PowerEdge M710 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5530 2.40 GHz

PowerEdge M710 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5530 2.40 GHz
Network Server
Fujitsu

24 Aug 2010
133430

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e blade enclosure with the M710 delivers exceptional performance per watt. The Intel® Xeon® Processor E5530 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 M710 full-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:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	2.1.9
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5530 2.40 GHz
RAM:	6 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eW
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell Integrated SAS 6/iR Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST973402SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
USB Keyboard:	Dell Avocent iKVM module
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 1.0-14.1

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 G200eW
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

4 Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

Dell Integrated SAS 6/iR Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 104480
	Checksum: d10fc288bccf2085b063ce9ad8f72687

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:

Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1
Paderborn 33106
GERMANY
Voice: +49 (0)5251 525 2537
Website: http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/index.html

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PowerEdge M710 / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5530 2.40 GHz - Yes Bulletin 133430 | SUSE