IBM PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2C)

IBM PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2C)
Network Server
IBM

17 Apr 2012
137430

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
IBM POWERLINUX 7R2 (8246-L2C)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	64 IBM POWER7™ 3.55 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports PCI Express X4
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Seagate® ST973451SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DVD-RAM Drive (Slim) / RMBO0040532 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Kdump (SLE11SP4): the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to crashkernel=512M-:256M using YaST.
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD two disks configured as RAID 0 and M.2 boot device with two SSDs configured as a RAID 1 device.
Installation Kit: The lenovo_servers_thinksystem-sle11sp4-x86_64-2.1.iso installation kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This installation kit must be downloaded and used to start the SLES installation. To obtain the installation kit go to: https://drivers.suse.com/lenovo/Lenovo-ThinkSystem/sle-11-sp4-x86_64/2.1/install-readme.html.

Adapters and Drivers


Intel PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 453584


IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 196312
	Checksum: af912dbd311ffd14debfefa120284a42

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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IBM PowerLinux 7R2 (8246-L2C) - Yes Bulletin 137430 | SUSE