IBM BladeCenter HS23E (8038)

IBM BladeCenter HS23E (8038)
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara

13 Nov 2014
142376

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
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
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The HS23E offers value for performance, with support for the Intel® Xeon® E5-processor that processes up to 16 simultaneous threads and 1600 MHz memory. It is ideal for a variety of workloads such as business applications, virtualization, IT and web infrastructure, point of sale and smart computing.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: AHE140YUS - v1.50 (06/10/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 2.30 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
The megaraid_sas.ko used during testing is not SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following driver package: RAID-Brcm-SLES12.3-megaraid_sas-07.706.07.00-1-x86_64.rpm. This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://download.huawei.com/edownload/e/download.do?actionFlag=download&mid=SUPE_SW&nid=ESW2000099900&partNo=3001&path=fixnode01|7919749|9856522|21782478|21782482|21588909|21588912|21588913|21630292|23822898&TS=mkkq%2F%2FPPwtszIzTeIfWH%2FDbRd4MNmFMysEPptmSj2KtiIJcYhiwWLzIqjWVBh0ze
The i40e.ko used during testing is not SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following driver package: i40e-2.7.12.tar.gz. This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28381/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCIe-40-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connections-Under-Linux-?product=46828

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: e18cc27309231e8a0bb40c95f18a30f2
	Driver Version: 3.136

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014	Driver Size: 353335
	Checksum: 4607b47693e001c4cd8e1dc98fd88c11
	Driver Version: 18.100.00.00

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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