PowerEdge R420

PowerEdge R420
Network Server
Oracle America Inc.

27 Oct 2014
142120

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
A 2-socket, 1U rack server, the Dell PowerEdge R420 delivers mainstream performance and density.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A03
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS: 2.3.3 (15/10/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 v2 2.40 GHz
RAM:	393204 MB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82C602 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST500NM0011 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GU40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.
PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on Intel X540-AT2 and 82599EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.

Referenced Bulletins
137385

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 2e18ee51e3395e6f9f9817ef7a9ab886

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: 93319c81002c211d917ab344aaeb9fc1
	Driver Version: 3.136

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 168407
	Checksum: 1491d21129f10d37bc159b9a6f36a1cc
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

Intel BD82C602 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 62335
	Checksum: 4122cf892b7d16858ec5c89c063ad84e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065
Website: www.Oracle.com

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PowerEdge R420 - Yes Bulletin 142120 | SUSE