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| BladeCenter HX5 (7873 - F5x)
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara | 01 Jul 2013
139303 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
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. *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: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 96 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
Host Bus Adapter: | QLogic
ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
, FibreChannel LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, FibreChannel 2 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.9 |
Config Notes
- Install: Manual OS install using connected ISO installer file for SLES15 SP1.
- Kdump (SLES15SP1): The crash kernel memory parameters were increased from default to crashkernel=768M high crashkernel=256 low using YaST.
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Referenced Bulletins
148751
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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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: 31-May-2013 | Driver Size: 127583 |
| Checksum: e942e14791496d7ca6cf4d7f16aa9bfb |
| Driver Version: 2.2.3 |
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QLogic
ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-May-2013 | Driver Size: 784495 |
| Checksum: 8d8dd99eb6f58daa495d26432a58c641 |
| Driver Version: 8.04.00.13.11.3- |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 31-May-2013 | Driver Size: 110383 |
| Checksum: 5f1238e964072311a04c3255554f991c |
| Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse |
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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:
Hitachi Vantara
2535 Augustine Drive
Santa Clara
, CA
95054
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Toll Free: 1-800-227-1930
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hitachivantara.com
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