IBM Power System S814 (8286-41A)

IBM Power System S814 (8286-41A)
Network Server
Lenovo

13 Dec 2016
145164

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
Open technology server for mid-sized business solutions.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	6 IBM POWER8 3.02 GHz
RAM:	176 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter (57CE) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM Ultrastar SSD1600MM SAS SSD - HUSMM1680ASS201 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

768 CPUs require ESX 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP7 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.
Broadcom recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 313456 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=313456.
Broadcom recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 306577 at https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=306577.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP7 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Referenced Bulletins
154123

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 311463
	Checksum: 961bd3677bccbca58718b59860cafa86
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID SAS quad-port 6 Gb Adapter (57CE)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 261615
	Checksum: a2991eb545e76d7915e6ab5b1e50ed62
	Driver Version: 2.6.3

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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IBM Power System S814 (8286-41A) - Yes Bulletin 145164 | SUSE