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| NovaScale Blade BL465
Network Server
Inspur Corporation | 04 Aug 2011
135972 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Product Description
The NovaScale BL465 server is a blade server based on fifth generation server architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. The BL465 supports up to two processors, including the latest generation of Intel Xeon E7-4800 processors. Two BL465 servers can be connected together for a high-performance single image with four processors and up to 512 GB of RAM in a blade form factor.
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: | 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
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=163M,high crashkernel=122M,low" using YaST.
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Drive Configuration: RAID 6. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 2 Compute Books.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011 | Driver Size: 173128 |
| | Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9 |
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| Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 224440 |
| | Checksum: 7f09c2163ed8665f9b349b7d775151c0 |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011 | Driver Size: 93904 |
| | Checksum: aaa4a851751d4fe198683ef91694f133 |
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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:
Inspur Corporation
Building C. NO.2
Xinxi Road
Shangdi, Haidian District
Beijing
100080
CHINA
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