PowerEdge M610 / 2 Intel® Xeon® X5680 3.33 GHz

PowerEdge M610 / 2 Intel® Xeon® X5680 3.33 GHz
Network Server
IBM

23 Mar 2010
131483

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e blade enclosure with the M610 delivers exceptional performance per watt. The Intel® Xeon® Processor x5680 is designed to adapt in real time to your software enabling multiple tasks to be done simultaneously, while boosting performance with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology as business usage demands it most. Dell PowerEdge M610 half-height blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell’s world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	A02
BIOS/uEFI:	2.0.11
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H700 Integrated , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Barracuda 7200.7 ST380011A , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Floppy Type:	NONE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 96a33dda383f3a9a0105217ce9af245a

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

Dell PERC H700 Integrated
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 69320
	Checksum: 9da425a767b07bf7252b8901709bc351

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
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PowerEdge M610 / 2 Intel® Xeon® X5680 3.33 GHz - Yes Bulletin 131483 | SUSE