UCS C240 M3

UCS C240 M3
Network Server
IBM

09 Mar 2012
137109

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Mount Server, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10493/ps12370/data_sheet_c78-700629.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3.0
BIOS/uEFI:	C240M3.1.4.4c.0.022220122010
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2665 2.40 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports Serial 3 PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® ST973452SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-24.3

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports for local console connectivity.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update 8063 and xen kernel update 8270 x86-64 are required and were installed during certification testing.
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).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to the FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. The embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 adapter was used for this testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140571

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

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

Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 127144
	Checksum: 9064ff5d397905a2741116667bdcf91a

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:
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UCS C240 M3 - Yes Bulletin 137109 | SUSE