BladeCenter LS22 (7901-62x)

BladeCenter LS22 (7901-62x)
Network Server
IBM

05 May 2011
135487

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Product Description
Improved processor, memory and I/O performance with support for third-generation AMD Opteron™ processors, an upgraded chipset and the LS22 memory booster.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	L8E163AUS-1.06
CPU:	2 AMD Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 2435 2.60 GHz
RAM:	16 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 36GB Non Hot-Swap 2.5" SFF SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=164G dom0_max_vcpus=48".
UEFI Configuration: The Processor State (p-state) setting in UEFI was changed from the default Enabled to Disabled. ( F1 Setup --> System Settings --> Processors )

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008	Driver Size: 283804
	Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 4238d6340b382c2fc60653fd4e526a5f

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 76456
	Checksum: c6ebee4264f8105b408113b1c48d555a

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 LS22 (7901-62x) - Yes Bulletin 135487 | SUSE