BladeCenter HX5 (7872

BladeCenter HX5 (7872 - 66x)
Network Server
Lenovo

01 Jul 2013
139432

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Product Description
* 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:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7540 2.00 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200 VE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 3.5-inch 300GB 15K SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 73.4GB 10K 3.5 SAS Hot-swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.9

Config Notes

Network: System uses one of the Intel I350-AM4 quad-port network adapter ports for the dedicated Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) connection. Leaving three network ports available for the standard user network.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 12 x86_64 guests. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port) adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1 (M1115) and RAID 0 (H1110).

Referenced Bulletins
142114

Adapters and Drivers


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

Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2013	Driver Size: 126799
	Checksum: f4d0b603e48176021081cda7265f3213
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2013	Driver Size: 110543
	Checksum: c5d616aa6b5c0777d0b0047f93f2c368
	Driver Version: 4.28.00.01suse

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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BladeCenter HX5 (7872 - 66x) - Yes Bulletin 139432 | SUSE