 | Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7196/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server IBM | 03 Sep 2020
149701 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
The Flex System x280 X6 is a two-socket scale-out server optimized for workloads that require large memory footprint and virtualization performance. Outstanding compute performance. Maximum memory availability. Leadership storage performance and capacity. Ability to quickly scale to meet increased system demands. Ability to host multiple generations of technology within the same chassis. Fit-for-purpose design. Reduced unscheduled events due to self-healing. Eliminates restarts and provides easier serviceability by minimizing the number of system “touches”. Advanced RAS integration with standard hypervisors.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Compute Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | PASS 3 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: N3E152EUS - v4.61 (12/05/2019) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz |
| RAM: | 192 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 2 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Matrox® MGA G200eR2 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1 |
Config Notes
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Adapters and Drivers
| Matrox® MGA G200eR2 | |||||||||
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: mgag200.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020 | Driver Size: 82584 | ||||||||
| Checksum: f4565df412097c9a985a175aae408518 | |||||||||
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| Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: be2net.ko | ||||||||
| Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020 | Driver Size: 281392 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 4ec342e06d46e586bd114f099ce88ef2 | |||||||||
| Driver Version: 12.0.0.0 | |||||||||
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| IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller | |||||||||
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