UCSB-B480-M5

UCSB-B480-M5
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

11 Jun 2019
148185

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
UCS B480 M5 with Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L CPU and Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Module options - 128G/256G 512G, 2666MHz

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	73-17832-03
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: B480M5.4.0.4b.0.0407190454 (04/07/2019)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8276L Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Persistent Memory:	1024GB, 4 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 256GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	2 Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Toshiba AL13SEB300 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-6.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
Kernel update: SLES11 SP3 kernel update 9237 (3.0.101-0.29 x86-64) is required and was installed during certification testing.
The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled which can be allocated from LPAR is 64.
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-4.11.18.3130.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.11.18.3130_3.0.76_0.11-1.sles11sp3.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, access to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346444.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" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver "ixgbe" use Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters and the driver package name is "ixgbe-kmp-default-3.21.2_3.0.101_0.29-h1.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES11SP3 install. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346369.html

Adapters and Drivers


2 Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 106720
	Checksum: 69845dd9d9465dfc3d37d29b27d4ad5a

2 Cisco UCS VIC 1440
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: enic.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 202160

	Driver Version: 2.3.0.45

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 293840
	Checksum: 635faadb60d3bceab0350cc9d3794166
	Driver Version: 07.704.04.00-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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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