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 | BladeCenter HX5 with MAX5 (7872 - 84x/86x)
Network Server
Lenovo | 09 Sep 2013
140081 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 15 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
| 2
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
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Windows Server 2022 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The IBM® BladeCenter® HX5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments. *Provide optimal performance for your demanding virtualization and database applications * Reduce qualification time by standardizing on same system for two- and four-socket server needs * Scale memory without adding CPUs or software licenses * Get faster time to value by deploying workload-optimized systems
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: HIE177ZUS - v1.77 (11/15/2012) |
| CPU: | 2 Intel
Xeon Platinum 8450H Processor 2.00 GHz |
| RAM: | 80 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | ASPEED
AST2600 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Lenovo
ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb SAS/SATA Adapter |
| Hard Disk Drive: | Lenovo
ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD 4 Lenovo
ThinkSystem 2.5-inch S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb NHS SSD |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD single disk RAID 0.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| ASPEED
AST2600 |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: ast.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 17-May-2023 | Driver Size: 50790 |
| | Checksum: 5c76baec83b61418041090c658eda587 |
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| Broadcom®
NetXtreme® E-Series BCM57416 10GBASE-T PCIe 3.0 Ethernet Controller (Dual-Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnxt_en.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 17-May-2023 | Driver Size: 302766 |
| | Checksum: 519dd9e65b4ac2ba9fc7b0eabadc10bc |
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| Lenovo
ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb SAS/SATA Adapter |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 17-May-2023 | Driver Size: 120601 |
| | Checksum: 9c1116254d37d1f8b31e5a02038f86bf |
| | Driver Version: 07.719.03.00-rc1 |
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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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