NeXtScale nx360 M4 Compute Node (5455

NeXtScale nx360 M4 Compute Node (5455 - 42x)
Network Server
IBM

22 Oct 2013
140591

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
IBM® NeXtScale System is a new HPC offering from IBM. This new dense offering is based on our experience with IBM iDataPlex® and IBM BladeCenter® along with a tight focus on emerging and future client requirements. The IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure and IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 server are designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The 6U NeXtScale n1200 enclosure fits in a standard 19-inch rack and up to twelve nx360 M4 servers can be installed into the enclosure. With increased computing power per watt and the Intel Xeon processor, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: FHE106HUS - v1.00 (09/05/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2660 v2 2.20 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB 2.5-inch 6 Gbps simple-swap SATA HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot and network install requires the "?device=eth0" to be added to the install server boot process.
Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.
KVM Guests: The SLES 10 SP4 guest(s) were configured with a virtual e1000 NIC.
KVM Guests: Current kernel maintenance updates were required to be installed on the SLES 11 SP1 KVM guests in order to provide updated virtio drivers.

Referenced Bulletins
137704

Adapters and Drivers


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

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

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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NeXtScale nx360 M4 Compute Node (5455 - 42x) - Yes Bulletin 140591 | SUSE