IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM

IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM
Network Server
Supermicro Computer

15 Jan 2015
142625

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Linux server optimized for scale out data and cloud environments.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	12 IBM POWER8 3.02 GHz
RAM:	Total Host Memory: 192GB, Multi-VM Tested Memory: 60GB each, Max VM Tested Memory: 180GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 2 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ibmvscsi , virtio
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM QEMU Virtual Hard Disk , virtio
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
SLES Quarterly update: SLES 15 SP4 QU3 is required and was installed before YES Certification testing. The download is available from https://www.suse.com/download/sles/. The iso image name is SLE-15-SP4-Full-x86_64-QU3-Media1.iso.
CUDA Toolkit 12.6 was used during GPU testing. The CUDA packages were installed directly from the NVIDIA repository: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/sles15/x86_64/
System support: Please note that for full support on the listed OS release a special SUSE support contract is necessary.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM spapr-vlan (ibmveth)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ibmveth.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 49983
	Checksum: 07eced8a0b33940d217f07f75a6eecb9
	Driver Version: 1.04

IBM ibmvscsi
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ibmvscsic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 61759
	Checksum: 26cdafa3c30ef9e6bf344c6a5b226361
	Driver Version: 1.5.9

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:

Supermicro Computer
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose , CA 95131
Website: https://www.supermicro.com/

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IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM - Yes Bulletin 142625 | SUSE