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 | PRIMERGY® BX920 S4
Network Server
IBM | 28 Jan 2014
141113 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY BX920 S4 is the
new general-purpose dual-socket server blade
for the PRIMERGY BX400 and BX900, designed
for cost-optimized performance, reliability and
holistic server lifecycle management. The BX920
S4 provides breakthrough server blade economics
for essential enterprise workloads, virtual client
computing scenarios and infrastructure services.
It is equipped with CPUs of the latest Intel® Xeon®
processor E5-2400v2 product family, delivers up
to 768GB of memory and 1600MHz speeds via 12
DIMMs, two hot-plug hard disk drives, multiple
RAID options for internal storage, and flexible
networking options via the onboard dual-channel
10Gbit/s Ethernet Converged Network Adapter,
delivering the performance and versatility needed
in an enterprise data center.
Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY BX920 S4 supports
FUJITSU Software ServerView® Suite integrated
Remote Management Controller (iRMC S4) that
enables extensive monitoring and management
of servers regardless of their system status – even
at decentralized locations. iRMC S4 combines long-
term expertise and practical experience gained
with its successful predecessors with additional
unctionalities such as remote control of server-
internal HDDs and RAID configurations also in
agentless out-of-band operation.
For more detailed information please refer to the data sheet at:
http://docs.ts.fujitsu.com/dl.aspx?id=a5286fe5-3c5a-4749-86a3-172316ce3cb9
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | D3142 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI-Legacy Boot: R1.2.0 (11/08/2013) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon® Processor E5-2470 v2 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 64 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 3 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200e |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Fujitsu
6 Gbit/s SAS RAID Mezzanine Card
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Seagate®
ST9300605SS
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
- 2) Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
- Hard disk configuration: JBOD
- VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
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Referenced Bulletins
141542
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200e |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mga_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 04-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 190688 |
| | Checksum: 9ec99a5b6850be782df01c0b7663d67f |
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| Emulex Corporation
OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Adapter OCe11102-N (Dual Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko |
| | Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 113352 |
| | Checksum: 7a4b5451e96a9d05150a062f759e6083 |
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| Fujitsu
6 Gbit/s SAS RAID Mezzanine Card |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012 | Driver Size: 126248 |
| | Checksum: 861a728179b7da9ddcb3e1781df51e81 |
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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:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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