IBM Power 570 (9117-MMA)

IBM Power 570 (9117-MMA)
Network Server
Vormetric, Inc.

17 Mar 2011
134826

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
For mid-to-large transaction processing workloads, the IBM Power™ 570 server delivers outstanding performance, mainframe-inspired reliability, modular non-disruptive growth and innovative virtualization technologies. These features are integrated to enable the simplified management of growth, complexity and risk.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER6™ 4.2 GHz
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X 2 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCI-X DDR 3Gb SAS Adapter (572A/572C) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST HUS151473VLS300 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM 22P7011 IBM CD-RW/DVD Combo Ultrabay Slim Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Emulex OneConnect 10Gb Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).

Referenced Bulletins
139136

Adapters and Drivers


2 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

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:

Vormetric, Inc.
2545 N. 1st Street
San Jose , TX 95131
Voice: 888-267-3732
Fax: 408-844-8638
Website: http://www.vormetric.com

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IBM Power 570 (9117-MMA) - Yes Bulletin 134826 | SUSE