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| Flex System x480 X6 Compute Node (7903)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 14 Jan 2016
144019 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The Flex System x480 X6 is scalable to a 4-socket system optimized for applications that require more processor cores and memory for larger virtual machines and databases. * Outstanding compute performance * Maximum memory availability * Leadership storage performance and capacity * Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands * Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis * Pay-as-you-grow system expandability and fit-for-purpose design * Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing. * Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimizing the number of system “touches” * Advanced RAS integration with standard hypervisors
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: N2E107NUS - v1.00 - (07/24/2014) |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz |
| RAM: | 32 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 USB Ports
8 PCI Express X8
4 PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4 |
Config Notes
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP5 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP5 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
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Referenced Bulletins
152309
Adapters and Drivers
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| Matrox®
MGA G200eR |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 97943 |
| | Checksum: a9ff8d5c05122cb81c250915190b6b5d |
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| 2 Broadcom®
Integrated BCM5718 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 257119 |
| | Checksum: 68b956cb5c8bb96a07d2dd38941a72f7 |
| | Driver Version: 3.137 |
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| IBM
ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| | Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 193671 |
| | Checksum: 231400c0c6871290e279dba7766c2fd7 |
| | Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-rc1 |
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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:
VMware, Inc.
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Palo Alto
, CA
94304
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Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
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Website: www.vmware.com
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