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| Forward! by Unisys™ Release 3.0.1 IC (PEPP) 4-Socket platform
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 20 May 2015
143152 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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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 IC (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 G4.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Virtual Machine |
| Mother Board Revision: | Host Platform: 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
4 USB Ports
Serial |
| 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
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID1.
- Install: System installed using an external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter (82572EI GB Ethernet Controller), was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
- VM Driver Pack: FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
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Referenced Bulletins
139879
Adapters and Drivers
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| 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 |
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| Unisys
Virtual SCSI storage controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: virthbamod.ko |
| | Driver Date: 12-May-2015 | Driver Size: 63984 |
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| | Driver Version: 4.2.18.26447 |
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| Unisys
Virtual Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: virtnicmod.ko |
| | Driver Date: 12-May-2015 | Driver Size: 107472 |
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| | Driver Version: 4.2.18.26447 |
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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:
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