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| IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L) with pKVM
Network Server
IBM | 06 Mar 2016
144146 |
SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified with the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
3
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Boosts workload performance by offloading highly parallel operations to GPU accelerator(s)
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Virtual Machine |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | 1 |
CPU: | 24 IBM
POWER8 3.52 GHz |
RAM: | Total Host Memory: 256 GB, Multi-VM tested memory: 50 GB each, Max VM tested memory: 200 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
ibmvscsi
, virtio IBM
Virtio Block Device
, virtio |
Hard Disk Drive: | IBM
Virtio Disk
, virtio |
CD/DVD: | IBM
QEMU DVD-ROM
, virtio |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4 |
Config Notes
- System installed and configured using Kimchi management tool. (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liabp/liabp_pdf.pdf)
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter
- Maintenance update: the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 guests were updated with the following maintenance release, kernel-default-3.12.51-52.39.1.ppc64le.rpm (Linux Kernel 137). The guests can be updated after the initial guest install. This update can be downloaded from https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=RdaLq6dGND8~
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Adapters and Drivers
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IBM
Virtual (Virtio) Ethernet adapter |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: virtio_net.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014 | Driver Size: 60727 |
| Checksum: cd5b48b3ba94736aab36a320598af546 |
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IBM
ibmvscsi |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ibmvscsi.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014 | Driver Size: 67759 |
| Checksum: aab41fa4d857a57540c3fe4f1736e2c8 |
| Driver Version: 1.5.9 |
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IBM
Virtio Block Device |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: virtio_blk.ko |
| Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014 | Driver Size: 34791 |
| Checksum: 097521391f6aeed71588833275ecf35f |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.
https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/
For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com
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