Compute Blade 540A-B1

Compute Blade 540A-B1
Network Server
Lenovo

01 Aug 2014
141791

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64

Product Description
Hitachi Compute Blade 540A-B1 combines the high-end features needed in today's mission critical data center with high compute density and adaptable architecture you need to lower costs and protect investment.The flexible architecture and logical partitioning feature of Hitachi Compute Blade 540A-B1 allows configurations to exactly match application needs, and multiple connections to easily and securely co-exist in the same chassis.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	GG-RV3XGC0B2X1-Y
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: EP4S0431 (03/18/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-4603 2.0 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 Serial 2 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Emulex Corporation LPe1205-HI , FibreChannel LSI Logic LSISAS2004 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® Savvio® (ST9146853SS) 15K.3 6-Gbps 146-GB Hard Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: single SATA hard disk connected to on-board SATA HBA, an M.2 device with two SSD configured as RAID1.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.5.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 15 FV guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 adapters was used in this testing.

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

Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet Adapter OCe11102-F (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 150471
	Checksum: ec63c2a4a680c294fdbc13d1b60329c6
	Driver Version: 4.4.161.0s

Emulex Corporation LPe1205-HI
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 1022479
	Checksum: db084bffab153b2b7760cfc9bf5dc8da
	Driver Version: 0:8.3.7.10.6p

LSI Logic LSISAS2004
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 271655
	Checksum: eb0224194b14f105753fc4173831ba1c
	Driver Version: 14.100.00.00

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:

Lenovo
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