PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E52690 2.90 GHz

PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E52690 2.90 GHz
Network Server
IBM

07 Mar 2012
137069

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
The Dell PowerEdge R720XD is a 2U rack server designed to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications. The successor to the PowerEdge R710, R720 XD runs the Intel Xeon® E5 2690 Processor and helps you lower the total cost of ownership with enhanced virtualization capabilities, improved energy efficiency, and innovative system management tools.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	1.0.4
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 2.90 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X16 3 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST973402SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

Install: OS Installed via USB CD/DVD Drive.
Please refer to TID 7005029 for instructions how to install using a kISO.
The SLES 11 x86_64 Installation and certification testing were performed using an updated kernel and installation media. This update is required on this system. Please visit the following URL to obtain this version: https://you.novell.com/update/x86_64/update/SUSE-SLES/11/PTF/682568e8142eb5fe41cb0f7213a2b258/20091030/
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic frequency scaling.

Adapters and Drivers


Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 131640
	Checksum: 7e4aa46a1bf609dd0be6697b574c1c82

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 246368
	Checksum: fcb34e6c5610ff2a00a5460f065817e6

Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 23984

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E52690 2.90 GHz - Yes Bulletin 137069 | SUSE