 | BladeCenter HX5 with MAX5 (7873 - B2x/F4x/H1x)
Network Server IBM | 09 Aug 2013
140007 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Other Products:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS) |
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 E7-4830 2.13 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
138723
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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