NeXtScale nx360 M5 DWC Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v4)

NeXtScale nx360 M5 DWC Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v4)
Network Server
Oracle America Inc.

24 Sep 2021
150873

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 6
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: THE144A - v3.10 (10/28/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v4 2.30 GHz
RAM:	Host: 64 GB, multiple VMs: 12 GB each, single max VM: 48 GB
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 8.6.1-38.2

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.20.4110.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.20.4110_3.12.49_11-1.sles12sp1.x86_64.rpm. To obtain the DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347004.html. The DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "intel-ixgbevf-3.2.2-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-3.2.2_k3.12.49_11-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12SP1 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346965.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 12560
	Checksum: 307ec2e0d10ef89edb1a546922121620

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 80556
	Checksum: 5559de3cb848a69c9255dc3e041106f0

Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

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:

Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065

581562

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