PowerEdge M610 / 2 Intel® Xeon® X5680 3.33 GHz

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

25 Mar 2010
131486

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

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:	A01
BIOS/uEFI:	2.0.11
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 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: System installed using an external USB connected 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 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update, slessp3-xen-201307-8063, is required and was installed during certification testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.

Referenced Bulletins
140246

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 195712
	Checksum: aa323e9b7243810830f170a73c0337cf

2 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 206512
	Checksum: f4d8b8a5474d621ba540f64cdc5df58c

Dell PERC H700 Integrated
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 52504
	Checksum: 759f46f9d1e9f6f78cd97907efc0ff27

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 131486 | SUSE