IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A)

IBM Power System S824 (8286-42A)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

27 Jun 2016
144755

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLED 11

Product Description
Open technology server for faster insights from data

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	24 IBM POWER8 3.52 GHz
RAM:	176 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X16 7 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6GB (57D8) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
For optimizing your setup: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/perf/
For z/VM guest setup: http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/linuxper.html
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/ Armonk, New York 10504-1722 , NY 10504-1722 Voice: 001-914-499-1900 Toll Free: 800-IBM-4YOU (800-426-4968) Website: http://www.ibm.com
This configuration was tested with only one NIC.
Maintenance update: SLES 12 SP2 kernel update 1319 is required and was installed during certification testing. The kernel update can be downloaded at https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=7pisoWugMvc~.

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 12-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 313559
	Checksum: dcc50bbd7989a3e4b4add2a53ed57924
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6GB (57D8)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015	Driver Size: 260999
	Checksum: ee8e2246a9629a222ccc05805e41e216
	Driver Version: 2.6.2

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:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Personal Systems Group - Notebooks
20555 SH249
Houston , TX 77070
Website: http://www.hp.com

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