Proliant DL785 G6
Network Server
Hewlett Packard Company
19 Jul 2010
133057

YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
  SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86     Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11


Product Description
Powered by latest AMD Opteron 6 Core Processors, the HP ProLiant DL785 G6, is the next generation server of the award winning HP ProLiant DL785 G5. HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is an 8 socket x86 server, supporting up to eight Six-Core AMD Opteron Processors, 512GB of memory, 11 PCI-e I/O slots or an optional I/O backplane with 7 PCI-e & 2 HTx I/O slots. With this highly expandable feature set, the DL785 G6 is an ideal choice for the growing enterprise class database, consolidation and virtualization environments seeking to improve server utilization and reduce server and virtualization sprawl, while continuing to leverage all the familiar and easy to use ProLiant management tools and options.

Tested Configuration:
Computer Type:Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:G6
BIOS:A15
CPU:8 AMD  Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8439SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:512 GB
Bus Type:5 PCI Express X4
3 PCI Express X8
3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:ATI®  ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:HP  HP Smart Array P400 (SA P400) controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Broadcom®  BCM5785 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:6 HP  DG036A8B53, 36 GB, SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
2 HP  DG072A8B54 72 GB SFF SAS 10K , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:Sony  Optiarc DVD RW AD-7581A , IDE
USB Keyboard:HP
USB Mouse:HP
Test Kit:Partner certified 1.1


Config Notes


Adapters and Drivers
2 HP  NC371i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit
Driver Type: LAN DriverFile Name: bnx2.ko
File Date: 20-May-2010File Size: 96068
Checksum: 0699df220c6b4b217af00bde5584fb35

HP  HP Smart Array P400 (SA P400) controller
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: cciss.ko
File Date: 20-May-2010File Size: 116936
Checksum: a67493767c4607dac4fb84b7bd76c0e9

Broadcom®  BCM5785 SATA
Driver Type: HBA DriverFile Name: pata_serverworks.ko
File Date: 20-May-2010File Size: 12248
Checksum: 120925bcda04498ab98c887b474979fc

ATI®  ES1000
Driver Type: Video DriverFile Name: radeon_drv.so
File Date: 12-Apr-2010File Size: 674136
Checksum: 2c1bac9b82e02cca2d9e3bc2c8f1ff29


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:

Hewlett Packard Company
Industry Standard Server Division
20555 SH249
Houston , TX   77070
Website: http://www.hp.com