 | NeXtScale nx360 M5 Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server IBM | 24 Sep 2017
145960 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11 | Arch: 32pae | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| Windows Server 2016 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
Product Description
Lenovo NeXtScale System™ is the next generation of dense computing. It is an open, flexible, and simple data center solution for users of technical computing, grid deployments, analytics workloads, and large-scale cloud and virtualization infrastructures. The Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 enclosure and new Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M5 server are designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The 6U NeXtScale n1200 enclosure fits in a standard 19-inch rack and up to 12 nx360 M5 servers can be installed into the enclosure. With more computing power per watt and the Intel Xeon v3 processor, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Compute Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 6 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: THE130I - v2.40 (04/05/2017) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 v3 2.60 GHz |
| RAM: | Host platform: 64 GB, single max VM guest: 48 GB, multiple VM guests: 12 GB each |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate® Savvio® (ST9146853SS) 15K.3 6-Gbps 146-GB Hard Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.1 |
Config Notes
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Referenced Bulletins
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200eR2 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 96383 | ||||||||
| Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04 | |||||||||
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| Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-Port) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 251575 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 3.137 | |||||||||
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| Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017 | Driver Size: 236751 | ||||||||
| Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-rc1 | |||||||||
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