PowerEdge 1950 / 2 Intel® Dual-Core Xeon® 5160 3.0 GHz

PowerEdge 1950 / 2 Intel® Dual-Core Xeon® 5160 3.0 GHz
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

03 Nov 2010
134029

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The Dell 9th Generation PowerEdge Servers: Through innovative hardware design, software commonality and continued focus on fewer system updates, Dell’s 9th generation PowerEdge servers help reduce the complexity involved in managing data, whether you are a large enterprise or a small business. The Dell PowerEdge 1950 server provides exceptional performance and availability for organizations that require high-powered processing capability in a space-constricted data center. The rack-dense 1U server features 64-bit, Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors. The result is incredible performance and scalability to handle heavy workloads today and in the future without data center sprawl.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	2.6.1
CPU:	2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor 5160 3.00 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell Integrated PERC 5/i RAID Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Fujitsu MAY2073RC , Serial SCSI (SAS) Seagate® ST973402SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST CDRW/DVD TS-L462C , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Cybex® AutoView Commander ™ KVM w/PS2-to-USB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports for local console connectivity.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update 8063 and xen kernel update 8270 x86-64 are required and were installed during certification testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to the FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. The embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapter was used for this testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140571

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 BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 118712
	Checksum: 310235af077333686b82d4999c00a232

Dell Integrated PERC 5/i RAID Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 86816
	Checksum: e134db428c0a19236892c62123cdb779

Intel Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

561463

PowerEdge 1950 / 2 Intel® Dual-Core Xeon® 5160 3.0 GHz - Yes Bulletin 134029 | SUSE