Brocade 825 8Gbit/sec FC HBA (dual port)

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Brocade 825 8Gbit/sec FC HBA (dual port)
Device Driver / Host Bus Adapter
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

09 Dec 2010
134148

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
The brocade 825 (dual port) 8Gbit/sec Fibre Channel to PCIe Host Bus Adapter (HBA) provides a new level of server connectivity through unmatched hardware and uniqe software capabilities. Brocade 825 is desgnedto manage true end-to-end SAN services and enhanced server virtualization across next generation data centers. Brocade 825 maximizes bus throughput with a PCIe 2.0a Gen2 (x8) bus interface with intelligent lane negotiation, delivers up to 500,000 IOPs and 1600 MB/sec throughput in full-duplex mode per port.

Tested Configuration:

BIOS/uEFI:	N/A
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi Data Systems OPEN-3
Test Kit:	DiskKit 5.01.38 - 2010-07-20

Product File Specifications

HBA Driver:

Config Notes

SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=4G dom0_max_vcpus=4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=187M,high crashkernel=152M,low" using YaST.
System was tested headlessly with no KVM connector (Serial/USB/VGA ports); it was installed and configured using the IMM Remote connection. Because there was no KVM connector the USB ports were not tested during certification.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe).

Adapters and Drivers

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:

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose , CA 95110
Voice: 408.333-8000
Fax: 408.333-8101
Website: http://www.brocade.com

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