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| Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737-F2x)
Network Server
IBM | 10 May 2012
137589 |
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 |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
A building block for the PureFlex System family, the IBM Flex System™ x240 Compute Node is an Intel-processor based server optimized for virtualization, performance and highly scalable I/O designed to run a wide variety of workloads in your PureFlex System.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | B2E111QUS-1.00 |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2620 2.00 GHz |
RAM: | 98 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X16 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2 |
Config Notes
- 1. Install: OS Installed via USB CD/DVD Drive.
- 2. VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP1 and SLES 10 SP4 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe).
- 3. XEN: hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: 'vga=mode-0x31a dom0_mem=5G dom0_max_vcpus=4'
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Referenced Bulletins
137571
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 09-May-2010 | Driver Size: 23656 |
| Checksum: cf285f072181da40932b9a50726013b6 |
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Emulex Corporation
OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Adapter OCe11102-N (Dual Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 87080 |
| Checksum: fbbda4a5e5dc612f2759af0df25c0f0b |
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LSI Logic
SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 217096 |
| Checksum: d0146f3489d63beb47354c515b597425 |
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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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