ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 2.3GHz Eight Core

ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 2.3GHz Eight Core
Network Server
IBM

06 Dec 2012
138755

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86

Product Description
For more information please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	Gen8
BIOS/uEFI:	74 05/30/2012
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 2.30 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P420i Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82X79 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP MM0500EANCR , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 HP 1TB 3G SAS 7.2K 3.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-42.5

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Feb-2011	Driver Size: 173128
	Checksum: 8ebfc17a3c242bbbf0e8881cb3c825c9

HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361i
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 173032
	Checksum: e885a7dabd215037973a22c40566a353

HP Smart Array P420i Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: cciss.ko
	Driver Date: 30-May-2012	Driver Size: 147121
	Checksum: 07f083bb389f534518e002e6308005b2

Intel BD82X79 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 18-Mar-2011	Driver Size: 68024
	Checksum: 24a55b3289035ed77c631a6370bb00e2

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:
www.ibm.com

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ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 2.3GHz Eight Core - Yes Bulletin 138755 | SUSE