 | BladeCenter HS21 (8853-GLx)
Network Server IBM | 31 Mar 2011
134906 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11 |
Other Products:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS) |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| Windows Server 2008 | |||
| 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 technology—true 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
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Referenced Bulletins
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Adapters and Drivers
| ATI ES1000 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008 | Driver Size: 283804 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 205040 | ||||||||
| Checksum: c664d311e873616a333874b02c6ea716 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 71568 | ||||||||
| Checksum: fac072c90bb833acced0f676315aa569 | |||||||||
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
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