IBM Power 730 Express Server (8231-E2C)

IBM Power 730 Express Server (8231-E2C)
Network Server
IBM

12 Aug 2012
138125

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
IBM Power 730 Express Server (8231-E2C)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	16 IBM POWER7™ 3.55 GHz
RAM:	12 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Toshiba MBF2300RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: This system is 2 CPU socket configuration with 24 core dual chip module per socket, totalling 48 cores. The Power10 3.9 GHz (Max) DCM CPUs tested each have 24 cores and with SMT8 totalling 384 vCPU threads.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power10 hardware itself.

Referenced Bulletins
151728

Adapters and Drivers


Intel PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 487008
	Checksum: 6b11eba6b08821d3b964df4ed15812e9

IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 197072
	Checksum: 1a807fcf1410d36437e45fd8a0e06c08

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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
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IBM Power 730 Express Server (8231-E2C) - Yes Bulletin 138125 | SUSE