UCS C250 M2

UCS C250 M2
Network Server
IBM

03 Jan 2011
134438

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
UCS C250 M2, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10888/index.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	2.0
BIOS/uEFI:	C250.1.2.1b.0.080920102215
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS1068E , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA) Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST9146803SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	2 EMC Symmetrix / DMX
CD/DVD:	TSST DVD+/-RW TS-L633C , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Watchdog: This system does not support the Watchdog Timer.

Referenced Bulletins
147627

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

Broadcom® Integrated 5709c NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

Cisco UCS VIC P81E
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: enic.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 77040
	Checksum: ca28a0b69a17bb282004594076da5dbd

LSI Logic LSISAS1068E
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 104480
	Checksum: d10fc288bccf2085b063ce9ad8f72687

Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: fnic.ko
	Driver Date: 01-Sep-2010	Driver Size: 122288
	Checksum: 497b4016316114e8efbaafe589812062
	Driver Version: 1.4.0.145

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
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UCS C250 M2 - Yes Bulletin 134438 | SUSE