|
 | novascale® BL465
Network Server
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. | 16 Jul 2012
137959 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Other Products:
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS) |
Product Description
* Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications * Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs * Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses * Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Blade Module |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | HIE160YUS-1.60 |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
RAM: | 128 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
Host Bus Adapter: | 2 LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM
73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: OS installed via USB CD/DVD drive
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 hardware itself.
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
|
Adapters and Drivers
| | | | | |
Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| Checksum: 4c52fd55d809f6d1d874b06a086608af |
|
2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 123168 |
| Checksum: 44310a1aca6c90b7236ff733f57eb95d |
|
2 LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| Driver Date: 16-Jan-2012 | Driver Size: 110008 |
| Checksum: cebefe84791301d469d6088d056fc9fc |
|
The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
P.O. Box 12195
3039 Cornwallis Road
Building 307
Research Triangle Park
, NC
27709
Website: http://www.toshibagcs.com/
|