IBM PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1T)

IBM PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1T)
Network Server
Hitachi Vantara

11 Feb 2013
138886

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
IBM PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1T), with IBM's all new POWER7+ CPU.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER7+ 4.20 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 3 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Hitachi GST HUC106060CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DVD-RAM Drive (Slim) / RMBO0040542 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

Graphics: Graphics driver used in testing was obtained from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. C/C++ development environment (including kernel source) is required for driver install.
Network: NIC driver used in testing was obtained from http://forgeftp.novell.com/driver-process/pub/update/Broadcom/sle10sp2/common/x86_64.
Install: OS was installed from USB DVD.
Graphics: Once the nvidia driver has been loaded, the following steps must be used to enable Desktop Effects: 1) Add the line "G 10de:061c" to the "Supported NVIDIA cards" section of /etc/X11/xgl-hardware-list, 2) use YaST2->"Desktop Effects" to enable desktop effects, 3) change to init level 3 and use "startx" to manually start the desktop.

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 264488
	Checksum: 9795a937b840ebb2f71ddec5742b7478

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 15-Feb-2012	Driver Size: 197072
	Checksum: 1a807fcf1410d36437e45fd8a0e06c08

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:

Hitachi Vantara
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Toll Free: 1-800-446-0744
Fax: 1-408-457-0155
Website: www.hitachivantara.com

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