ISSUE

This article clarifies the certification status of the NEC NX7700x A2080H-240 with higher specifications (such as RAM or CPU) than the amounts listed as supported for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) on the supported limits page at:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-limits

Environment

RHEL6.5
RHEL7.0
NEC NX7700x A2080H-240
12TB Memory
480 Logical Cores

Resolution

In order to achieve certification with configurations that exceed the supported CPU and memory amounts for RHEL6 and RHEL7, qualifying systems are subjected to Extended Engineering Testing beyond the normal hardware certification tests.

The NEC NX7700x A2080H-240 has been tested with 12TB of RAM and 480 logical processor cores to ensure that operating beyond the published limits would not cause any issues.