System z10 EC (2097)

System z10 EC (2097)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

28 Feb 2012
136586

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
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 on IBM® s390x with up to 64 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:	1 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	zSeries
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM SCSI/FCP , SCSI IBM Escon , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express2 , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express4 , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device , SCSI IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM FICON DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-30.1

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.

Referenced Bulletins
139861

Adapters and Drivers


IBM SCSI/FCP
IBM Escon
IBM Ficon Express
IBM Ficon Express2
IBM Ficon Express4
IBM OSA-Express
IBM OSA-Express2
IBM OSA-Express3

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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System z10 EC (2097) - Yes Bulletin 136586 | SUSE