Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917-D4x)

Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917-D4x)
Network Server
IBM

05 Sep 2012
138494

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
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 E5-4620 2.20 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 7.1.0-42.5

Config Notes

Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Power Management: S4 does not work with the default vesa driver. For it to work, the Intel driver should be used on this system. To change to the Intel driver, execute the following steps: (1) Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Under section "Device", change the Driver parameter to "intel", then save. (3) Reboot the system.

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

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: 113352
	Checksum: 7a4b5451e96a9d05150a062f759e6083

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 253048
	Checksum: 4a7cf02da81e903522d10faa86f90da3

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
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