ProLiant DL580 Gen8 2.80 GHz Fifteen Core

ProLiant DL580 Gen8 2.80 GHz Fifteen Core
Network Server
IBM

27 Oct 2014
142152

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2008
	SP: Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Gen8
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI-Legacy: P79 (08/01/2014)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	9 USB Ports Serial 4 PCI Express X8 5 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HP P830i SmartArray Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 HP 300GB 10K SAS Model EG0300FCSPH , Serial SCSI (SAS) HP MM0500FBFVQ , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-97.1

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen 8479 maintenance update (Patch: slessp3-xen-201310-8479) is required and was installed during certification testing.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140863

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 2e18ee51e3395e6f9f9817ef7a9ab886

HP 1Gb Ethernet 4-port 331FLR Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: 93319c81002c211d917ab344aaeb9fc1
	Driver Version: 3.136

HP P830i SmartArray Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 149783
	Checksum: c242d4e4c13a9fcd6af2af0b857045b9
	Driver Version: 3.4.4-126

HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361T Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 319895
	Checksum: e83cf8a401b130ca51657b5f25ab6b1f
	Driver Version: 5.0.5-k

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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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