PowerEdge M915

PowerEdge M915
Network Server
Atos

27 Oct 2014
142079

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
"The Dellâ„¢ PowerEdgeâ„¢ M915 is a 4-socket full-height blade server ideal for mission-critical applications needing maximum I/O scalability and performance."

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS : 3.2.1
CPU:	4 AMD Sixteen-Core Opteron™ 6386 SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:	1024 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eW
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H700 Integrated , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® SAVVIO 10K.5 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

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. The following TID was used to perform the install: https://www.suse.com/de-de/support/kb/doc/?id=7021181. The kernel was then updated with the following kernel update: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=aiJ1poSh_Bs.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eW
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 97007
	Checksum: ff7887102425f2bba08fd653c21d6ebb

Broadcom® Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 133583
	Checksum: 769e7712bed0b19fd406c38b3ab8ca3f
	Driver Version: 2.2.5

Dell PERC H700 Integrated
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 168407
	Checksum: dffa65a5656721e9da8e501ba6606dde
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

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:

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PowerEdge M915 - Yes Bulletin 142079 | SUSE