PowerEdge R520 /2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2470 2.3 GHz

PowerEdge R520 /2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2470 2.3 GHz
Network Server
IBM

24 May 2012
137692

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	1.0.0
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 2.30 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8 Serial 5 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C602J PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST500NM0011 , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Philips and Lite-On Digital Storage Corporation DS-8A5SH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Display: For display to work after install, the fbdev driver needs to be used. (1) Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Under section "Screen" comment out all lines beginning with virtual (3) Under section "Device" change the driver to "fbdev" (4) Save /etc/X11/xorg.conf (5) Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (6) Add the kernel parameters "vga=0x318 nomodeset" to the appropriate line (7) save /boot/grub/menu.lst (8) Reboot
Audio: There is no microphone/audio interface on this system. Recording and playback of sound is not supported
Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
Display: To use the intel display driver, please apply the kernel maintenance updates first.

Adapters and Drivers


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


Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 198670


Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 68024
	Checksum: 24a55b3289035ed77c631a6370bb00e2

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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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