BladeCenter HX5 (7873-AC1)

BladeCenter HX5 (7873-AC1)
Network Server
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation

04 Aug 2011
135966

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

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: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	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 E7-4870 2.40 GHz
RAM:	128 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

Install: The Novell® SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER7+ as this functionality is provided by the POWER7+ hardware itself.
1Gb Port Issue with Integrated Ethernet Adapter for Selected IBM POWER7 Servers http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7013240

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: 119872
	Checksum: 506b2e6336c624aba953479446674837

LSI Logic SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Apr-2011	Driver Size: 105880
	Checksum: 87c5c0f93702abdb4c6f36c3291fff97

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:

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com

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