PRIMERGY® CX2550 M4

PRIMERGY® CX2550 M4
Network Server
IBM

24 Aug 2017
145819

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
The FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY CX2550 M4 is a compact server node enabling highest computing density with up to four independent servers in just 2U (PRIMERGY CX400 M4). As a dual socket server node it features the latest Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family and 16 DIMM slots (up to 2,048 GB DDR4 memory). With its two-storagedrive configuration, the CX2550 M4 is well-suited for mainstream enterprise workloads, cloud and high performance computing scenarios. The server node is prepared for individual future demands by offering further various modular options. In addition to the basic onboard LAN, the node provides additional 2x PCIe Gen3 x16 slots as well as an optional CPU direct high-speed interconnect (Intel® Omni-Path Architecture) offering low communication latency, low power consumption and a high throughput. The PRIMERGY CX400 M4 enclosure allows nodes and components to share power, cooling and management. It houses hot-plug, redundant power supply units, hot-plug, redundant fan modules and can be equipped with up to 24 storage drives. For more detailed information please refer to the data sheet at: http://docs.ts.fujitsu.com/dl.aspx?id=a31cff74-84d4-4b6d-b699-7e36448fe9ae

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	D3853
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 0.43 (06/17/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8180 Processor 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host: 32 GB, max VM: 26 GB, multiple VMs: 8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 2.5 HDD 2TB - ST2000NX0253 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-53.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.
Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
141303

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 14-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 111736
	Checksum: e009fcc78a0d56d3b825d21b2093f17c
	Driver Version: 1.6.4

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 95983
	Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: drm.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 628983
	Checksum: 917601927ed3ac76295bd6a5c5521679

Intel Ethernet Controller I210-AT
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 351071
	Checksum: b8dee794a1123732c7ba8475033703e3
	Driver Version: 5.3.0-k

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 72895
	Checksum: f0ad0f11072e317bc80570a7483343e9
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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PRIMERGY® CX2550 M4 - Yes Bulletin 145819 | SUSE