Proliant DL785 G6

Proliant DL785 G6
Network Server
Lenovo

27 Jun 2011
135845

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
Powered by latest AMD Opteron 6 Core Processors, the HP Proliant DL785 G6 is the next generation server of the award winning HP Proliant DL785 G5. HP Proliant DL785 G6 is an 8 socket x86 server, supporting up to sight Six-Core AMD Opteron Processors, 523GB of memory, 11 PCI-e I/O slots or an optional I/O backplane with 7 PCI-e & 2 HTx I/O slots. With this highly expandable feature set, the DL785 G6 is an ideal choice for the growing enterprise class database, consolidation and virtualization environments seeking to improve server utilization and reduce server and virtualization sprawl, while continuing to leverage all the familiar and easy to use Proliant management tools and options.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	G6
BIOS/uEFI:	A15
CPU:	4 AMD Six-Core AMD Opteron™ 8439SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8 5 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P400 (SA P400) Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Broadcom® BCM5785 SATA , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 HP DG072A9BB7 72GB SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS) HP DG146ABAB4 146GB SAS 10K , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7581A , IDE
USB Keyboard:	HP
USB Mouse:	HP
Test Kit:	Partner certified 1.1

Config Notes

Display: To use the intel display driver, please apply the kernel maintenance updates first.
Audio: There is no microphone/audio interface on this system. Recording and playback of sound is not supported
Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support throttling.
Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Display: For display to work after install, the fbdev driver needs to be used. (1) Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (2) Under section "Screen" comment out all lines beginning with virtual (3) Under section "Device" change the driver to "fbdev" (4) Save /etc/X11/xorg.conf (5) Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (6) Add the kernel parameters "vga=0x318 nomodeset" to the appropriate line (7) save /boot/grub/menu.lst (8) Reboot

Referenced Bulletins
133877

Adapters and Drivers


ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 17-Mar-2008	Driver Size: 283804
	Checksum: 54e340ac765f3dcceb97d352ece9f560

2 HP NC371i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 205868
	Checksum: 4238d6340b382c2fc60653fd4e526a5f

HP Smart Array P400 (SA P400) Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: cciss.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 112752
	Checksum: 7e83e5a02cd591dd68cccca3154cd443

Broadcom® BCM5785 SATA
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: serverworks.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 26976
	Checksum: 371a73b72790df18fb1bb90ed8b0d79b

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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Proliant DL785 G6 - Yes Bulletin 135845 | SUSE