BladeCenter HS21 (8853-R2x)

BladeCenter HS21 (8853-R2x)
Network Server
New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.

21 Oct 2010
133974

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
Features two high-performance Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors. 1GB standard memory per blade. Two 1-Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard, with load balancing and fail-over features, up to twelve Ethernet ports per blade optional

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	6
BIOS/uEFI:	BCE143AUS-1.19
CPU:	2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor X5260 3.33 GHz
RAM:	8 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

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
141558

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 12-Apr-2010	Driver Size: 674136
	Checksum: 2c1bac9b82e02cca2d9e3bc2c8f1ff29

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 96068
	Checksum: 0699df220c6b4b217af00bde5584fb35

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 80240
	Checksum: cc658cf2ad92a51eac91c886272d1894

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:

New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
466 Changhe Road
Binjiang District
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
CHINA

569021

BladeCenter HS21 (8853-R2x) - Yes Bulletin 133974 | SUSE