PowerEdge MX740c

PowerEdge MX740c
Network Server
Intel Corporation

05 Dec 2018
147303

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.6.11 (11/20/2018)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8180M Processor 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 3072 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 842 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 2950 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H745P MX , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Enterprise Performance 15K HDD 500 GB SAS (ST600MP0025) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-83.2

Config Notes

The SM712 video driver comes from Intel web site (S1200BTS on-board video driver)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20001&lang=eng Please follow the steps below to install the driver: 1. Click “Download” to download the file “smi-xserver-sm712-intel-2010119-R1.zip”, choose “I accept…” when the pop window occur. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Copy the “smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz” to the SUT. 4. Unzip the file with command “tar zxvf smi-xserver-sm712-intel.tgz”. 5. Enter the directory: cd smi-xserver-sm712/sles11.1_64bit/ (this is for SLES11SP1 64bit. For i586, please use sles11.1_32bit instead). 6. Execute command : ./install. 7. After installation complete, type command “init 3”. 8. Put in the user name and password when enter the CLI interface. 9. Then input “init 5” to enter the GUI interface again. Then the driver can be successfully installed.
The PLDP compliant LAN driver used during testing was installed from the following rpms: intel-e1000e-1.2.20-1.i586.rpm. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/i586/

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 96383
	Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04

2 Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 480431
	Checksum: 539a9b943f24800324b22ae1df4ab80c
	Driver Version: 1.6.27-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40evf.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 126999
	Checksum: eae900fd225ddfb08ed155005f27e4f0
	Driver Version: 1.6.27-k

Dell PERC H745P MX
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 236751
	Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d
	Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-rc1

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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