PowerEdge R730 / 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30 GHz

PowerEdge R730 / 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30 GHz
Network Server
Asustek Computer Inc.

09 Sep 2014
141865

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
For more information kindly visit http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-r730/pd

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS Boot: 1.0.4
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital RE4 WD1003FBYX , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Latest maintenance kernel 4.4.114-94.14-default.ppc64le is installed for basic POWER9 support from https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=MiaxOdQDFSA~

Referenced Bulletins
146671

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Mar-2013	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: cbbe7ba695cb37835f3c7d4e79ec43c5
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-rc1

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5720 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 242863
	Checksum: f89cba187ed6394b55c6f3545b981f06
	Driver Version: 3.129

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:

Asustek Computer Inc.
No.15, Li-De RD.
Beitou, Taipei 112
TAIWAN R.O.C.
Voice: +886-2-28943447
Fax: +886-2-28931687
Website: www.asus.com

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PowerEdge R730 / 2 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30 GHz - Yes Bulletin 141865 | SUSE