BladeCenter HS21 (8853-GLx)

BladeCenter HS21 (8853-GLx)
Network Server
IBM

31 Mar 2011
134907

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
• High-density modular blade server designed to support the entire family of BladeCenter chassis; • Designed to take less time to install and fewer people to maintain, helping reduce IT infrastructure costs; • Support for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology provides the performance needed for even the most demanding applications; • Featuring new high-speed fabrics with BladeCenter H to deliver greater bandwidth and performance; • Helps reduce power and cooling costs while delivering substantial performance gains over earlier technology—true performance efficiency.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	6
BIOS/uEFI:	BCE143AUS-1.19
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor L5420 2.50 GHz
RAM:	9 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 36GB Non Hot-Swap 2.5" SFF SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-80.1

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot and network install requires the "?device=eth0" to be added to the install server boot process.
Xen host: system requires the latest Xen hypervisor and dom0 maintenance updates.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP1 and SLES 10 SP4 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe).
Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.

Referenced Bulletins
137657

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008	Driver Size: 283804
	Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708S NetXtreme II GbE controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 2185f64a36a97788607cb07405adbcae

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 76456
	Checksum: f454f55fc2509b99428f7fbf2f36e0ae

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:

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BladeCenter HS21 (8853-GLx) - Yes Bulletin 134907 | SUSE