IBM z Systems z13 (2964)

IBM z Systems z13 (2964)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

10 Feb 2015
142729

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Product Description
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 on IBM® z Systems z13™.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	zSeries Platform
Mother Board Revision:	N/A
BIOS/uEFI:	N/A
CPU:	2 IBM zSeries processor running 64 bit mode
RAM:	6 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	zSeries
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM SCSI/FCP , SCSI IBM Ficon Express16 , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express8 , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device , SCSI IBM FICON DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using PXE UEFI network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 6.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).

Adapters and Drivers


IBM SCSI/FCP
IBM Ficon Express16
IBM Ficon Express8
IBM OSA-Express5
IBM OSA-Express4

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

571936

IBM z Systems z13 (2964) - Yes Bulletin 142729 | SUSE