IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737/E5-2600 v2)

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737/E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
IBM

12 Oct 2017
146041

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
The Lenovo Flex System™ x240 Compute Node is a high-performance server that offers outstanding performance for virtualization with high levels of CPU performance and memory capacity, and flexible configuration options. The x240 Compute Node is an efficient server designed to run a broad range of workloads, armed with advanced management capabilities that allow you to manage your physical and virtual IT resources from a single pane of glass. The two integrated BCM5718 dual-port network adapters are sold as a single Lenovo Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: B2E155CUS - v2.00 (03/27/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v2 2.70 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 384 GB, single max VM guest: 350 GB, multiple 64-bit VM guests: 64 GB each and 32-bit 16 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346613.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbevf" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe is used with the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 and the driver package name is "intel-ixgbevf-2.16.4-2.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-ixgbevf-kmp-default-2.16.4_k3.12.28_4-2.1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346835.html
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 240.

Referenced Bulletins
144803

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 96383
	Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04

Lenovo Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 251575
	Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc
	Driver Version: 3.137

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt3sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 399263
	Checksum: 34cbd79c3f6d7643255eacba1a5628ad
	Driver Version: 15.100.00.00

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:

IBM
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