PowerEdge R530

PowerEdge R530
Network Server
IBM

31 May 2016
144617

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.0.1 (04/11/2016)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2695 v4 2.10 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X1 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P Mini , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HGST HUS724020ALS-640 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	TSST SN-208FB , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

The maximum CPU cores or threads when hyper threading is enabled tha can be allocated from LPAR is 48.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk(DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.18.3146.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.18.3146_3.12.28_4-1.sles12.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the DUD and the driver package, go to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
This is SAN Boot only system.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 97943
	Checksum: a9ff8d5c05122cb81c250915190b6b5d

Broadcom® NetXtreme BCM5720 (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 257119
	Checksum: 68b956cb5c8bb96a07d2dd38941a72f7
	Driver Version: 3.137

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P Mini
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 193671
	Checksum: 231400c0c6871290e279dba7766c2fd7
	Driver Version: 06.807.10.00-rc1

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 64759
	Checksum: 2b582bd14e5672b9371a9d873e785b85
	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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PowerEdge R530 - Yes Bulletin 144617 | SUSE