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 | NovaScale Blade BL465
Network Server
Lenovo Group Limited | 04 Aug 2011
135974 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11 |
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:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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: | 0 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | HIE160AUS - v1.60 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 256 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: | 3 IBM
73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLE10SP3 drivers are included with SLE10SP3. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com.
- System was booted with following kernel boot parameter: "dom0_mem=5G"
- System was configured as 1-node scalable partition.
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Referenced Bulletins
133188
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 30-May-2011 | Driver Size: 190624 |
| | Checksum: 06e27bda91a2f86d2f57b3a06b65cea3 |
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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: 14-Apr-2011 | Driver Size: 119872 |
| | Checksum: 506b2e6336c624aba953479446674837 |
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| 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 |
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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:
Lenovo Group Limited
P.R.China
Bei Jing
Haidian District,Shangdi Chuangye Road 6#
Bei Jing
, N/A
100085
CHINA
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