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| System x3850 X6 (3837-B3x) - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbaseT
Network Server
Hitachi, Ltd. | 10 Jun 2014
141533 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
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 |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
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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:
Paravirtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
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Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 5 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: A8E103QUS - v1.00 (01/25/2014) |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4850 v2 2.30 GHz |
| RAM: | 768 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 5 PCI Express X16
4 PCI Express X8
Serial
7 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 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
- This is a SAN boot only system.
- Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
- The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
- The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe is used with the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
- The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.
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Referenced Bulletins
144803
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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| Broadcom®
NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2x.ko |
| | Driver Date: 24-Jan-2014 | Driver Size: 819567 |
| | Checksum: 0c18252be9e5ca9d5e716ed715064d2e |
| | Driver Version: 1.78.00-0 |
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| Broadcom®
BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 24-Jan-2014 | Driver Size: 243991 |
| | Checksum: 4dab303daacaf43d8914c71f4c7292bb |
| | Driver Version: 3.129 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 24-Jan-2014 | Driver Size: 127927 |
| | Checksum: c10dec39fd64f3c26f9c39cefe3c8fbc |
| | Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1 |
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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:
Hitachi, Ltd.
1 Horiyamashita, Hadano-shi
Kanagawa-ken
259-1392
JAPAN
Voice: +81-463-88-8010
Fax: +81-463-87-7495
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