Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.20 GHz Twenty-Four Core

Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.20 GHz Twenty-Four Core
Network Server
IBM

09 Jan 2017
145275

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLED 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	Gen9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: I40 09/08/2016
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, Max VM: 161 GB, Multiple VMs: 16 GB, 32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P240nr , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP EG0300FBDSP-HP 300GB 10K SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

Desktop Effects: Graphics driver/adapter does not support desktop effects.
Video : Requires the intel legacy drivers to be installed. (1) Download the iso from http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/rss/IBM-4836-135/sle11-sp1/ibm-4836-135-sle11-sp1.iso and load it as a repository using YaST in failsafe mode. Driver is PLDP compliant. (2) Install xorg-x11-driver-video-intel-legacy using the software management tool in YaST (3) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, under the graphics device setting, change the graphics driver to "intellegacy" (4) Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and append the kernel parameter nomodeset (5) Reboot
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
System does support Hibernate and Standby.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 1035919
	Checksum: 9fb169e658f862c29c7b6ba13948d3e5
	Driver Version: 1.710.51-0

HPE Smart Array P240nr
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 142991
	Checksum: 626a33262cf0d3ab06dbb1d68ee086b6
	Driver Version: 3.4.8-1

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