System z10 BC (2098)

System z10 BC (2098)
Network Server
Lenovo

28 Feb 2012
136932

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 on IBM® s390x with up to 10 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

Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
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).
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. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.

Referenced Bulletins
139172

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:

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

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