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Certification Rules und Process

Rules for Solaris x64

  • SAP partner
    All Technology Partners of SAP who have a Partner and Support contract with SAP or technology partners who are accepted by any SAP regional country branch may certify platforms for running SAP Solutions on Solaris x64.
  • Sun HCL listed
    The certified hardware must be listed with level Certified on the Sun HCL.
  • I/O controllers etc.
    The hardware certification of SAP does not certify I/O Controllers, Storage and other hardware components. They should be listed on the Sun HCL.
    The vendor vouches for functionality and support of these components.
    Recommendations from hardware verndors are to be observed.
  • Releases
    The hardware certification is valid for all Solaris and SAP releases as long as supported by SAP and the hardware vendor.
  • Server Family
    A certification is done for a a server family. All servers with the same or less number of processors, cores and threads are certified, if one family member is successfully certified.
    A server family is defined by:
    • Processor family (as defined by the processor manufacturer)
    • Chipset (as defined by the chipset manufacturer)
  • Performance indication
    A SAP standard application SD benchmark (2-tier, 3-tier or SD parallel) is required as a performance indicator.
    A "minimum performance level" must be achieved. This is defined by Sun based on experience.
    On a 3-tier benchmark only the database server is certified
    The benchmark results may be published by SAP or can be checked by *xware without publication of the benchmark results.

Certification Process

  • The vendor contacts *xware
  • The vendor agrees upon certification agreement with *xware
  • Check of the prerequisites
  • Performance of a SAP standard application SD benchmark
  • Verification of the results
  • Hardware certification
     
  • The vendor receives a "Hardware Certification Sheet" and
    the server will be listed on www.saponsolaris.com

Rules for Solaris SPARC

  • All servers with SPARC CPUs from Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu Siemens Computers are certified for SAP. No listing on saponsolaris.com is needed.