 | Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7196/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server IBM | 31 Jan 2020
149073 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Other Products:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS) |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| Windows Server 2019 | |||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | ||
| 2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
| 2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 | |||
| SP: Service Pack 1 for SUSE SLES 15 | Arch: 64 | Mode: Fully Virtualized | |
Product Description
The Flex System x280 X6 is a two-socket scale-out server optimized for workloads that require large memory footprint and virtualization performance. * Outstanding compute performance * Maximum memory availability * Leadership storage performance and capacity * Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands * Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis * Fit-for-purpose design * Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing. * Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimizing the number of system “touches” * Advanced RAS integration with standard hypervisors
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Compute Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: N3E150DUS - v4.50 (02/18/2019) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz |
| RAM: | Host: 192 GB, multiple VMs: 32 GB each, single max VM: 176 GM |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.4.0-41.2 |
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-Nov-2019 | Driver Size: 103832 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 0a84338d028c855ca7c2eae94404eae4 | |||||||||
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| Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019 | Driver Size: 299872 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 5ca13860869332a0dac7b5398edbf1de | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 12.0.0.0 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019 | Driver Size: 309256 | ||||||||
| Checksum: a649376d8c32760e3d73ee1c44058ef7 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-rc1 | |||||||||
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