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 | IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A)
Network Server
IBM | 27 Jun 2014
141671 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Product Description
IBM's POWER8 based Power System S824. Open technology server for faster insights from data.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | 1 |
| CPU: | 24 IBM
POWER8 3.52 GHz |
| RAM: | 512 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 4 Seagate®
Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS)
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| CD/DVD: | IBM
slim line DVD - RMB00140592
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10 |
Config Notes
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 SP4 FV guest. One of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 adapters was used in this testing.
- Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. The system also has one internal USB port. Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
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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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