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 | Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917-F4x)
Network Server
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation | 20 Aug 2012
138172 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
A building block for the PureFlex System family, the IBM Flex System™ x440 Compute Node, is an Intel-processor based server optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive high performance environments. The Flex System x440 Compute Node is a price-performance optimized 4-socket with a wide range of processors, memory, and I/O options to help you match system capabilities and cost to workloads without compromise. With a dense design, the Flex System x440 Compute Node can help reduce floor space used, and lower data center power and cooling costs.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | CNE115NUS-1.10 |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-4650 2.70 GHz |
| RAM: | 192 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X8 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.1.0-36.2 |
Config Notes
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
- Power Management: For suspend to RAM to work, create file /etc/pm/config.d/suspend and add the following line to it : S2RAM_OPTS="-f -p -m".
- Graphics display: Dual video mode is supported.
Use VIA driver located at:
http://linux.via.com.tw/download/OEM/driver/via-xorg-1.0.7.4.083111-87a-sl11sp1sp2-59881ibm.tgz.
Driver is "via-drv-1.0.7.4.083111-87a"
This driver is not PLDP compliant and therefore is not supported by SUSE.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| | Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f |
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| 2 IBM
Embedded Dual-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| | Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 113768 |
| | Checksum: 6968b924ac4cde8c657bb00064d8ee51 |
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| LSI Logic
SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 253616 |
| | Checksum: 42efe92ff9ed835c2e12250a2dc5e1e3 |
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The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara
, CA
95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com
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