eServer BladeCenter LS21 (7971-8AU)

eServer BladeCenter LS21 (7971-8AU)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

07 Jan 2010
131054

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Product Description
* Features up to two high-performance dual-core AMD Opteron processors * One internal SAS hard disk drive * 1GB standard/32GB max memory per blade * Two TCP/IP Offload Engine-enabled (TOE) Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard, with load balancing and failover features * Expansion capabilities for Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Myrinet and InfiniBand

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	BAE151AUS-1.08
CPU:	2 AMD Dual-Core Opteron™ Model 2222 3.0 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	64-bit/133MHz PCI-X
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064 PCI-X 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

Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1
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).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

2 Broadcom® Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5706c)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 210128
	Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc

LSI Logic SAS1064 PCI-X Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 88496
	Checksum: 6008f1ab475edc8ffc35a67a6d71c096

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Personal Systems Group - Notebooks
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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