PRIMERGY® RX300 S6

PRIMERGY® RX300 S6
Network Server
IBM

20 Feb 2014
141208

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The PRIMERGY RX300 S6 is a 2U rack server which has been optimized for virtualization purposes. It provides high, scalable I/O performance, extensive memory options and top performance with latest CPU technology. More precisely: 7xPCIe Gen2 prevent I/O bottlenecks, up to 192 GB of memory allow for optimal sizing of virtual environments and latest Intel® Xeon® CPUs deliver best-in class performance. With its Cool-safe™ design elements like optimized cooling of the system and highly efficient power supplies the PRIMERGY RX300 S6 is the right system to face Green IT challenges. This 2U powerhouse is also an excellent choice for business-critical processes or heavy-duty applications such as databases. For more detailed information please refer to the data sheet at: http://docs.ts.fujitsu.com/dl.aspx?id=db314489-bd5d-411e-9163-1f2bc1934810

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	D2619
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS: 1.03 (04/06/2010)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5507 2.26 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X4 2 PCI Express X8 10 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST3146356SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
141250

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel Integrated 82575EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

LSI Logic LSISAS1068E 8-port SAS Controller
	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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

563378

PRIMERGY® RX300 S6 - Yes Bulletin 141208 | SUSE