IBM zEnterprise® BladeCenter® Extension zBX (2458)

IBM zEnterprise® BladeCenter® Extension zBX (2458)
Network Server
Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

29 Sep 2015
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

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

Kdump (SLE11SP4): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=512M-:256M using YaST.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD two disks configured as RAID 0 and M.2 boot device with two SSDs configured as a RAID 1 device.
Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle11sp4-x86_64-2.1.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-11-sp4-x86_64/2.1/install-readme.html.

Referenced Bulletins
146156

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:

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose , CA 95110
Voice: 408.333-8000
Fax: 408.333-8101
Website: http://www.brocade.com

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