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| BladeCenter HX5 (7873-B1U)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 28 Feb 2012
136602 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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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: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | HIE160YUS-1.60 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4807 1.86 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 7.1.0-30.1 |
Config Notes
- 256 CPUs require ESXi 6.7 U2 or higher update level.
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP2 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 256 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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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-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| | Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af |
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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: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 123816 |
| | Checksum: 6069ec6d1ac3077f6378da0842baccaf |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 109848 |
| | Checksum: 3f40561e66ec3b29c8df3969b84bb1e9 |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:
VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto
, CA
94304
Voice: 1-650-427-5000
Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
Fax: 650-427-5001
Website: www.vmware.com
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