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

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

12 Feb 2019
147665

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 7
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: B2E163DUS - v2.30 (08/16/2018)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v2 2.70 GHz
RAM:	384 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 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB and local HDD (hard disk drives) are not supported on this configuration.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
Maintenance update: SLES12 SP3 kernel update 1385 (kernel-default-4.4.140-94.42.1.x86_64.rpm) is required and was downloaded from http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=RFalUgbIh18~# and installed during certification testing.
The driver "hfcldd.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.22.4334.iso" and the driver package htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.22.4334_4.4.73_7-1.sles12sp3.x86_64.rpm. To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347757.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 "ixgbe.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.3.5_k4.4.73_7-h1a.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 SP3 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347731.html.

Adapters and Drivers


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

Lenovo Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 334072
	Checksum: 35e69c9253921cc743ec17087bea05e4
	Driver Version: 3.137

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:

Fujitsu
Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Strasse 8
München 80807
GERMANY

598418

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (8737/E5-2600 v2) - Yes Bulletin 147665 | SUSE