IBM zEnterprise® BladeCenter® Extension zBX (2458)

IBM zEnterprise® BladeCenter® Extension zBX (2458)
Network Server
Lenovo

29 Sep 2015
143616

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11

Product Description
IBM zEnterprise zBX, running IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7873) blades

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Host Platform: zBX Model 4 System
BIOS/uEFI:	zBX Firmware: HIE183AUS-1.83
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-2830 2.13 GHz
RAM:	Assignable Host Memory: 176 GB / VM Guests: 44 GB, Max VM Guest Tested Memory (SLES 11 SP4): 176 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 PCI Express X1
Video Adapter:	Cirrus Logic Cirrus CL-GD5446
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Virtio Block Device , virtio IBM Virtual 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (Natoma/Triton II) , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM QEMU Virtual Hard Disk , virtio IBM QEMU Emulated IDE , IDE
CD/DVD:	IBM QEMU DVD-ROM , IDE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.3

Config Notes

Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=4G dom0_max_vcpus=4.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Drive Configuration: RAID 1 and RAID 5.

Adapters and Drivers


Cirrus Logic Cirrus CL-GD5446
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: cirrus_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 19472

	Driver Version: 1.5.2

IBM Virtio Block Device
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: virtio_blk.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 21903


IBM Virtual 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (Natoma/Triton II)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 51119

	Driver Version: 2.13

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 13383

	Driver Version: 0.2.15

IBM Virtual (Virtio) Ethernet adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: virtio_net.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 36191


IBM Virtual Realtek RTL-8139 Ethernet adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: 8139too.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 69311

	Driver Version: 0.9.28

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: 8139cp.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 46735

	Driver Version: 1.3

IBM Virtual 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 239351

	Driver Version: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI

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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IBM zEnterprise® BladeCenter® Extension zBX (2458) - Yes Bulletin 143616 | SUSE