BladeCenter HX5 with MAX5 (7873

BladeCenter HX5 with MAX5 (7873 - A2x)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

09 Aug 2013
139996

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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 * With MAX5, HX5 offers large amounts of memory, giving you the ability to reduce software license costs by expanding memory capacity with MAX5 without purchasing additional processors.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS1
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-2860 2.26 GHz
RAM:	160 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 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) IBM 50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Requires ESXi 5.0 U2 or higher update level.
VMware Tools information can be found at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340 and http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 11 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
Installation of VMware Tools is recommended to enhance performance and improve management of virtual machines. VMware Tools for SUSE® Linux Enterprise are available as an ISO (TAR Format with perl installer) bundled with vSphere.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/home.html .
Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a virtual machine configured with up to 1011 GB of memory on a SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest.
7) Virtual machine guest: System certification testing was performed with a SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 virtual machine configured with up to 32 CPUs.

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: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 126799
	Checksum: 397a73b82a4464ecc498d721f8c4a10d
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

LSI Logic SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 110543
	Checksum: 0f0339a7c5bc7095832e1beec5d79636
	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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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