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| BladeCenter HX5 (7873-B2U)
Network Server
IBM | 18 May 2011
135623 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
* Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications * Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs * Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses * Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 3 |
BIOS/uEFI: | HIE142VUS-1.40 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4830 2.13 GHz |
RAM: | 64 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- Maint kernel(4376) and Xen update(4129) were installed for testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE11SP1 drivers are included with SLE11SP1. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com.
- System configured as 1-node scalable partition.
- 300GB SAS drive was accessed through IBM SAS Expansion card.
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Referenced Bulletins
135526
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 09-May-2010 | Driver Size: 190624 |
| Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6 |
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Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011 | Driver Size: 119872 |
| Checksum: 506b2e6336c624aba953479446674837 |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011 | Driver Size: 105880 |
| Checksum: 87c5c0f93702abdb4c6f36c3291fff97 |
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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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