UCS C420 M3

UCS C420 M3
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142167

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
The Cisco UCS C420 M3 Rack Server is a high-density, enterprise-class, four-socket, two-rack-unit (2RU) rack server designed for compute, I/O, storage, and memory-intensive standalone and virtualized applications. The addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 product family delivers an optimal combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency gains. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c420-m3-rack-server/index.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	3.0
BIOS/uEFI:	C420M3.1.5.7a.0.06
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-4620 2.20 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® Millennium G200 SE
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Toshiba MBF2600RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Display: For display to work after install, the fbdev driver needs to be used. (1) Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Under section "Screen" comment out all lines beginning with virtual (3) Under section "Device" change the driver to "fbdev" (4) Save /etc/X11/xorg.conf (5) Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (6) Add the kernel parameters "vga=0x318 nomodeset" to the appropriate line (7) save /boot/grub/menu.lst (8) Reboot
Audio: There is no microphone/audio interface on this system. Recording and playback of sound is not supported
Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
Display: To use the intel display driver, please apply the kernel maintenance updates first.

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

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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

542714

UCS C420 M3 - Yes Bulletin 142167 | SUSE