SGI® Rackable™ C2108-G8

SGI® Rackable™ C2108-G8
Network Server
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

13 Jan 2011
134524

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
SGI® Rackable™ systems feature high efficiency power supplies, memory and processors to help reduce data center power and consumption and heat output. Backed by SGI's industry-leading service and support, SGI® provides customers with exceptional value in the SGI® Rackable™ C2108-G8.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.01
BIOS/uEFI:	AMI 1.01c 12/06/2010
CPU:	2 AMD Twelve-Core Opteron™ 6176 SE 2.30 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eW
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST3500514NS , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Seagate® ST3146854SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Floppy Type:	NONE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: OS Installed via USB CD/DVD Drive.
Driver:The mpt2sas driver can be downloaded and installed when SLES is installed. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Host%20Bus%20Adapters/Host%20Bus%20Adapters%20Common%20Files/SAS_SATA_6G_P10/LinuxMPT_SAS2_RHEL5-6_SLES10-11_P10.zip Unzip this zip file,find the mpt2sas-10.00.00.00-1-sles11sp1.x86_64.iso.gz in the path: LinuxMPT_SAS2_RHEL5-6_SLES10-11_P10\mpt2sas_rhel5_rel\mpt2sas-release\disks-1 ,decompress the gz and use the inside of the file "mpt2sas-10.00.00.00-1-sles11sp1.x86_64.iso" as a update disk in the following steps: 1 Boot from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation media. 2 Press F6 to load the driver update after the boot menu appears, and select Yes ,then you are prompted to insert the update disk at the appropriate point in the installation process. This driver is not PLDP compliant.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eW
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

2 Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 158144
	Checksum: b9a09438fe817bb29b037402742c4ec9

LSI Logic LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 104480
	Checksum: d10fc288bccf2085b063ce9ad8f72687

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Banxuegang Industrial Park Buji Longgang
Shenzhen 518129
CHINA

553980

SGI® Rackable C2108-G8 - Yes Bulletin 134524 | SUSE