Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node (9532)

Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node (9532)
Network Server
Lenovo

04 Dec 2014
142503

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The Lenovo® Flex System™ x240 M5 Compute Node is a high-performance server that offers new security, efficiency, and reliability features to handle business-critical workloads. The blade server is based on the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors with as many as 18 cores and uses new IBM TruDDR4 Memory running at speeds up to 2133 MHz

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: C4E103DUS - v1.00 - (11/14/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 v3 2.60 GHz
RAM:	168 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to 512M for kdump to function correctly.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Adapter OCe11102-F (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Apr-2014	Driver Size: 187524
	Checksum: 1f328ab64f701ea4101ceacad33557cd
	Driver Version: 10.0.800.0

IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014	Driver Size: 1463863
	Checksum: 45d189e12f483f94ec7a4bed51377805
	Driver Version: 06.600.20.00

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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