Lenovo Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917/E5-4600 v2)

Lenovo Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917/E5-4600 v2)
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara

17 Jul 2015
143467

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
A building block for the Lenovo PureFlex System family, the Lenovo Flex System™ x440 Compute Node is a four-socket Intel Xeon processor-based server optimized for high-end virtualization, mainstream database deployments, and memory-intensive high performance environments. It is price-performance optimized with a wide range of processors, memory, and I/O options to help you match system capabilities and cost to workloads without compromise. With a dense design, the Flex System x440 Compute Node can help reduce floor space used, and lower data center power and cooling costs.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: CGE101FUS - v1.00 (11/04/2014)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-4657L v2 2.40 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 600GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch 6Gbps SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-27.4

Config Notes

Install: SLES OS installation was performed by using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "i40e" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "intel-i40e-2.1.26-20.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-i40e-kmp-default-2.1.26_k4.4.21_69-20.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM 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 "megaraid_sas" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-default-07.704.04.00_k4.4.21_69-6.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
All ports of Intel XXV710-DA2 Ethernet Network Adapters were tested at 25Gb/s speed.

Referenced Bulletins
146557

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 249143
	Checksum: 2b1aa592f51220f371fcb3e4cb5171cf
	Driver Version: 3.137

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt2sas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 282159
	Checksum: d5d37f01501fb34ecfdcca3c07822736
	Driver Version: 20.100.00.00

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:

Hitachi Vantara
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Toll Free: 1-800-446-0744
Fax: 1-408-457-0155
Website: www.hitachivantara.com

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