BladeCenter HX5 (7873-D1U)

BladeCenter HX5 (7873-D1U)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

19 May 2011
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
* Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications * Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs * Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses * Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3
BIOS/uEFI:	HIE142VUS-1.40
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8867L 2.13 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD , Serial ATA (SATA) IBM 3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Kernel update: Testing was performed using kernel update 4.12.14-25.25.
XEN: Testing was performed using the option "allow_superpages" for the XEN hypervisor.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 guest. One port of the integrated Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
147488

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200 VE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 118904
	Checksum: 83e3c316ab2b455fb683a359c97108d2

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 105416
	Checksum: 36b1213b34fcf05879014d30f87f03c8

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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