UCS C240 M3

UCS C240 M3
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142163

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows 2003 Server R2
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server is designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads ranging from big data to collaboration. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M3 further extends the capabilities of the Cisco Unified Computing System portfolio in a 2-rack-unit (2 RU) form factor. And the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 processor product families delivers an optimal combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency gains. The Cisco UCS C240 M3 offers up to 768 GB of RAM, 24 drives, and four 1GE LAN interfaces built into the motherboard to provide outstanding levels of internal memory and storage expandability along with exceptional performance. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c240-m3-rack-server/index.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3.0
BIOS/uEFI:	C240M3.2.0.3.0
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v2 2.70 GHz
RAM:	48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® Millennium G200 SE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST9600204SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID1.
Install: System installed using an external USB connected 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 the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572EI GB Ethernet Controller), was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV network drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
139884

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® Millennium G200 SE
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: drm.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 508623
	Checksum: 7051a1dc2af9f115dc89611460738634

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Jul-2014	Driver Size: 124048
	Checksum: bed8e78793d30a8ec1b55a623d5647a3
	Driver Version: 1.6.3

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 98407
	Checksum: a860088c6d3673ee89ea8d56a33e3b68

2 Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 316863
	Checksum: 590fec6a467a98966b493b6071801c99
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 167607
	Checksum: 9271ed61c05dd7cc9edb3bdd802cedc6
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

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
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