PowerEdge R420

PowerEdge R420
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142120

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
A 2-socket, 1U rack server, the Dell PowerEdge R420 delivers mainstream performance and density.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A03
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS: 2.3.3 (15/10/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 v2 2.40 GHz
RAM:	393204 MB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel BD82C602 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST500NM0011 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS GU40N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

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.
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.
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 SLES15 data is being updated in the same document and at current SLES 12 SP3 crashkernel values works fine.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 2e18ee51e3395e6f9f9817ef7a9ab886

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: 93319c81002c211d917ab344aaeb9fc1
	Driver Version: 3.136

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 168407
	Checksum: 1491d21129f10d37bc159b9a6f36a1cc
	Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rc1

Intel BD82C602 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 62335
	Checksum: 4122cf892b7d16858ec5c89c063ad84e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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PowerEdge R420 - Yes Bulletin 142120 | SUSE