Lenovo Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917/E5-4600 v2)

Lenovo Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917/E5-4600 v2)
Network Server
IBM

29 Mar 2016
144262

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
A building block for the Lenovo PureFlex System family, the Lenovo Flex System™ x440 Compute Node is a four-socket Intel Xeon processor-based server optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive high performance environments. It is price-performance optimized with a wide range of processors, memory, and I/O options to help you match system capabilities and cost to workloads without compromise. With a dense design, the Flex System x440 Compute Node can help reduce floor space used, and lower data center power and cooling costs.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: CGE107CUS - v1.30 (12/08/2015)
CPU:	IBM Power10 3.9 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for Samsung devices
Hard Disk Drive:	Samsung® 800GB NVMe Gen4 U.2 SSD III
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Kdump: The crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge -base article for ppc64le. https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Headless configuration: No graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: The Power10 3.9 Ghz (Max) CPU tested has 8 cores and SMT8, totaling for the system 8 cores and 64 threads.
Power Management: The system/processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power10 hardware itself.

Adapters and Drivers


Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for Samsung devices
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 40620


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 118195

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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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Lenovo Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917/E5-4600 v2) - Yes Bulletin 144262 | SUSE