SGI® Rackable™ C2112-4RP3

SGI® Rackable™ C2112-4RP3
Network Server
IBM

20 Mar 2012
137213

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
SGI® Rackable™ platform offers performance and efficiency at a breakthrough price point. The combination of advanced Intel® Xeon® processor architecture, backed by SGI's industry-leading service and support, provides customers with exceptional value in the SGI® Rackable™ C2112-4RP3.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	G28033-501
BIOS/uEFI:	Intel® SE5C600.86B.01.02.0003.022820121335l 02/28/2012
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2680 2.70 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C604 PCH , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST HUA72302 , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 Seagate® ST3300657SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbevf use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-May-2011	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: 06e27bda91a2f86d2f57b3a06b65cea3

2 Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Jan-2012	Driver Size: 158928
	Checksum: 118f4723807bb0df8e248b6138dab5bf

Intel BD82C604 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: isci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Oct-2011	Driver Size: 3941890

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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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SGI® Rackable™ C2112-4RP3 - Yes Bulletin 137213 | SUSE