Lenovo Flex System x880 X6 Compute Node (7196)

Lenovo Flex System x880 X6 Compute Node (7196)
Network Server
Lenovo

17 Jul 2015
143438

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Node, machine type 7196, is a high-performance scalable compute node that is designed to take on the most demanding workloads. The performance, flexibility, and resiliency features enable the X6 to run mission-critical workloads, such as key business applications, database, analytics, and large virtual machine deployments.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: N3E122PUS - v1.00 - (02/23/2015)
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	16 PCI Express X8 8 PCI Express X16 6 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector. 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.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=84G dom0_max_vcpus=48 no-bootscrub".

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

2 Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 174695
	Checksum: 2055c1cdc55c98e9af1afe07df25381a
	Driver Version: 10.4s

IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 174663
	Checksum: 26fb3287ebd4ebf32728215c3f59e443
	Driver Version: 06.806.08.00-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:

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

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