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| BladeCenter HX5 (7873-AC1)
Network Server
IBM | 29 Jul 2011
135949 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows 2003 Server R2 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. The IBM BladeCenter HX5 supports up to two processors, including the latest generation of Intel Xeon E7-4800 processors. Two HX5 servers can be connected together for a high-performance single image with four processors and up to 512 GB of RAM in a blade form factor.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 0 |
BIOS/uEFI: | HIE160AUS - v1.60 |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 256 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: | 3 IBM
73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1
- Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV 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).
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 173128 |
| Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9 |
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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: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 213872 |
| Checksum: 58a8ebe9877c6b4bb149c2d25f26f04d |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 81616 |
| Checksum: 85fde38b24f9bef2fe57d986567d3552 |
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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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