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| IBM Flex System x480 X6 Compute Node (7903/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server
IBM | 05 Feb 2017
145404 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Windows Server 2016 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
Product Description
The Lenovo® x480 X6 is based on the Intel® Xeon® E7 chip and is scalable from a two socket server to an eight socket server. Being scalable from two to eight sockets will provide a solution that can meet customer growth and changing compute requirements. Alongside the new Intel chip is the introduction of Flash technology, a disruptive technology delivering leadership performance. The new server is aimed at database, analytics, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and virtualization workloads. It is a truly scalable solution.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Compute Module |
Mother Board Revision: | PASS 3 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: N2E107NUS - v1.00 (07/24/2014) |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz |
RAM: | Host platform: 32 GB, multiple 64-bit VM guests: 5 GB, 32-bit guest: 4 GB, single max VM guest: 24 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X16 8 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
Host Bus Adapter: | 2 IBM
ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle11sp4-x86_64-2.1.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-11-sp4-x86_64/2.1/install-readme.html.
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Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR2 |
| 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 BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 249959 |
| Checksum: 1f949a3ea6e1f0146eed254abd2eda5c |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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2 IBM
ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016 | Driver Size: 216703 |
| Checksum: 43d97f95db88b476471065c1667d0589 |
| Driver Version: 06.810.09.00-rc1 |
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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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