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| ES7000 Model 7600R G3
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 13 Jun 2011
135808 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The ES7000 Model 7600R G3 Server is a scalable, Intel-based server that delivers high performance, reliability, memory capacity and virtualization density for mission-critical workloads and large databases. The ES7000 Model 7600R G3 Server is positioned as an ideal solution for • High-density virtualization and consolidation • Complex database environments, with memory expansion not tied to processors • Transaction intensive applications, with processor scalability and lower cost per transaction
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | G0EU52BUS-1.50 |
| CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8830 2.13 GHz |
| RAM: | 512 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8
Serial
4 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS)
IBM
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 8 IBM
146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP5 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 recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see the knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP5 is autoloaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
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Referenced Bulletins
151769
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 09-May-2010 | Driver Size: 190624 |
| | Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6 |
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| Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 28-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 119840 |
| | Checksum: 0c74e55b4c00f5aebe31a5afe4d1902d |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 28-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 87648 |
| | Checksum: ca2c1c72914587587095caf021d3ea59 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 28-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 87648 |
| | Checksum: ca2c1c72914587587095caf021d3ea59 |
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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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Palo Alto
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94304
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