ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09)

ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09)
Network Server
SGI

28 Aug 2017
145844

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2016
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	Rev. 1.2
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: O0E108R - v1.00 (07/17/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6138T Processor 2.00 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 192 GB, single max VM guest: 172 GB, multiple VM guests: 32 GB each
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem with Mirroring Enablement Kit - 32 GB M.2 drive , Serial ATA (SATA) 2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HLDS DVD-RAM GHC0N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-22.1

Config Notes

Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=64G dom0_max_vcpus=12 (parameters are required, the specific values can be changed).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 12 FV guest. One of the Intel X540 ML2 10GbaseT adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Storage configuration: separate RAID 0 drives. Tested as a 1-node scalable partition with 4 Compute Books.

Referenced Bulletins
147500

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2017	Driver Size: 194816
	Checksum: dba9ce32b8497dae63de1735d9f121ad
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Apr-2017	Driver Size: 524708
	Checksum: 44a66227dc556e133c778938ef5a3772
	Driver Version: 2.0.23

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 04-May-2017	Driver Size: 1780839
	Checksum: a8d5ba912a42d9a33911486787df459a
	Driver Version: 07.700.26.00

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Jun-2017	Driver Size: 60388
	Checksum: 65c5a3730045159b2a047c233dbb7184
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

SGI
46600 Landing Parkway
Fremont , CA 94538
Voice: 650-960-1980
Website: http://www.sgi.com

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