BladeCenter JS23 (7778-23X)

BladeCenter JS23 (7778-23X)
Network Server
IBM

31 Jan 2011
134595

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The BladeCenter JS23 Express is a premier blade for 64-bit applications. It represents a flexible and cost-efficient solution for Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server deployments. Further enhanced by its ability to be installed in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blade servers, the JS23 can deliver the rapid return on investment that clients and businesses demand. Delivering on the promise of a truly Dynamic Infrastructure, the BladeCenter JS23 helps in delivering superior business and IT services with agility and speed-all in a simple to manage highly efficient way.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER6™ 4.2 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C) , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST9146802SS , SCSI
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

768 CPUs require ESX 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP7 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
Broadcom recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 313456 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=313456.
Broadcom recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 306577 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=306577.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP7 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ehea.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 127664
	Checksum: ea6c273556004e8cf873bb1184c3e4d7

IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 174408
	Checksum: a0fe11bae1391c9585b735b2ef4e4ad9

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:
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BladeCenter JS23 (7778-23X) - Yes Bulletin 134595 | SUSE