ES7000 Model 7600R G4 - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbaseT

ES7000 Model 7600R G4 - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbaseT
Network Server
Lenovo

05 May 2015
143112

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 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
The ES7000 Model 7600R G4 Server is a scalable, Intel-based server that delivers high performance, reliability, memory capacity and virtualization density for mission-critical workloads and large databases. The ES7000 Model 7600R G4 Server is positioned as an ideal solution for High-density virtualization and consolidation. Complex database environments, with memory expansion not tied to processors. Transaction intensive applications, with processor scalability and lower cost per transaction.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	00FN772 Version: Node 1, E63448-400
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A8EG08MUS - v1.00 (06/19/2014)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8850 v2 2.30 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 Serial 14 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 300GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) IBM 300GB 10K SATA 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 IBM 600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" are used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.11.18.3038.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.11.18.3038_3.0.76_0.11-2.sles11sp3.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346401.html . 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" are used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver "ixgbe" use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "ixgbe-kmp-default-3.21.2_3.0.101_0.29-h1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES11SP3 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346369.html
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
Kernel update: SLES11 SP3 kernel update 9237 (x86-64) are required and were installed during certification testing.
"Hard Disk Drive" and "Logic / Symbios Logic RAID bus controllers" are not supported on this configuration.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 242863
	Checksum: f89cba187ed6394b55c6f3545b981f06
	Driver Version: 3.129

Broadcom® NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 817159
	Checksum: 4ef6b752babf41cd6b5d2db62c272850
	Driver Version: 1.78.00-0

2 IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 13-Feb-2014	Driver Size: 1463863
	Checksum: 45d189e12f483f94ec7a4bed51377805
	Driver Version: 06.600.20.00

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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ES7000 Model 7600R G4 - Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 10GbaseT - Yes Bulletin 143112 | SUSE