Brocade 425 4Gbit/sec FC HBA (dual port)

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Brocade 425 4Gbit/sec FC HBA (dual port)
Device Driver / Host Bus Adapter
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

29 Nov 2012
138721

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
Brocade server connectivity solutions provide enterprise-class SAN and LAN connectivity for servers. Brocade Fabric Adapters are a new class of adapter that meets all of the connectivity needs of cloud-enabled data centers while providing unmatched performance, application-aware services, unified management, and reduced cost complexity. Brocade Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) are designed to help IT organizations depoly and manage end-to-end Storage Area Network (SAN) services across next-generation data centers, with best-in-class hardware performance and unique software features. Brocade Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) integrate 10Gbps Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) functionality with Fibre Channel technology - enabling transport over a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connection through the new Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols.

Tested Configuration:

BIOS/uEFI:	3.1.0
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8
Hard Disk Drive:	2 HP HSV300
Test Kit:	DiskKit 5.01.37 - 2009-10-28

Product File Specifications

HBA Driver:

Config Notes

Kdump (SLE12SP2): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=165M,high crashkernel=122M,low using YaST.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0. Xen Hypervisor: it is required that the hypervisor is booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=8.
Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle12sp2-x86_64-1.0.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-12-sp2-x86_64/1.0/.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers

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:

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose , CA 95110
Voice: 408.333-8000
Fax: 408.333-8101
Website: http://www.brocade.com

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