ProLiant BL490c G7 2.93 GHz Six Core

ProLiant BL490c G7 2.93 GHz Six Core
Network Server
IBM

26 Oct 2010
133980

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
NetWare 6.5
	SP: Support Pack 8 for NetWare 6.5	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	G7
BIOS/uEFI:	I28 09/30/2010
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 Serial 3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP MK0120EAVDT , Serial ATA (SATA)
Floppy Type:	NONE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD. System was scaled up to 4-sockets by joining two x480 X6 with 4S scalability connector. Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two additional USB ports.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to crashkernel=316M,high crashkernel=172M,low for kdump to function correctly.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
149011

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vesa_drv.so
	Driver Date: 26-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 27808
	Checksum: a2813c57c14539c4fb3f9923c151f0b9

HP NC553i Dual Port 10Gb Network Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Jun-2010	Driver Size: 82264
	Checksum: e9f3aacf8536337e4fab972c9b1c6fe4

Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 37888
	Checksum: f61b4d99290f0e0787976ed38fd5ba04

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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ProLiant BL490c G7 2.93 GHz Six Core - Yes Bulletin 133980 | SUSE