Power 720 Express (8202-E4D)

Power 720 Express (8202-E4D)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

04 Dec 2013
140812

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 11

Product Description
IBM POWER7+ CPU based Power 720 Express server

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER7+ 3.60 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 Seagate® ST9146802SS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DVD-RAM Drive (Slim) / RMBO0040542 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Integrated network: only two of the four ethernet adapters/ports on the I350-AM4 quad-port network controller are enabled on this system.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP2 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP2 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe).

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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Power 720 Express (8202-E4D) - Yes Bulletin 140812 | SUSE