NetPowerZ2531

NetPowerZ2531
Network Server
Lenovo

06 Oct 2009
130382

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
This product is an Intel® E5540 based Server system supporting the Intel core Processor. It has an Integrated Graphics Server Engine* LLC Pilot II* controller (MGA G200e), 8 Memory Slots of DDR3, 1*32-bit PCI, 1*PCI-E x4, 3*PCI-E x8, 4 USB ports at the Rear end and 4 USB ports at the Front end . Additional marketing names for this system include: NetPowerZ2131

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	E25124-405
BIOS/uEFI:	S5500.86B.01.10.0025.030320091554
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E5540 2.53 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	32-Bit PCI 3 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4 8 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Hitachi GST Deskstar P7k500 HDP725025GLA380 , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Lite-On® IHAS120 20X DVD Writer , Serial ATA (SATA)
Floppy Type:	NONE
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.4.0-0.21

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Kdump : System fails to generate a kernel crashdump and drops into bash shell after triggering kdump. https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015824.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

Referenced Bulletins
143392

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 25-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 195712
	Checksum: aa323e9b7243810830f170a73c0337cf

Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 173960
	Checksum: 44b0d2cccdf9984610922b80b59a0772

Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 173960
	Checksum: 44b0d2cccdf9984610922b80b59a0772

Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 28-Feb-2009	Driver Size: 37888
	Checksum: f81281db8221f758e7111cd80015aebe

The term SUSE YES 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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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NetPowerZ2531 - Yes Bulletin 130382 | SUSE