PowerEdge R420 /2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2470 2.3 GHz

PowerEdge R420 /2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2470 2.3 GHz
Network Server
IBM

24 May 2012
137693

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

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:	2 PCI Express X16 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:	TSST DVD+-RW TS-L633J , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Install: The Novell® SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER7+ as this functionality is provided by the POWER7+ hardware itself.

Referenced Bulletins
138953

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 190688
	Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 223384
	Checksum: 76a70bfcec58d2d10d9514f1d2ec4a86

Intel BD82C602J PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 48216
	Checksum: d67bc19831738808520f9d881a3e9990

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 R420 /2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2470 2.3 GHz - Yes Bulletin 137693 | SUSE