ProLiant DL560 Gen8 2.70 GHz Eight Core

ProLiant DL560 Gen8 2.70 GHz Eight Core
Network Server
IBM

23 Aug 2012
138319

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information, please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Gen8
BIOS/uEFI:	P77 - 05/30/2012
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-4650 2.70 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 7 USB Ports PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P420i Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 HP MM1000FBFVR 1TB SAS 2.5'' , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID1.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572EI GB Ethernet Controller), was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: The SLES 11 SP3 x86 and Windows guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139165

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

HP 1Gb Ethernet 4-port 331FLR Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Apr-2012	Driver Size: 1459767
	Checksum: bcaf8731b95aaf059b4a034565eb3f26

HP Smart Array P420i Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Apr-2012	Driver Size: 689772
	Checksum: ffda17b9426ef14e3ff65f7ada4b2a6f

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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ProLiant DL560 Gen8 2.70 GHz Eight Core - Yes Bulletin 138319 | SUSE