BladeCenter HS21 (8853-RLx)

BladeCenter HS21 (8853-RLx)
Network Server
IBM

13 Apr 2011
135203

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

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 Dual-Core Xeon® Processor L5240 3.0 GHz
RAM:	8 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) IBM 15.8GB 2.5-inch Solid State Drive , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-80.1

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).
XEN Guests: VM Guests were configured with 1 GB of memory each leaving more memory for the Xen host. In this configuration, if the guests are configured with more memory there is a possibility that network communication could be disrupted during times of heavy system load.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
134890

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 22-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 224440
	Checksum: 18287d1bb2ac82a6207a27b01ed90a24

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 93904
	Checksum: 2c42c4af8ca3fde28c0fcdf59a42769c

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:
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BladeCenter HS21 (8853-RLx) - Yes Bulletin 135203 | SUSE