IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A)

IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A)
Network Server
IBM

24 Jul 2015
143509

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
Open technology server for faster insights from data.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	24 IBM POWER8 3.52 GHz
RAM:	480 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 7 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Hitachi GST HUC101212CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM slim line DVD - RMB00140592 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-27.4

Config Notes

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 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
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)

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 295567
	Checksum: eeb2b915b992f930d874697d247b3b11
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 221527
	Checksum: a3c9af9381086229aa0eb35f1efcede9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A) - Yes Bulletin 143509 | SUSE