BladeCenter HS21 XM (7995-R2x)

BladeCenter HS21 XM (7995-R2x)
Network Server
IBM

14 Oct 2010
133871

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM BladeCenter HS21 XM delivers optimal performance for enterprise environments with expanded memory and processor performance. This high-density blade server is supported in all IBM BladeCenter chassis and features low-voltage processors for better energy management.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	MJE135AUS-1.16
CPU:	2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor X5260 3.33 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: The SLES install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured by using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
PLDP update: The following update was applied during certification tests: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Emulex/sle11sp1/common/DUD/dud_be2net.4.0.244s/bug-708484_sles11sp1-emulex-1.iso. This update is PLDP compliant.
PLDP Driver: The following two rpm's were used during testing: iprutils-2.3.7-1.ppc64.rpm and ibm-ipr-kmp-ppc64-2.5.2_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.ppc64.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded from the following location: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/sle11sp1/common/ppc64/. These drivers are PLDP compliant.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 104480
	Checksum: d10fc288bccf2085b063ce9ad8f72687

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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