PowerEdge 2950 /2 Dual-Core Xeon® 5070 3.46 GHz

PowerEdge 2950 /2 Dual-Core Xeon® 5070 3.46 GHz
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

30 Jun 2006
84324

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 9

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A01
BIOS/uEFI:	1.0.1
CPU:	2 Intel Dual-Core Xeon® Processor 5070 3.46 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic LSISAS 1068 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 82801GR ICH7R , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Fujitsu MAV2073RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Samsung® SN-124P , IDE
USB Floppy:	Dell FD-05PUB
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 5.0.11

Config Notes

SLES 7 Certified for: Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD2 Kernel 2.4.18 + Patch-CD3 The megaraid module is not loaded automaticly by YaST2. Possible solution: choose manual installation, load the module manually and continue with YaST2. Obligatory: use bcm5700 update-driver-disk from our Maintenance Web if you need to install via the network card. After the installation of Patch CD2/CD3: make sure that the "alias ethx" lines in /etc/modules.conf points to the bcm5700 module. Boot config needs to be installed manually.
SLES 8 Valid for: kernel upgrade k_smp-2.4.19-145 from our Maintenance Web. NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SLES 8 - SP1 Certified for Kernel 2.4.19-196-64GB-SMP NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SLES 8 - SP2a NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot".
SLES 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". NEW RAID controller: Dell PERC 4/DC.
SL Standard Server 8 - SP3 NEEDED: kernel boot parameter "acpi=oldboot". NEW RAID controller: Dell PERC 4/DC. To update your SL Standard Server 8 installation by means of United Linux 1.0 SP3, mount CD 1 of this service pack somewhere and invoke the script /my-mountpoint-of-SP3-CD1/install.sh.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 167589
	Checksum: 7b5ff40132c0e922a05292b034608bc5

LSI Logic LSISAS 1068
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mptsas.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 31973
	Checksum: 4abcc0826e15d84604789a75dcdc9434

Intel Integrated 82801GR ICH7R
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: PIIX IDE
	Driver Date: 12-Dec-2005	Driver Size: 1743905
	Checksum: 15f089aa1f30cb1989ba2773e31794be

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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PowerEdge 2950 /2 Dual-Core Xeon® 5070 3.46 GHz - Yes Bulletin 84324 | SUSE