Forward! by Unisys Release 3.0.1 (PEPP) 4-Socket platform

Forward! by Unisys Release 3.0.1 (PEPP) 4-Socket platform
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

26 Mar 2015
142988

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Forward! by Unisys™ fabric delivers the cost effective power, scalability, predictable performance, and security to support mission-critical applications running on SUSE Linux operating systems. Forward! fabric blends industry standard fabric technology with decades of mission critical expertise to deliver mission critical architecture on Intel X86. The Forward! by Unisys™ Release 3.0.1 (PEPP) 4-Socket platform is applicable to Unisys models Forward! 4120, Forward! 4150, Dorado 4350, Dorado 4370, Dorado 4380, Dorado 4390, Dorado 6380, Dorado 6390, Libra 4380, Libra 4390, Libra 6380, Libra 6390, Libra 8380, Libra 8390, 3590R G3.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Host Platform: Unisys Oy4CNC Rev. A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.23 (12/15/2009)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-4890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 2048 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 678 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 2036 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X8 6 PCI Express X16 Serial 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Unisys Virtual Video Controller
Host Bus Adapter:	Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Unisys Virtual Hard Disk Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD single SATA drive, M.2 boot drive configured as a RAID 1. Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports, system also has one built-in USB port.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 FV guest. One of the Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Unisys Virtual Video Controller
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 23688
	Checksum: 3d2a3bede51296525d33a2e8c5650f56
	Driver Version: 0.4.1

Unisys Virtual Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: virtnicmod.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Mar-2015	Driver Size: 107472

	Driver Version: 4.2.17.26021

Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: virthbamod.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Mar-2015	Driver Size: 63984

	Driver Version: 4.2.17.26021

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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Forward! by Unisys Release 3.0.1 (PEPP) 4-Socket platform - Yes Bulletin 142988 | SUSE