ClearPath Forward™ Release 3.1.1 (PEPP) 1-Socket platform

ClearPath Forward™ Release 3.1.1 (PEPP) 1-Socket platform
Network Server
Lenovo

17 Dec 2015
143885

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The ClearPath Forward™ fabric delivers the cost effective power, scalability, predictable performance, and security to support mission-critical applications running on SUSE Linux operating systems. ClearPath Forward fabric blends industry standard fabric technology with decades of mission critical expertise to deliver mission critical architecture on Intel X86. The ClearPath Forward™ Release 3.1.1 (PEPP) 1 Socket platform is applicable to all Unisys ClearPath Forward models, including ClearPath Forward, ClearPath Forward Libra 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, & 8390 as well as ClearPath Forward Dorado 4350, 4370, 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, 8390, and ES3000 model 3520R G4.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Unisys 0DY523 Rev. A01
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: (12/15/2009)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2470 v2 2.40 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 96 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 28 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 84 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 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 7.4.0-30.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 12 x86-64 guest. One port of the embedded DynamicLOM adapter was used during this testing.
LAN driver: The listed LAN driver (be2net.ko, version 10.2.405.22) is delivered via the SUSE SolidDriver Program and in KMP format. Please download and install it from: http://support.ts.fujitsu.com.
The remaining drivers are delivered as part of the listed OS.

Adapters and Drivers


Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: virthbamod.ko
	Driver Date: 22-Oct-2015	Driver Size: 64208

	Driver Version: 4.3.10.27014

Unisys Virtual Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: virtnicmod.ko
	Driver Date: 22-Oct-2015	Driver Size: 109304

	Driver Version: 4.3.10.27014

Unisys Virtual Video Controller
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 22-Sep-2014	Driver Size: 23624

	Driver Version: 0.4.4

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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