Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.40 GHz Twenty-Four Core

Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.40 GHz Twenty-Four Core
Network Server
Lenovo

16 Aug 2017
145808

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	Gen9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.42 (04/05/2017)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8894 v4 2.40 GHz
RAM:	12288 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P240nr , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP EH0146FAWJB 146GB 15K SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS) HP MM1000FBFVR 1TB SAS 2.5'' , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-53.1

Config Notes

Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 hardware itself.
Install: OS installed via USB CD/DVD drive.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462

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

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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