Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7903)

Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7903)
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Nov 2015
143778

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 Flex System x280 X6 is a two-socket scale-out server optimized for workloads that require large memory footprint and virtualization performance. * Outstanding compute performance * Maximum memory availability * Leadership storage performance and capacity * Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands * Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis * Fit-for-purpose design * Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing. * Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimizing the number of system “touches” * Advanced RAS integration with standard hypervisors

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: N2E107NUS - v1.00 - (07/24/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
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:32G dom0_max_vcpus:16 no-bootscrub".

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 249855
	Checksum: ae578038dd279fc8a5d308c89405ecfb
	Driver Version: 3.137

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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