 | BladeCenter® HS23E (8038)
Network Server IBM | 17 Dec 2015
143964 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 12 | 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 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HS23E is a performance for value blade server optimized for energy efficiency and density by offering flexible configuration options. Designed specifically for use in business critical and entry virtualization applications, the blade offers higher performance with 1600 MHz memory and optimal processor performance in a standard 30 mm form factor. The HS23E supports the Intel Xeon E5 processor, two ports of 1 Gb Ethernet, high-capacity, high-throughput memory, and high speed I/O, including Virtual Fabric adapters for IBM BladeCenter.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: AHE148AUS - v2.20 (09/15/2015) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 2.30 GHz |
| RAM: | 24 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| 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 7.5.0-20.2 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200eR2 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 98639 | ||||||||
| Checksum: ff1bbc7b82a873445970305851e40d18 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 256879 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 9479938fb24deadc6324fca79e363191 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.137 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 355847 | ||||||||
| Checksum: e9aa486600ac9b3c43a62e4e4b324249 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 20.100.00.00 | |||||||||
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