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 | Bull Escala E3-800
Network Server
Oracle America Inc. | 23 Feb 2016
144113 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
Product Description
Escala entry servers: Innovation, driving up performance and bringing down TCO.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
| Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | 1 |
| CPU: | 20 IBM
POWER8 3.42 GHz |
| RAM: | 240 GB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 4 PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports |
| Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | Hitachi GST
HUC109060CSS600
, 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
- Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse
- Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| 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 |
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| 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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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:
Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores
, CA
94065
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