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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | BladeCenter HS21 (8853-GLx)
Network Server
IBM | 31 Mar 2011
134903 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
High-density modular blade server designed to support the entire family of BladeCenter chassis; Designed to take less time to install and fewer people to maintain, helping reduce IT infrastructure costs; Support for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology provides the performance needed for even the most demanding applications; Featuring new high-speed fabrics with BladeCenter H to deliver greater bandwidth and performance; Helps reduce power and cooling costs while delivering substantial performance gains over earlier technologytrue performance efficiency.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 6 |
BIOS/uEFI: | BCE143AUS-1.19 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Quad-Core Xeon® Processor L5420 2.50 GHz |
RAM: | 9 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: | 2 IBM
36GB Non Hot-Swap 2.5" SFF SAS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-80.1 |
Config Notes
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. An added, Intel® 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller, adapter was used during this testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
- Supportconfig: Added /etc/supportconfig.conf and modified it with OPTION_SYSFS=0 to prevent system panic when running supportconfig.
- Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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Referenced Bulletins
140445
Adapters and Drivers
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 304640 |
| Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d |
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2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 21-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 213872 |
| Checksum: 51b8050ac2eabb072a3f668ae22feb5b |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 21-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 81616 |
| Checksum: 2e092a87c1236c561ae8a50281d45d60 |
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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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