IBM Power 770 (9117-MMB)

IBM Power 770 (9117-MMB)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

11 Mar 2010
131433

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
Designed for virtualized consolidation of business-critical workloads, the IBM Power® 770 delivers on performance, availability, efficiency and virtualization in a way that is unique in the industry. PowerVM™ virtualization enables continuous, dynamic resource adjustments across all partitions and operating environments, independent of physical placement, to optimize performance while minimizing energy usage. Supported environments include AIX®, IBM i, Linux® for Power and x86 Linux applications, all on the same system.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	ZM710_051
CPU:	6 IBM POWER7™ 3.50 GHz
RAM:	15 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C) , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® ST9146852SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM RMBO0040502 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. An added Intel 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller adapters was used in this testing.
Maintenance updates: The Linux Kernel 333 updates are required and were installed during certification testing.
UEFI Configuration: The default "Per Core P-state" setting in the UEFI setup must be changed from Enable to Disable with SLES 12. (F1 Setup --> System Settings --> Processors --> Per Core P-state to Disable).
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.

Adapters and Drivers


Intel PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Jan-2010	Driver Size: 453608
	Checksum: 06ec5d1efff64602da21adda517d03a9

4 IBM Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ehea.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Jan-2010	Driver Size: 148528
	Checksum: 61b8a46328bc4768e67f0cc81f4e8a08

IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Jan-2010	Driver Size: 171096
	Checksum: 9fb7b8debd004739597ba9d3d2b1db11

2 IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Jan-2010	Driver Size: 171096
	Checksum: 9fb7b8debd004739597ba9d3d2b1db11

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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IBM Power 770 (9117-MMB) - Yes Bulletin 131433 | SUSE