 | eServer BladeCenter HS21 (8853-C2x)
Network Server IBM | 23 Aug 2007
91302 |
YES CERTIFIED with the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64® & Intel® EM64T® with XEN |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 2 SLES 10 for AMD64 & EM64T | ||
| Arch: 64 | Mode: Paravirtualized | |
Product Description
Revolutionary blade form factor delivers flexibility and simplicity for the data center · Integrated System Management Processor, light path diagnostics, and Predictive Failure Analysis® combine to provide powerful management capabilities · IBM Director provides remote management from a single graphical console-helping simplify and automate IT and networking tasks · Easily add or change blades without disrupting the operation of other blades installed in the chassis
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Blade Module |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS: | 1.05 |
| CPU: | 2 Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5345 2.33 GHz |
| RAM: | 5120 MB |
| Bus Type: | PCI Express X1 |
| Video Adapter: | ATI® ES1000 |
| Host Bus Adapter: | LSI Logic® SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM 36GB Non Hot-Swap 2.5" SFF SAS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | IBM BladeCenter USB CD-ROM , USB |
| Floppy Type: | USB 1.44 |
| USB Floppy: | IBM FlashBuster |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.0.16 |
Config Notes
| SLES 10 (x86_64): bnx2 driver version 1.5.1c is required for Xen support. Update available at the following url: http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/pub/update/Broadcom/sle10/ptf/common/x86_64 |
| SLES 10 (x86_64): Xen patchset 9763 was installed from support.novell.com |
| SLES 10 (x86_64): LVM was used to create block storage for Xen guests. |
Referenced Bulletins
88014
Adapters and Drivers
| 2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE controller | |||||||||
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | File Name: bnx2.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 05-Dec-2006 | File Size: 150253 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 62266152ded32a6632a29bd9f35822e3 | |||||||||
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| LSI Logic® SAS1064E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT | |||||||||
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | File Name: mptsas.ko | ||||||||
| File Date: 04-Jul-2006 | File Size: 38936 | ||||||||
| Checksum: 2fe6dc331b9c7db8897c54cdc403be19 | |||||||||
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| ATI® ES1000 | |||||||||
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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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