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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737 - J1x)
Network Server
IBM | 01 Jul 2013
139189 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
A building block for the PureFlex System family, the IBM Flex System™ x240 Compute Node is an Intel-processor based server optimized for virtualization, performance and highly scalable I/O designed to run a wide variety of workloads in your PureFlex System.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: B2E123OUS - v1.30 (03/14/2013) |
CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2670 2.60 GHz |
RAM: | 96 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16 Serial |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID H1135 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
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.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
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Referenced Bulletins
139136
Adapters and Drivers
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Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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Emulex Corporation
OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Adapter OCe11102-N (Dual Port) |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 149687 |
| Checksum: ccd5e20c73b18cd30b5f486e87e79186 |
| Driver Version: 4.4.161.0s |
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IBM
ServeRAID H1135 SAS/SATA Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 270935 |
| Checksum: 30d3e55b9d7ecc7e61e3d264c5bbe3b3 |
| Driver Version: 14.100.00.00 |
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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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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