System z9 BC (2096)

System z9 BC (2096)
Network Server
IBM

13 Jun 2010
132759

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM zSeries® Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
SLES-11 SP1 s390x on z9 BC with up to 7 processors

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	zSeries Platform
Mother Board Revision:	n/a
BIOS/uEFI:	n/a
CPU:	IBM zSeries processor running 64 bit mode
RAM:	7 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	zSeries
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Ficon Express , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express2 , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express4 , FibreChannel IBM SCSI/FCP , SCSI IBM Escon , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device , SCSI IBM FICON DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: RAID 0.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 SP5 guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM OSA-Express
IBM Ficon Express
IBM Ficon Express2
IBM Ficon Express4
IBM SCSI/FCP
IBM Escon
IBM OSA-Express2

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:

IBM
For support regarding this configuration, please visit:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/

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System z9 BC (2096) - Yes Bulletin 132759 | SUSE