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 | PowerEdge R905 / 4 AMD Opteron™ 8354 2.20 GHz
Network Server
IBM | 21 Feb 2010
131368 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Product Description
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R905 is designed for architected performance and streamlined virtualization deployment. Its fine-tuned to provide virtualization performance with an ideal formula of processor technology, memory capacity, and I/O scalability. Featuring up to 2x the memory and I/O scalability of the previous generation standard 4U 4-socket servers, the PowerEdge R905 helps remove the barriers to running memory and I/O-bound applications. Dells approach to optimization emphasizes energy efficiency at every level of the infrastructure. Boasting high energy-efficient power supplies and memory, the PowerEdge R905 is designed for businesses that want a combination of virtualization performance and low energy consumption.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | A01 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | 4.1.1 |
| CPU: | 4 AMD
Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 8354 2.2 GHz |
| RAM: | 8 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | Serial 4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 5 PCI Express X4 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Dell
Integrated PERC 6/i RAID Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) Broadcom®
HT1100
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate®
ST973402SS
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | TSST
TS-L333A
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| USB Floppy: | TEAC FD-05PUB |
| USB Keyboard: | Cybex® AutoView Commander™ KVM w/StarTech PS2 to USB |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed using the BladeCenter chassis DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe).
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Referenced Bulletins
139129
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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| 4 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 210128 |
| | Checksum: 9f462115ad67e89b17221676e67ef9fc |
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| Dell
Integrated PERC 6/i RAID Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 69320 |
| | Checksum: 9da425a767b07bf7252b8901709bc351 |
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| Broadcom®
HT1100 |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: sata_svw.ko |
| | Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 30440 |
| | Checksum: 44becf800a87f6381546e334dfa061b1 |
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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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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