NeXtScale nx360 M5 (5465)

NeXtScale nx360 M5 (5465)
Network Server
SGI

14 Jan 2016
144024

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

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
Lenovo NeXtScale System™ is the next generation of dense computing. It is an open, flexible, and simple data center solution for users of technical computing, grid deployments, analytics workloads, and large-scale cloud and virtualization infrastructures. The Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 enclosure and new Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M5 server are designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The 6U NeXtScale n1200 enclosure fits in a standard 19-inch rack and up to 12 nx360 M5 servers can be installed into the enclosure. With more computing power per watt and the latest Intel Xeon v3 processors, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS B
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: THE108QUS - v1.30 (08/10/2015)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2680 v3 2.50 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 146 GB 10K SFF HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Integrated Network: One of the Intel I350-AM4 quad-port network adapter ports was configured as a dedicated port for Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) connection. Leaving three network ports available for the standard user network.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0
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).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 x86_64 guest. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 98639
	Checksum: ff1bbc7b82a873445970305851e40d18

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 256879
	Checksum: 9479938fb24deadc6324fca79e363191
	Driver Version: 3.137

Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 190951
	Checksum: bad7d50a2e1f626fcbc21095b9b08625
	Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-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:

SGI
900 North McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas , CA 95035
Voice: 669-900-8000
Fax: 669-900-8001
Website: http://www.sgi.com/

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