IBM BladeCenter® HS23 (7875/E5-2600 v2)

IBM BladeCenter® HS23 (7875/E5-2600 v2)
Network Server
Oracle America Inc.

12 Feb 2019
147654

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2016
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TKE161DUS - v2.50 (08/17/2018)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2660 v2 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 256 GB, multiple VM's: 44 GB each, single max VM: 128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8
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 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.
PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on 4 Intel X540-AT2 10 Gb ethernet controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.

Referenced Bulletins
137383

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 106720
	Checksum: 69845dd9d9465dfc3d37d29b27d4ad5a

Emulex Corporation Integrated BE3 controller dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 300376
	Checksum: 5a1c93886edf0a5a575671367bd20c25
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

Emulex Corporation BladeEngine 3 - 10Gb Dual-Port Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 300376
	Checksum: 5a1c93886edf0a5a575671367bd20c25
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

LSI Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt3sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 536456
	Checksum: 43e5ac209ddf95d908c0937e0f76b0a5
	Driver Version: 26.100.00.00

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:

Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065
Website: www.Oracle.com

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IBM BladeCenter® HS23 (7875/E5-2600 v2) - Yes Bulletin 147654 | SUSE