ProLiant BL460c G6 2.93GHz Six Core

ProLiant BL460c G6 2.93GHz Six Core
Network Server
IBM

18 May 2010
132029

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM zSeries® Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
NetWare 6.5
	SP: Support Pack 8 for NetWare 6.5	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information, please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	G6
BIOS/uEFI:	I24 - 03/30/2010
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 Serial
Video Adapter:	ATI Integrated RN50
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P410i Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 HP DG146ABAB4 146GB SAS 10K , 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.
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 POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP3 will run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
SUSE update ISO: The SLES-11-SP3-MINI-ISO-power8.iso is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This update must be downloaded and used before SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-POWER/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html and review the installation instructions.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI Integrated RN50
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 605728
	Checksum: 7206f6384c3ece573e2f36326d02bf0d

2 HP NC532i Dual-port 10Gb Multifunction
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 585568
	Checksum: 7d9850394d4a6bd8a8561bf8ed56dfe5

HP Smart Array P410i Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: cciss.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 99360
	Checksum: 8168c0181e1b586f9af4e14bf3cb8fa8

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 configuration, please visit:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/

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