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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917 - B4x)
Network Server
IBM | 03 Jul 2013
139495 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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 |
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 |
Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
A building block for the PureFlex System family, the IBM Flex System™ x440 Compute Node, is an Intel-processor based server optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive high performance environments. The Flex System x440 Compute Node is a price-performance optimized 4-socket with a wide range of processors, memory, and I/O options to help you match system capabilities and cost to workloads without compromise. With a dense design, the Flex System x440 Compute Node can help reduce floor space used, and lower data center power and cooling costs.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: CNE115NUS - v1.10 (07/24/2012) |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-4607 2.20 GHz |
RAM: | 192 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 USB Ports Serial PCI Express X8 |
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 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- The LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpms: intel-e1000e-1.0.2.5-1.x86_64.rpm and intel-e1000e-kmp-default-1.0.2.5_2.6.27.19_5-1.x86_64.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11/ptf/common/x86_64/
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| 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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2 IBM
Embedded Dual-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 149687 |
| Checksum: ccd5e20c73b18cd30b5f486e87e79186 |
| Driver Version: 4.4.161.0s |
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LSI Logic
SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 270935 |
| Checksum: 30d3e55b9d7ecc7e61e3d264c5bbe3b3 |
| Driver Version: 14.100.00.00 |
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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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