BladeCenter HX5 (7873-D1U)

BladeCenter HX5 (7873-D1U)
Network Server
Suma Technology Co., Ltd.

19 May 2011
135666

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	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 E7-8867L 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

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
VM Driver Pack: All 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).
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html

Referenced Bulletins
141693

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

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

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

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:

Suma Technology Co., Ltd.
No.88 Nansong Road
Yushan Town, Kunshan City
Jiangsu Province 215399
CHINA
Voice: 0512-36916970
Website: https://www.cancon.com.cn

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