IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737/E5-2600)

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737/E5-2600)
Network Server
Netweb Technologies India Private Ltd.

07 Apr 2016
144415

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

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 Lenovo Flex System™ x240 Compute Node is a high-performance server that offers outstanding performance for virtualization with new levels of CPU performance and memory capacity, and flexible configuration options. Now available with Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors, the x240 Compute Node is an efficient server designed to run a broad range of workloads, armed with advanced management capabilities that allow you to manage your physical and virtual IT resources from a single pane of glass.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: B2E151BUS - v1.80 (11/18/2015)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2643 3.30 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
SLES update: SLES 12 SP5 kernel update "kernel-default-4.12.14-122.17.1" or later is required and was installed during certification testing. This kernel update contains a fix to the i40e.ko driver to fix an issue where the two RJ45 ports are not detected, only the two SFP+ ports are detected on the Intel Ethernet Controller X710-TM4 adapter. After the system has been registered with SCC you can install the update with the following command: zypper install kernel-default-4.12.14-122.17.1

Referenced Bulletins
150687

Adapters and Drivers


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

2 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

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

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:

Netweb Technologies India Private Ltd.
Plot H1, Pocket-9, Faridabad Industrial Town
Sector-57, Ballabhgarh
Faridabad, Haryana 121004
INDIA
Voice: +91-129-2310400
Fax: +91-129-2310470
Website: www.netwebindia.com

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