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 | BladeCenter HX5 (7873) - 2 Node
Network Server
ZTE Corporation | 27 Jan 2015
142651 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications. Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs. Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses. Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE183XUS - v1.83 (07/17/2014) |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4870 2.40 GHz |
| RAM: | 192 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
G200eV |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic
SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
, Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
, FibreChannel |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 3 IBM
146 GB 10K HS 3.5-inch SAS HDD
, FibreChannel 4 IBM
50GB 1.8 inch NHS SSD
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3 |
Config Notes
- Install: System install required the following boot parameters: "maxcpus=1 mem=1024M". These boot parameters should be removed from the system boot options after the system installation is completed.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- System was configured as 2-node EXA scalable partition with 2 MAX5 memory drawers.
- KVM Guest: The SLE10SP4 guest was configured with a virtual e1000 NIC.
- Current kernel maintenance updates were installed on the SLE11SP1 KVM guests in order to provide updated virtio drivers.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
G200eV |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 97711 |
| | Checksum: 0aa1fb610e038786b32b41ad30a9aa41 |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5709S Dual-Port 1000/2500BASE-X PCI Express Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| | Driver Date: 29-Sep-2014 | Driver Size: 133583 |
| | Checksum: 9ae8d4e4e3c295fe528b2ff0239a6510 |
| | Driver Version: 2.2.5 |
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| LSI Logic
SAS1064ET PCI-Express Fusion-MPT |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: mptsas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014 | Driver Size: 85775 |
| | Checksum: 0cb2e22c43827c785aa28154f9c29fcf |
| | Driver Version: 3.04.20 |
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| IBM
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: qla2xxx.ko |
| | Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014 | Driver Size: 1003191 |
| | Checksum: bc410e159d0ed454983a3e6efe1c9d02 |
| | Driver Version: 8.07.00.08.12.0- |
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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:
ZTE Corporation
ZTE Plaza
Hi-Tech Road South
Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District
Shenzhen
518057
CHINA
Voice: +86-755-26770000
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