IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 Compute Node (5455)

IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 Compute Node (5455)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

04 Nov 2014
142283

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 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: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Lenovo NeXtScale System is a new HPC offering from Lenovo. This new dense offering is based on our experience with Lenovo iDataPlex® and Lenovo BladeCenter® along with a tight focus on emerging and future client requirements. The Lenovo NeXtScale n1200 enclosure and Lenovo NeXtScale nx360 M4 server are designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits. The 6U NeXtScale n1200 enclosure fits in a standard 19-inch rack and up to twelve nx360 M4 servers can be installed into the enclosure. With increased computing power per watt and the Intel® Xeon® processor, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: FHE108SUS - v1.30 (09/18/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2418L v2 2.00 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB 2.5-inch 6 Gbps simple-swap SATA HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-103.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update, slessp3-xen-201307-8063, is required and was installed during certification testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.

Referenced Bulletins
140246

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igbvf.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 68831
	Checksum: fa23d2050cb29374737dbdd7be8abbb8
	Driver Version: 2.0.2-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 319895
	Checksum: 5dc831ebe3c0bfe03571c08dedd554dc
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

IBM ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 168407
	Checksum: 929c950a0f075f2e946ed38367bf1daf
	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:

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