BladeCenter HS23 (7875 - A3x / E5-2600 v2)

BladeCenter HS23 (7875 - A3x / E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation

13 Dec 2013
140894

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HS23 (7875, E5-2600 v2) is a next-generation two-socket blade server running the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2. With its RAS features, energy efficiency, outstanding performance, flexible and scalable I/O, and complete systems management, HS23 offers a robust platform optimized for your mission-critical applications. Standard 30 mm single-wide form-factor protects your investments by providing compatibility with the IBM BladeCenter H, E, S, and HT chassis. BladeCenter HS23 offers four integrated LAN ports: dual-port Gigabit Ethernet and dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet with IBM Virtual Fabric capability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TKE135TUS - v1.50 (11/14/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2609 v2 2.50 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver htc-hfcldd.ko used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.11.18.3038_3.0.76_0.11-2.sles11sp3.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package log onto : https://portal.hds.com. The Hitachi customer has to be a member of "HDS support portal"to access the driver for download. Driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The be2net.ko is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following DUD: elx-be2net_10.2.469.0-be2iscsi_10.2.473.0-lpfc_10.2.469.0-sles11sp3-1.iso on drivers.suse.com. This driver can be downloaded and installed during the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Emulex/sle11sp3/common/DUD/dud_elx-be2net_10.2.469.0-be2iscsi_10.2.473.0-lpfc_10.2.469.0-sles11sp3/
The megaraid_sas.ko is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following rpm: lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-default-06.703.06.00_3.0.76_0.11-4.1.x86_64.rpm on drivers.suse.com. This driver can be downloaded and installed during the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/LSI/sle11sp3/common/x86_64/

Adapters and Drivers


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

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 271655
	Checksum: eb0224194b14f105753fc4173831ba1c
	Driver Version: 14.100.00.00

Emulex Corporation Integrated BE3 controller dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 150471
	Checksum: ec63c2a4a680c294fdbc13d1b60329c6
	Driver Version: 4.4.161.0s

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:

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com

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