PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz

PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz
Network Server
Intel Corporation

09 Mar 2012
137102

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
Product Description The Dell PowerEdge R720XD is a 2U rack server created to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications. The successor to the PowerEdge R710 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:	1.0.3
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2690 2.90 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Fujitsu MAY2036RC SAS 10k 36GB , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Install: System installed using the external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140658

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 223384
	Checksum: 93344b2f9a79c25c19ee2d2b7b31840f

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: b49348a99f280896c8645e6df242e745

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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PowerEdge R720 XD / 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 2.90 GHz - Yes Bulletin 137102 | SUSE