UCS B230 M2

UCS B230 M2
Network Server
Lenovo

28 Jun 2011
135855

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10
Windows 2003 Server R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003

Product Description
UCS B230 M2, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11583/index.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	2.0
BIOS/uEFI:	B230M2.1.4.3b.0.052420111644
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	96 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Intel SSDSA2SH064G1GC , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Referenced Bulletins
144740

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

Cisco M51KR-B
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 377976
	Checksum: a1aa1c4a9e0c5041a50c978d81737604

LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 87304
	Checksum: 4b912ce3d71eff482ffc1283bab5c7f0

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

579300

UCS B230 M2 - Yes Bulletin 135855 | SUSE