 | BladeCenter HX5 with MAX5 (7873 - A3x)
Network Server IBM | 09 Aug 2013
140000 |
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 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 32 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| Windows Server 2012 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
Product Description
* 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 * With MAX5, HX5 offers large amounts of memory, giving you the ability to reduce software license costs by expanding memory capacity with MAX5 without purchasing additional processors.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-2870 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 160 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
139125
Adapters and Drivers
| 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: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 127583 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 91875b00e39a81e06adedd2eb3b08187 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 2.2.3 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 110383 | ||||||||
| Checksum: fbb54829e4449c9d47b8a8fedf6c334d | |||||||||
| 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:
IBM
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