Drew, Author at SUSE Communities

February 15, 2018 5:46 pm

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SR-IOV – The way to share real virtualized host devices with a virtual machine

Single Root I/O Virtualization or SR-IOV is a specification that allows the isolation of PCI Express (PCIe) resources. It allows a physical PCIe device or adapter to appear as one or more separate physical/virtual PCIe devices. These virtualized devices are also known as Virtual Function (VF) devices. Two main reasons or purposes for SR-IOV are: […]

By: Drew

December 4, 2017 11:24 am

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System YES Certification with a PTF or another maintenance update

During a typical YES Certification of a server or workstation, the Gold Master (GM) release of SUSE Linux Enterprise with the latest Service Pack (SP) is installed on the hardware during certification tests. Sometimes, the GM release needs specific fixes or updates in order to be compatible with a particular hardware platform. As hardware systems […]

Categories: Partners, Server, Server and Application Virtualization, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Virtualization

By: Drew

June 21, 2017 4:05 pm

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Hardware YES Certification with an installation kit or driver kit (also known as kISO)

An installation or driver kit from SUSE is simply a method to deliver the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise related drivers or other software in a packaged and supported bootable image. Installation kits can be used for any of the following reasons: To update storage drivers, which require very early loading in the installation and boot […]

Categories: Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM Power Systems

By: Drew

February 13, 2017 2:30 pm

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Are YES CERTIFICATION bulletin Config Notes from “the Dark Side” of hardware compatibility?

The easy answer is nope—no way! That comes from a person with years of YES Certification experience, not some Rogue person who suddenly has their Force Awaken one day! Please read on, because “Fear is the path to the dark side” and “Hard to see, the Dark Side is!” YES Certification […]

Categories: Desktop, Desktop, Desktop, Desktop, Desktop, Desktop, Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM Power Systems

By: Drew

April 25, 2016 9:17 am

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Comparison of UEFI and BIOS – from an operating system perspective

In a recent blog (the one right below this one, on the previous .../communities/blog/ page) I discussed the transition from BIOS (Basic Input Output System) to UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware from a hardware perspective. In this blog I’ll address the comparison from the operating system perspective. There is a definite overlap between […]

Categories: Alliance Partners, Expert Views, Integrated Systems

By: Drew

April 25, 2016 8:58 am

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Comparison of UEFI and BIOS – from a hardware perspective

For the past several years, x86 hardware systems (including desktops, laptops, workstations and servers) have been transitioning from BIOS-based (Basic Input Output System-based) to UEFI-based (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface-based) firmware interfaces. This firmware interface is usually just called “system firmware.” It is the initial code that recognizes the hardware components in the system […]

Categories: Technical Solutions

By: Drew

February 25, 2016 2:15 pm

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YES Search: The way to all information…well, about certified hardware anyway

Where can you find the certification bulletins for more than 47,200 servers, workstations and other hardware components? How can you determine whether your company’s specific hardware is YES Certified with the latest SUSE Linux Enterprise release? Where can you find the specific hardware configuration for the certified server you are planning to buy […]

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By: Drew

August 24, 2015 7:56 am

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New processor(s) before the next SUSE Linux Enterprise Service Pack – YES to the rescue!

New x86 server processor technology is currently released on roughly a 12-to-15 month schedule. That means that approximately every 18 months there is a major x86-architecture update available from server vendors. Variants of these major processor updates, with different feature sets and/or speeds, are also released in-between the 12-to-15 month release cycle. Desktop and laptop […]

Categories: Technical Solutions, Technical Solutions, Technical Solutions, Technical Solutions, Technical Solutions

By: Drew

February 12, 2015 11:23 am

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SUSE YES Certification bulletin exposed – part 4

This is the fourth and final blog in the series “SUSE YES Certification bulletin exposed” – designed to help SUSE Linux Enterprise customers and partners better understand what they can learn from a SUSE YES Certification bulletin. The goal is to lessen the stress of future server and workstation hardware purchases. SUSE YES Certification […]

Categories: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

Author: Drew

SR-IOV – The way to share real virtualized host devices with a virtual machine

System YES Certification with a PTF or another maintenance update

Hardware YES Certification with an installation kit or driver kit (also known as kISO)

Are YES CERTIFICATION bulletin Config Notes from “the Dark Side” of hardware compatibility?

Comparison of UEFI and BIOS – from an operating system perspective

Comparison of UEFI and BIOS – from a hardware perspective

YES Search: The way to all information…well, about certified hardware anyway

New processor(s) before the next SUSE Linux Enterprise Service Pack – YES to the rescue!

SUSE YES Certification bulletin exposed – part 4

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