HP Integrity rx8640 pci-express

HP Integrity rx8640 pci-express
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Lenovo

04 Jun 2010
132637

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The HP Integrity rx8640 Server offers high-end performance, functionality, and value in the midrange class. The combination of dual-core Intel(r) Itanium(r) 2 processors (up to 16) and the processor-enhancing capabilities of the cell-based HP Super-Scalable Processor Chipset sx2000 makes the Integrity rx8640 Server an ideal platform for world-class IT operations.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Rev. A4
BIOS/uEFI:	9.048
CPU:	16 Intel Dual-Core Itanium® 2 Processor 9020 1.42 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 8 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	8 LSI Logic Company 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® ST373455LC Ultra320 SCSI , SCSI
Test Kit:	Partner certified 1.1

Config Notes

System was configured as 4-node scalable partition.
KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.

Adapters and Drivers


2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM 5703 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 394384
	Checksum: c34599ef9e80e73fcb0b747d0de0fa8e

8 LSI Logic Company 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptspi.ko
	Driver Date: 11-May-2010	Driver Size: 54464
	Checksum: 94063148b8ad891051e3ad01b4ebb18b

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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HP Integrity rx8640 pci-express - Yes Bulletin 132637 | SUSE