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| Flex System x222 Compute Node (7916 - G2x)
Network Server
Broadcom Inc. | 10 Sep 2013
140163 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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Windows Server 2012 |
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Arch:
64 |
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 |
| 2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® Flex System™ x222 Compute Node is a high-density dual-server offering that is designed for virtualization, dense cloud deployments, and hosted clients. The x222 has two independent servers in one mechanical package, which means that the x222 has a double-density design that allows up to 28 servers to be housed in a single 10U Flex System Enterprise Chassis.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: CCE125DUS - v1.00 - (07/26/2013) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2420 1.90 GHz |
| RAM: | 96 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
BD82C602J PCH
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
500 GB 7.2K SATA Simple-Swap HDD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP7 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
- Broadcom recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 313456 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=313456.
- Broadcom recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 306577 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=306577.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP7 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | 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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| IBM
Embedded Dual-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 150471 |
| | Checksum: ec63c2a4a680c294fdbc13d1b60329c6 |
| | Driver Version: 4.4.161.0s |
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| Intel
BD82C602J PCH |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko |
| | Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013 | Driver Size: 58287 |
| | Checksum: 473c4648eb91631c32be9d18fb2e85ad |
| | Driver Version: 3.0 |
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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:
Broadcom Inc.
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