Power 770 (9117-MMB)

Power 770 (9117-MMB)
Network Server
Netweb Technologies India Ltd.

30 Jun 2010
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 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:	AM720_031
CPU:	2 IBM POWER7™ 3.50 GHz
RAM:	15 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 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 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
SLES update: SLES 12 SP5 kernel update "kernel-default-4.12.14-122.17.1" or later is required and was installed during certification testing. This kernel update contains a fix to the i40e.ko driver to fix an issue where the two RJ45 ports are not detected, only the two SFP+ ports are detected on the Intel Ethernet Controller X710-TM4 adapter. After the system has been registered with SCC you can install the update with the following command: zypper install kernel-default-4.12.14-122.17.1

Referenced Bulletins
150687

Adapters and Drivers


4 IBM Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ehea.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 127664
	Checksum: ea6c273556004e8cf873bb1184c3e4d7

IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 174408
	Checksum: a0fe11bae1391c9585b735b2ef4e4ad9

2 IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 174408
	Checksum: a0fe11bae1391c9585b735b2ef4e4ad9

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:

Netweb Technologies India Ltd.
Plot H1, Pocket-9, Faridabad Industrial Town
Sector-57, Ballabhgarh
Faridabad, Haryana 121004
INDIA
Voice: +91-129-2310400
Fax: +91-129-2310470
Website: www.netwebindia.com

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