NeXtScale nx360 M5 Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v4)

NeXtScale nx360 M5 Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v4)
Network Server
Lenovo

24 Jun 2019
148230

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 6
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: THE140C - v2.90 (02/14/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2697 v4 2.30 GHz
RAM:	Host: 64 GB, multiple VM's: 12 GB each, single max VM: 48 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Savvio® (ST9146853SS) 15K.3 6-Gbps 146-GB Hard Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-24.2

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
This configuration was tested with only one NIC.
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/ Armonk, New York 10504-1722 , NY 10504-1722 Voice: 001-914-499-1900 Toll Free: 800-IBM-4YOU (800-426-4968) Website: http://www.ibm.com.
Maintenance update: SLES 11SP4 kernel update 13286 is required and was installed during certification testing. The kernel update can be downloaded at https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=qcW0Std_6ok~.
For optimizing your setup: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
For z/VM guest setup: http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/linuxper.html.

Referenced Bulletins
146936

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 102080
	Checksum: 07cad92cf9d842281e5e704f469b323c

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 330816
	Checksum: dda91914051f466d1206dd7ffeb9d84f
	Driver Version: 3.137

Lenovo ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 296104
	Checksum: 0c021a1293826b2f98a1f58789f0ebda
	Driver Version: 07.707.50.00-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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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NeXtScale nx360 M5 Compute Node (5465/E5-2600 v4) - Yes Bulletin 148230 | SUSE