IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node (7906)

IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node (7906)
Network Server
Lenovo

04 Nov 2014
142259

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The Lenovo Flex System x220 Compute Node is the next generation cost-optimized compute node designed for less demanding workloads and low-density virtualization. The x220 is efficient and equipped with flexible configuration options and advanced management to run a broad range of workloads.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: KSE142AUS - v1.50 (06/03/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 2.30 GHz
RAM:	24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-100.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SLES Quarterly update: SLES 15 SP5 QU1 is required and was installed before YES Certification testing. The download is available from https://scc.suse.com/products/2465 . The iso image name is SLE-15-SP5-Full-x86_64-QU1-Media1.iso.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP5 FV guest. One port of the Intel Ethernet 1Gb 4-port Base-T I350-T4 for OCP 3.0 Adapter was used in this testing.

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® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: 93319c81002c211d917ab344aaeb9fc1
	Driver Version: 3.136

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 294527
	Checksum: f8d6a739b33533aa06bc1f7ea2aedc4f
	Driver Version: 18.100.00.00

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

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IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node (7906) - Yes Bulletin 142259 | SUSE