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| BladeSymphony BS2500 HE0E3 LPAR
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 23 Sep 2016
144936 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 3
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The Hitachi logical partitioning manager (LPAR) firmware version is 02. Please see http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/product/blade2500.html
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Virtual Machine |
| Mother Board Revision: | 555G301D23GXXM0 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: 11-02 (06/13/2016) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz |
| RAM: | Host Platform: 12 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 3 TB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 4 TB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 3 USB Ports |
| Video Adapter: | Hitachi
Virtual VGA compatible controller |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Hitachi
16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel adapter
, FibreChannel |
| Storage Area Network (SAN) Device: | Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS2300) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4 |
Config Notes
- 768 CPUs require ESXi 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP3 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Referenced Bulletins
150447
Adapters and Drivers
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| Hitachi
Virtual VGA compatible controller |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 01-Jul-2014 | Driver Size: 23624 |
| | Checksum: b0bcae2b3561015d3e6d1b7b1720623c |
| | Driver Version: 0.4.4 |
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| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: modesetting_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 06-Aug-2014 | Driver Size: 44472 |
| | Checksum: f212c9276b4bce5820bfe4500db351e9 |
| | Driver Version: 0.9.0 |
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| Intel
Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 (Dual Port) |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: ixgbe.ko |
| | Driver Date: 17-Sep-2015 | Driver Size: 8413846 |
| | Checksum: d411614eed2c4c31df827b82e0c2f7c6 |
| | Driver Version: 4.1.2-h1 |
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| Hitachi
16Gb 2-port Fibre Channel adapter |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: hfcldd.ko |
| | Driver Date: 07-Oct-2015 | Driver Size: 11620897 |
| | Checksum: 4a68c22bea8194ffd51d459ad4c4c963 |
| | Driver Version: 4.12.18.3146 |
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The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:
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