BladeCenter LS22 (7901-3Lx)

BladeCenter LS22 (7901-3Lx)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

16 Oct 2010
133896

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM BladeCenter® LS22 is a 2-socket blade server delivering high performance for memory-intensive applications. For more information, visit ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/ls22/index.html.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	L8E158AUS-1.05
CPU:	2 AMD Quad-Core Opteron™ Model 2376 HE 2.3 GHz
RAM:	16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 15.8GB 2.5-inch Solid State Drive , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM 73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
Kdump (SLES12SP4): the crash kernel memory parameters were increased from default to crashkernel=768M,high crashkernel =128M,low using YaST.
Newer versions of the Mellanox firmware and drivers were used to support the Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx MCX4121A-XCAT card that was tested in this configuration. The ISO located at http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers and the instructions located at https://docs.mellanox.com/display/MLNXOFEDv461000/Installing+Mellanox+OFED were used. These drivers are not SolidDriver compliant.

Referenced Bulletins
148200

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010	Driver Size: 720064
	Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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BladeCenter LS22 (7901-3Lx) - Yes Bulletin 133896 | SUSE