Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7196/E7-8800 v2)

Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7196/E7-8800 v2)
Network Server
IBM

24 Sep 2021
150868

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 15
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE® Linux Enterprise 12

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: N3E156AUS - v4.80 (10/20/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8870 v2 2.30 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, multiple VMs: 32 GB each, single max VM: 150 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5-inch SFF HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.1-38.2

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter,Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe)
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
139867

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 12560
	Checksum: 307ec2e0d10ef89edb1a546922121620

Lenovo Embedded Four-Port 10GB Virtual Fabric Ethernet LOM
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 62820
	Checksum: eba908c8b5c4d585024b614367ca1a7f
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

IBM ServeRAID M1210e SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node (7196/E7-8800 v2) - Yes Bulletin 150868 | SUSE