UCS B420 M3

UCS B420 M3
Network Server
IBM

09 Sep 2013
140093

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
UCS B420 M3; http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10280

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	3.0
BIOS/uEFI:	B420M3.2.1.3a.0.082320131746
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-4603 2.0 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic Embedded SAS2208 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (HBA) , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	LSI Logic MRSASRoMB-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS) Unigen UGB30SDC16H0 CompactFlash Card , CompactFlash
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	EMC Symmetrix VMAX
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

kISO Install: System was installed using the kISO ibmbe2netv2.iso. This kISO is required as an initial boot media to start the standard install process. The kISO can be downloaded from: http://http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/sle10sp4/sle10sp4be2netkiso/. One of the required updates in the kISO is the be2net network driver, this driver is PLDP compliant.
Kdump: During the install using the ibmbe2netv2.iso kISO the following three modules must also be installed: kdump, kernel-kdump and kexec-tools. This is required to update the be2net driver to function with kdump.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5 with hot-spare.

Referenced Bulletins
137978

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (NIC)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: enic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 108591
	Checksum: 9b887c21844aae3640e458c52b3c56d0
	Driver Version: 2.1.1.39

LSI Logic Embedded SAS2208
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (HBA)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: fnic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 163231
	Checksum: db9b1dca0053d09139c8b63c29f30d38
	Driver Version: 1.5.0.22

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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UCS B420 M3 - Yes Bulletin 140093 | SUSE