IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM

IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM
Network Server
HP Inc.

10 Apr 2016
144427

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
Linux server optimizes for scale out data and cloud environments.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	10 IBM POWER8 3.42 GHz
RAM:	Total Host memory: 190 GB; Max VM tested with 150 GB; Multi-VM tested with 40 GB per VM
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 2 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

Install: OS install was performed from USB DVD using the SUSE SolidDriver-compliant bootable driver kit at https://drivers.suse.com/hp/HP-RP9/sle-11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html . Kit includes official SLES 11 SP3 kernel update 3.0.101-0.47.71.1 as well as updated wired and wireless LAN drivers.
Graphics: System was tested with and is only supported with framebuffer graphics.
Touchscreen: Touchscreen capabilities were not tested.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Virtual (Virtio) Ethernet adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: virtio_net.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 60815
	Checksum: 1315b0f70a097969f015d8d718a78426

IBM Virtio Block Device
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: virtio_blk.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 34951
	Checksum: 6fb4445448118b15a91696c31a08b742

IBM ibmvscsi
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ibmvscsi.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 67791
	Checksum: 84dd6f43b9d9db80849692bd4b9f29ea
	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:

HP Inc.
Workstations & Thin Clients
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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