UCS B230 M2

UCS B230 M2
Network Server
IBM

07 Nov 2014
142337

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
UCS B230 M2, http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	2.0
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS: B230.2.1.3.0.082020131642
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-2803 1.73 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (HBA) , FibreChannel LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Intel X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS) Unigen PSE4000S3 , USB
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	EMC Symmetrix VMAX
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
"Hard Disk Drive" and "Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB" are not supported on this configuration.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.20.4110.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.20.4110_3.12.49_11-1.sles12sp1.x86_64.rpm. To obtain the DUD and the driver package, go to to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347004.html. The DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-4.4.6_k3.12.49_11-h1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12SP1 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347040.html

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41

Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (NIC)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: enic.ko
	Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 120815
	Checksum: b5ea157616e0c049536a59e8b8752fc3
	Driver Version: 2.1.1.50

Cisco UCS VIC 1280 (HBA)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: fnic.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014	Driver Size: 203391
	Checksum: e63ba03038814e1560e7be089c294be1
	Driver Version: 1.6.0.11

LSI Logic MegaRAID® SAS 9240-8i
	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:

IBM
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