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| IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7873/E7-4800) - 2 Node
Network Server
Lenovo | 05 Feb 2017
145394 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Windows Server 2016 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The Lenovo BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications. Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs. Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses. Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE183XUS - v1.83 (07/17/2014) |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 192 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X1 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
G200eV |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
, FibreChannel LSI Logic
SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device: | IBM
IBM System Storage DS3400 |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1 |
Config Notes
- System was configured as 2-node scalable partition. Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
- SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
G200eV |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 95983 |
| Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251 |
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2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 131439 |
| Checksum: d7db243a30287529402281994db603c3 |
| Driver Version: 2.2.6 |
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IBM
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 1055647 |
| Checksum: 03acfff2ca43c9abc850a5d4418006c4 |
| Driver Version: 8.07.00.33-k |
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LSI Logic
SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 83367 |
| Checksum: ef931152fe96372a6c049382fe5ce8fa |
| Driver Version: 3.04.20 |
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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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