IBM Power System S822LC (8335-GCA) with pKVM

IBM Power System S822LC (8335-GCA) with pKVM
Network Server
Lenovo

08 Mar 2016
144151

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Superior throughput and performance for high-value Linux workloads such as LAMP, BDA, or industry applications

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	20 IBM POWER8 2.92 GHz
RAM:	Total Host Memory: 256 GB, Multi-VM tested memory: 50 GB each, Max VM tested memory: 200 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16 2 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Virtio Block Device , virtio IBM ibmvscsi , virtio
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM QEMU Virtual Hard Disk , virtio
CD/DVD:	IBM QEMU DVD-ROM , virtio
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to the SLES 12 SP5 FV guests. One of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 adapters was used for this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. System boot of SLES 12 SP5 may require pressing F12 during POST, then selecting the "UEFI: sles-secureboot" boot option.

Referenced Bulletins
149084

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Virtual (Virtio) Ethernet adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: virtio_net.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 41327
	Checksum: 9ff031a6540df5eccec18982f3b21988

IBM Virtio Block Device
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: virtio_blk.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 23911
	Checksum: 96ca52fec3576db7cb7220015a13de0c

IBM ibmvscsi
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ibmvscsic.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 61823
	Checksum: ed1cb6f2d114942bc9d3209b9ec5fc63
	Driver Version: 1.5.9

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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