Flex System x280 X6 (7903-AC1)

Flex System x280 X6 (7903-AC1)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

11 Jun 2014
141547

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Product Description
The Flex System x280 X6 is a two-socket scale-out server optimized for workloads that require large memory footprint and virtualization performance. * Outstanding compute performance * Maximum memory availability * Leadership storage performance and capacity * Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands * Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis * Fit-for-purpose design * Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing. * Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimizing the number of system “touches” * Advanced RAS integration with standard hypervisors

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: N2E107HUS - v1.00 - (04/22/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the network adapters, Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T, was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. In addition, interrupt remapping support was enabled via "echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/allow_unsafe_assigned_interrupts"
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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139869

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

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 242863
	Checksum: f89cba187ed6394b55c6f3545b981f06
	Driver Version: 3.129

IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014	Driver Size: 1463863
	Checksum: 45d189e12f483f94ec7a4bed51377805
	Driver Version: 06.600.20.00

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
HP Servers Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070

559943

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