 | novascale™ BL265+
Network Server SGI | 31 Aug 2011
136176 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
The BULL novascale BL265+ has been designed specifically for use in virtualized environments. With 18 DIMM slots, the BL265+ allows you to fit more and larger virtual machines per blade. Durable solid-state drives and hardware RAID-0 and -1 provide outstanding reliability when virtualizing multiple workloads on a single blade. An embedded hypervisor enables easy deployment of industry-leading third-party virtualization solutions. Combine the BL265+ with Virtual Fabric for Bull Blade Chassis for a flexible, easy, fast and reliable I/O solution that helps reduce cost and complexity.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | P9E146VUS-1.07 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4850 2.0 GHz |
| RAM: | 16 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200e |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R)
, Serial ATA (SATA) LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate® ST9300603SS Savvio® 10K.3 6-Gb/s 300-GB , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | LG Electronics Ltd. HL DT STDVDRAM GT32N , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-21.1 |
Config Notes
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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 | |||||||||
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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: 29-Oct-2010 | Driver Size: 239008 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 1536d1d753eadd2e3486696577804312 | |||||||||
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| 2 Broadcom® Netxtreme II® 57711 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2x.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 29-Oct-2010 | Driver Size: 1386136 | ||||||||
| Checksum: c869b528d69a4c14c65cfdd938217fce | |||||||||
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| Intel Integrated 82801JR (ICH10R) | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 46680 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 20-May-2010 | Driver Size: 86816 | ||||||||
| Checksum: e134db428c0a19236892c62123cdb779 | |||||||||
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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
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