NEC Express5800/A1040
Network Server
NEC Corporation
12 Nov 2009
130695

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T®     Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:
  Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2 Support Pack 1 


Product Description
NEC Express5800/A1160 and A1040 offer enterprise-class scalability with a building block structure. This modular design allows servers to be stacked in a rack to meet increasing demands of business-critical applications. The A1160, A1040 models allow IT managers to start small with minimal expense and scale up seamlessly to four nodes. With high availability technology for uninterrupted operations, this server is an ideal platform for mission-critical applications.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:1
BIOS:2.00.049
CPU:4 Intel®  Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz
RAM:128 GB
Bus Type:6 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:ATI®  ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:Intel®  Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH , IDE
QLogic  QLE2462 4-Gbps Fibre Channel to PCI Express , FibreChannel
LSI Logic®  MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Emulex Corporation  LPe12002 , FibreChannel
Emulex Corporation  LPe12000 , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:3 Fujitsu  MBC2073RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
3 Seagate®  ST336753FC , FibreChannel
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:EMC  Symmetrix / DMX
CD/DVD:Matsushita  UJ-840S DVDRW , IDE
Test Kit:System Certification Kit 6.3.0-0.6


Config Notes
The pci:use_crs kernel parameter is required.

Referenced Bulletins
123651

Adapters and Drivers
Neterion Inc.  Xframe® E SR
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: s2io.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 116064
Checksum: c786d7e9bd4ccbd57bc45507c77b4c34

Intel®  Integrated Intel 82563EB LAN
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 303880
Checksum: 601b5c5bbc367549fa0a8829568de036

Intel®  Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: e1000.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 303880
Checksum: 601b5c5bbc367549fa0a8829568de036

Intel®  Integrated 631xESB / 632xESB ICH
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: piix.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 35152
Checksum: 763386da645af65761b119767a7f7e11

QLogic  QLE2462 4-Gbps Fibre Channel to PCI Express
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: qla2xxx.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 275464
Checksum: bc580b74d7fcfe1dfd55f1c88ea8b9a6

LSI Logic®  MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: megaraid_sas.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 61600
Checksum: bab3c4c2869a5e0f98f513de69e6721c

Emulex Corporation  LPe12002
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: lpfc.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 455856
Checksum: 178b0cb34f88c474e4aa135d3755c9c8

Emulex Corporation  LPe12000
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: lpfc.ko
File Date: 06-May-2008File Size: 455856
Checksum: 178b0cb34f88c474e4aa135d3755c9c8

ATI®  ES1000
Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: radeon_drv.so
File Date: 21-Apr-2008File Size: 304640
Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d


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:

NEC Corporation
1-10 Nissin-cho, Fuchu-shi
Tokyo   183-8501
JAPAN
Voice: (+81) 42 333 1324
Fax: (+81) 42 333 1821