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 | BladeCenter HX5 (7873 - BJx/BBx)
Network Server
Fujitsu | 01 Jul 2013
139183 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. *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: | UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012) |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4830 2.13 GHz |
| RAM: | 192 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) QLogic
ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
, FibreChannel |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM
3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD
, FibreChannel |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.9 |
Config Notes
- PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on 4 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gb ethernet controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
- Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.
- Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.
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Referenced Bulletins
137382
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200 VE |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013 | Driver Size: 190720 |
| | Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5 |
| | Driver Version: 1.4.11 |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 126831 |
| | Checksum: 9f0d664e3fe093c19b86863ae772fa25 |
| | Driver Version: 2.2.3 |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 110543 |
| | Checksum: 522acc8cdd5602f7d96b1594d4ca4a6c |
| | Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse |
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| QLogic
ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko |
| | Driver Date: 13-May-2013 | Driver Size: 784847 |
| | Checksum: 97e6f7c9667034d237848630d4c7fb67 |
| | Driver Version: 8.04.00.13.11.3- |
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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:
Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1
Paderborn
33106
GERMANY
Website: http://www.fujitsu.com/fts/products/computing/servers/mission-critical/index.html
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