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 | eServer BladeCenter LS42 (7902-62x)
Network Server
NEC Corporation | 03 Dec 2009
130874 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Other Products:
| Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1 |
Product Description
The IBM BladeCenter® LS42 is a 4-socket blade server delivering high performance for memory-intensive applications and virtualization. The LS42 features AMD Opteron™ processors, and improved memory and I/O performanceenabling IT managers to run demanding applications or consolidate workloads through virtualization.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | L8E151AUS-1.03 |
| CPU: | 4 AMD
Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8435 2.60 GHz |
| RAM: | 48 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
73.4GB 10K 2.5
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
- Install: The Novell® SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER7+ as this functionality is provided by the POWER7+ hardware itself.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| ATI
ES1000 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 304640 |
| | Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 210128 |
| | Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 88496 |
| | Checksum: 6008f1ab475edc8ffc35a67a6d71c096 |
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The term SUSE YES 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:
NEC Corporation
1-10 Nissin-cho, Fuchu-shi
Tokyo
183-8501
JAPAN
Voice: (+81) 42 333 1324
Fax: (+81) 42 333 1821
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