S5500BC

S5500BC
Network Server
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

19 Aug 2011
136086

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The Intel® Server Board S5500BC has flexible scalability and expandability in I/O, memory, LAN and storage which is designed for deploying web, email or print servers, or business applications. Ideal for remote or branch offices seeking enterprise class manageability, the Intel Server Board S5500BC supports up to two Intel® Xeon® processors X5670, and can be used in rack or pedestal configurations.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	E25124-402
BIOS/uEFI:	S5500.86B.01.00.0058
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor X5670 2.93 GHz
RAM:	32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	32-bit/33MHz PCI 3 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4 8 USB Ports 2 Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200e
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST HDS721075KLA330 , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Teac DV-28S-W , Serial ATA (SATA)
USB Keyboard:	Logitech Keyboard K200
USB Mouse:	Lenovo Optival Mouse
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.0-81.1

Config Notes

SUSE update ISO: The SLES-11-SP3-MINI-ISO-power8.iso is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This update must be downloaded and used before SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-POWER/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html and review the installation instructions.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP3 will run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Required configuration: SLES 12 SP5 will run in POWER9 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER10 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER9 processor with SMT8.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200e
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-May-2010	Driver Size: 190624
	Checksum: febbdb06c6bac590a0a303be395a87d6

Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 214472
	Checksum: 03a63e68f1869da6a33cdddcd800adbd

Intel Integrated 82801JIR (ICH10R)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 46680
	Checksum: 02ccb110f6b9828baf0c7a9e8544bcb0

Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 20-May-2010	Driver Size: 166364

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:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1701 E Mossy Oaks Rd
Spring , TX 77389

565376

S5500BC - Yes Bulletin 136086 | SUSE