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IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator Validated Software and Firmware Levels v3.5

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IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator Validated Software and Firmware Levels

Resolving The Problem

The information below outlines the latest software and firmware levels required for the IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator. Note, there is no dependency between the Revision of the BW Accelerator Software revision and the SLES version it is running on. There is however a dependency between the software level of the BW System connected to the BW Accelerator and the BW Accelerator Software revision. For details please see SAP Note 1148111, which lists compatibility between BW and BWA.

Validated software and firmware levels

The table below lists the software and firmware levels that were validated for BW Accelerator 3.5

BladeCenter based configurations

This section covers the software and firmware levels that were validated for BW Accelerator 3.5 on IBM BladeCenter based configurations.

OS software and drivers
Component Version
Operating System
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) (as of 04/15/13)		 SLES 11 SP2 x86_64
Kernel 3.0.13-07.27-default
General Parallel File System (GPFS) (as of 04/15/13)
GPFS 3.4.0-19
RDAC (Multipath Storage Driver) (as of 04/15/13) RDAC 09.03.0C05.0642
10Gbit Ethernet Adapter
"ServerEngines Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)" (as of 04/15/13)		 be2net driver, version 4.2.389.0
Fibre Channel HBA:
QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter (as of 04/15/13)
qla2xxx driver, version 8.03.07.13.1-k (Shipped with SLES11 SP2)
Fibre Channel HBA:
Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
lpfc driver, version 8.3.5.48.2p (Shipped with SLES11 SP2)

Firmware
Component Version
Storage Controller DS3524 (as of 04/15/13)
(Preferred Hosttype should be "LNXCLUSTER")
Storage Expansion: EXP3524 ESM (as of 04/15/13)
BladeCenter H Advanced Management Module (AMM) (as of 04/15/13)
BladeCenter High-Speed Switch Module:
46C7193 BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter (as of 04/15/13)
BladeCenter High-Speed Switch Module:
Cisco Nexus 10 GbE Switch Module
BladeCenter SAN Switch Module:
Brocade 8 Gb FC Switch
BladeCenter SAN Switch Module (as of 04/15/13):
Qlogic 20-port 4/8 Gb SAN Switch Module, or
Qlogic 20-port 8 Gb SAN Switch Module
HS23 E5-2670 3.06GHz Blades (as of 04/15/13)
Internal disk controller
LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2004 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Spitfire]
10Gbit Ethernet Adapter
"Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)" (as of 04/15/13)
Fibre Channel HBA:
QLogic FC 8 Gb Multiboot Update for BladeCenter (as of 04/15/13)
Fibre Channel HBA:
Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

Configurations based on IBM System x3850 X5

This section covers the software and firmware levels that were validated for BW Accelerator 3.5 on IBM System x3850 X5.

OS software and drivers

The solution was validated with these software versions:

OS software and drivers
Component Version
Operating System
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)		 SLES11 SP2 x86_64
Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default
Network
10GbE Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter		 "be2net" driver version: 2.102.147s
(shipped with SLES11 SP1)
firmware version: 2.101.411.2
Network
1GbE NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet
"bnx2" driver version: 2.0.4
(shipped with SLES11 SP1)
firmware-version: bc 5.2.2 NCSI 2.0.10
Storage
ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller Firmware (updated on July 14, 2011)
  • FW version: 2.70.73-1038
  • FW package version: 2.12.0-4700
Server
x3850 X5 Firmware
bnx2x driver shipped with SLES11 SP1
Fibre Channel HBA:
QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
qla2xxx driver shipped with SLES11 SP1
Fibre Channel HBA:
Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
lpfc driver shipped with SLES11 SP1

If any driver or firmware version is not available at the IBM support website, please refer to the latest level available.

Firmware

The correct levels of any necessary firmware or drivers not listed above should be obtained from the latest IBM Cluster 1350 Best Recipe site which can be located at:

http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/sdd/Hardware/Systems/System_x_Integrated_Solutions/Cluster_1350/1410?key=5394898&osKey=null&brand=5394334

The Cluster 1350 best recipe code should be used for the hardware BIOS and firmware updates only

 

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x Integrated Solutions:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5090939

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