ES5000 Model 5400B G1 Blade Server

ES5000 Model 5400B G1 Blade Server
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

21 Sep 2010
133623

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86

Product Description
The Unisys ES5000 Model 5400B G1 server is a completely new design offering flexible options to support a broad range of workloads, including virtualization and enterprise applications. The ES5000 Model 5400B server delivers outstanding performance through the Intel® Xeon® X5680 6-core processors, with Quick Path Interconnect, high-speed I/O and fast, high-capacity memory options.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	7
BIOS/uEFI:	P9EG48AUS-1.09
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5680 3.33 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 73 GB 10k 2.5 Hot-Swap SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

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


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 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

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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ES5000 Model 5400B G1 Blade Server - Yes Bulletin 133623 | SUSE