Express 5800/R120d-2M (E5-2643)

Express 5800/R120d-2M (E5-2643)
Network Server
IBM

12 Feb 2013
138895

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The NEC Express5800/R120d-2M, a scalable compact dual-socket 2U rack server built on the Intel® Xeon® E5-2643 processors, offers excellent performance, reliability, and energy savings. Its green technology enables the operation in temperatures of 40°C (104°F) to lower air conditioning costs for server rooms. The R120d-2M supports large memory capacity which is perfect for high data volume processing and future growth of your business.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	04S
BIOS/uEFI:	4.6.1010
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2643 3.30 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X4 2 PCI Express X8 6 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® Millennium G200 SE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i RAID Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82C602J PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST HUC106045CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Teac DV-28S-Y , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-42.5

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB and local HDD (hard disk drives) are not supported on this configuration.
The driver "hfcldd.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.15.22.4364.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.15.22.4364_5.3.18_22-1.sles15sp2.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12348016.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named " ixgbe-kmp-default-5.8.1_k5.3.18_22-h1b.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES15 SP2 install. To obtain the driver go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12348018.html .
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® Millennium G200 SE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 224120
	Checksum: 1eb2606cc89e29080556edcb9cace5f4

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i RAID Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 126248
	Checksum: 861a728179b7da9ddcb3e1781df51e81

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 47168
	Checksum: 2717e8d7efad6eddc1bd27ababca7305

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
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