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| BladeCenter HX5 (7872-64x)
Network Server
IBM | 16 Aug 2010
133368 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Product Description
Easy to own, manage and upgrade with pay-as-you-grow expansion, the HX5 blade server helps protect your investments over the long term. Capabilities such as advanced light path diagnostics, error handling and around-the-clock remote access management help simplify systems management and minimize downtime. Automatic node failover and QPI faildown help promote greater system uptime. In addition, an energy-smart design and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ help lower power consumption and costs.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | HIE106YUS-1.00 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7540 2.00 GHz |
RAM: | 128 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE10SP4 drivers are included with SLE10SP4. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-1.7_00.exe).
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5, RAID 1 and RAID 0.
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Referenced Bulletins
135721
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: vesa_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 26-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 27808 |
| Checksum: a2813c57c14539c4fb3f9923c151f0b9 |
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2 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 207328 |
| Checksum: 3024a231374e877d9e549e8e281363d9 |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009 | Driver Size: 89744 |
| Checksum: 65d34d5b30f4572b988ebc8df936d5e6 |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.
https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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