Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual page 1049

*6: The following table shows the maximum number of cards, the number of ports, to be installed.
Processor (number of cores)
3 or less
4 to 5
6 to 11
12 to 23
24 or more
*7: It is recommendable to use jumbo frame. If not, transmission might slow down.
*8: This item is supported only with the management module firmware version A0110 or later and
BMC firmware version 3.52 or later.
*9: An LPAR, to which a shared NIC and virtual NIC are assigned, is recognized as 1 Gb LAN (Intel
PRO/1000 or Intel 82576) by the guest OS.
*10: For an LPAR, to which a shared NIC and virtual NIC are assigned, total throughput is about 3
Gbps per LPAR manager.
*11: SR-IOV is supported by 59-7X/79-7X or later.
*12: Supported by standard server blade models: X55R3/X55S3 and high-performance server blade
model: X57A2.
Guest OSs and Functions supported by LPAR manager on a standard server blade
Item
Guest OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
* X55A1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
blade
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Guest OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
*X55A2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
blade Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
Maximum number of cards: number of ports
to be installed
Not available
1 (2 ports)
2 (4 ports)
4 (8 ports)
8 (16 ports)
*1
998
Supported (Not supported)
by
the following LPAR
manager firmware versions
57-1X or later
57-3X or later
58-6X or later
59-01 or later
59-51 or later
58-8X or later
59-0X or later
59-4X or later
59-5X or later
59-72 or later
57-1X or later
57-1X or later
57-1X or later
57-3X or later
58-6X or later
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
58-1X or later
58-6X or later
59-01 or later
59-51 or later
58-8X or later
59-0X or later
59-4X or later
59-72 or later