PowerEdge R720 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz

PowerEdge R720 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz
Network Server
Lenovo

07 Mar 2012
137076

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
The Dell PowerEdge R720 is a 2U rack server designed to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications. The successor to the PowerEdge R710, R720 runs the Intel Xeon® E5 2690 Processor and helps you lower the total cost of ownership with enhanced virtualization capabilities, improved energy efficiency, and innovative system management tools.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	1.0.4
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 2.90 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST973402SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

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. The system also has one internal USB port. Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 246368
	Checksum: f2bc5bf3e5efc2e90d4eb142f9a2b776

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: b49348a99f280896c8645e6df242e745

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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PowerEdge R720 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz - Yes Bulletin 137076 | SUSE