IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L)

IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L)
Network Server
Supermicro Computer

03 Aug 2015
143527

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
Boosts workload performance by offloading high parallel operations to GPU accelerator(s)*

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	24 IBM POWER8 3.52 GHz
RAM:	240 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:	3 Hitachi GST HUC101212CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM slim line DVD - RMB00140592 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.3

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=190M,high crashkernel=142M,low" using YaST.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing. SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.

Referenced Bulletins
145048

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 285735
	Checksum: bd6cf819c0a7b684907628138ea06f1d
	Driver Version: 3.129

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 213287
	Checksum: 3bce48a5eab10a3dc648f147006c87b9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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 S824L (8247-42L) - Yes Bulletin 143527 | SUSE