PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1D)

PowerLinux 7R1 (8246-L1D)
Network Server
NEC Corporation

04 Dec 2013
140811

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
IBM POWER7+ CPU based PowerLinux 7R1 server.

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:	2 Toshiba MBF2600RC , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DVD-RAM Drive (Slimline) / RMBO0040552 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
Kdump (SLES12SP4): the crash kernel memory parameters were increased from default to crashkernel=768M,high crashkernel =128M,low using YaST.
Newer versions of the Mellanox firmware and drivers were used to support the Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx MCX4121A-XCAT card that was tested in this configuration. The ISO located at http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers and the instructions located at https://docs.mellanox.com/display/MLNXOFEDv461000/Installing+Mellanox+OFED were used. These drivers are not SolidDriver compliant.

Referenced Bulletins
148200

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 285735
	Checksum: bd6cf819c0a7b684907628138ea06f1d
	Driver Version: 3.129

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 213287
	Checksum: 3bce48a5eab10a3dc648f147006c87b9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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:

NEC Corporation
33-8, Shiba 5-chome,
Tokyo 108-8424
JAPAN
Voice: Voice: (+81) 3 3798 7471
Website: http://www.nec.com/

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