ProLiant ML350 Gen9 2.30 GHz Eighteen Core

ProLiant ML350 Gen9 2.30 GHz Eighteen Core
Network Server
IBM

01 Nov 2015
143659

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12

Product Description
For more information please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	Gen9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.0 (07/11/2014)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8 5 PCI Express X4 8 USB Ports Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P440ar Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP MM1000FBFVR 1TB SAS 2.5'' , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HP DVD A DU8A5SH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Latest maintenance kernel 4.4.114-94.14-default.ppc64le is installed for basic POWER9 support from https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=MiaxOdQDFSA~

Referenced Bulletins
146671

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 97711
	Checksum: 2e18ee51e3395e6f9f9817ef7a9ab886

HP 1Gb Ethernet 4-port 331i Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: 93319c81002c211d917ab344aaeb9fc1
	Driver Version: 3.136

HP Smart Array P440ar Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 149783
	Checksum: c242d4e4c13a9fcd6af2af0b857045b9
	Driver Version: 3.4.4-126

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 62335
	Checksum: 4122cf892b7d16858ec5c89c063ad84e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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