FPU

DMA controller

PIC

Timer

RTC

Keyboard controller

Hifn Encryption controller

Serial controller

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