HP ProLiant DL785-G6

HP ProLiant DL785-G6
Network Server
Hitachi, Ltd.

23 Oct 2009
130547

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
The HP ProLiant DL785-G6 is an 8 socket x86 server, supporting up to eight(8) Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) processors, 512GB of memory, 11 PCI-e I/O slots or an optional I/O backplane with 7 PCI-e & 2 HTx I/O slots.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A1
BIOS/uEFI:	A15 08142009
CPU:	8 AMD Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8439SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:	512 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X4 3 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	Broadcom® BCM5785 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA) HP Smart Array P400 Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	8 HP DH072ABAA6 72GB SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Teac DV-28E-V
USB Keyboard:	HP USB Keyboard KU-9963
USB Mouse:	HP USB Mouse (generic)
Test Kit:	Partner certified 1.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB and local HDD (hard disk drives) are not supported on this configuration.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "hfcldd.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.15.22.4342.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.15.22.4342_4.12.14_195-1.sles15sp1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347905.html. DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.6.3_k4.12.14_195-h1b.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES15 SP1 install. To obtain the driver go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347907.html.

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

2 Broadcom® Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (5706C)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 210128
	Checksum: d99560a99ee6ec06eacfa17918707ee3

Broadcom® BCM5785 SATA
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: serverworks.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 29848
	Checksum: de5cdc7b092cf38daaec66c10cce0be6

HP Smart Array P400 Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: cciss.ko
	Driver Date: 23-Aug-2009	Driver Size: 117000
	Checksum: a7b1676c3d3013d07f3667822ad255c7

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:

Hitachi, Ltd.
1 Horiyamashita, Hadano-shi
Kanagawa-ken 259-1392
JAPAN
Voice: +81-463-88-8010
Fax: +81-463-87-7495

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HP ProLiant DL785-G6 - Yes Bulletin 130547 | SUSE