CB500 Compute Blade 520X B2

CB500 Compute Blade 520X B2
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

21 Apr 2016
144471

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64

Product Description
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 combines the high-end features needed in today's mission critical data center with the high compute density and adaptable architecture you need to lower costs and protect investment. The flexible architecture and logical partitioning feature of Hitachi Compute Blade 500 allow configurations to exactly match application needs, and multiple applications to easily and securely co-exist in the same chassis. For more information, please see http://www.hds.com/products/compute-blade/compute-blade-500.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	00MN607
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 09-24 (12/21/2015)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8880 v3 2.30 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3008 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Hitachi 16Gb 2-port fibre channel mezzanine card (FIVE-FX based Fibre Channel to PCIe HBA) , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST HUC109060CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 (VSP G1000)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

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

Hitachi OCL14104-U2-HI 4 port 10GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 175527
	Checksum: e1db06703d4a5ae9c34354f370e79bc5
	Driver Version: 10.4s

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3008
Hitachi 16Gb 2-port fibre channel mezzanine card (FIVE-FX based Fibre Channel to PCIe HBA)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hfcldd.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 11762185
	Checksum: c9851224449e9618b47054efec2876fb
	Driver Version: 4.11.18.3154

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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