eServer BladeCenter LS42 (7902-62x)
Network Server
IBM
29 Oct 2009
130599

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T®


Product Description
The IBM BladeCenter® LS42 is a 4-socket blade server delivering high performance for memory-intensive applications and virtualization. The LS42 features AMD Opteron™ processors, and improved memory and I/O performance—enabling IT managers to run demanding applications or consolidate workloads through virtualization.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:3
BIOS:L8E151AUS-1.03
CPU:4 AMD  Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8435 2.60 GHz
RAM:48 GB
Bus Type:PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:ATI®  ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:LSI Logic®  SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:IBM  73.4GB 10K 2.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.28


Config Notes
IOMMU was enabled in system BIOS for testing.


Adapters and Drivers
ATI®  ES1000
Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: radeon_drv.so
File Date: 25-Feb-2009File Size: 605728
Checksum: 7206f6384c3ece573e2f36326d02bf0d

2 Broadcom®  Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: bnx2.ko
File Date: 28-Feb-2009File Size: 206512
Checksum: f4d8b8a5474d621ba540f64cdc5df58c

LSI Logic®  SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: mptsas.ko
File Date: 28-Feb-2009File Size: 89736
Checksum: a305bf04c07867149c163920c96006ae


The term YES CERTIFIED applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. Components including LAN adapters, host bus adapters and other individually YES CERTIFIED components may be exchanged for other YES CERTIFIED components. For more information on swapping YES CERTIFIED components, please access the following web page:

http://developer.novell.com/devres/system/policy/exchange.htm

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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