ThinkSystem SR630 (7X05)

ThinkSystem SR630 (7X05)
Network Server
IBM

31 Aug 2017
145865

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12

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
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized
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:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Rev 1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: IVE111C - v1.00 (07/17/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 64 GB, single max VM guest: 48 GB, multiple VM guests: 12 GB each
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
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)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo 300GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5-inch HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-19.1

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
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.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

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 Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Jun-2017	Driver Size: 332172
	Checksum: a8acaad4b3b842a0be194fdab9ea5f40
	Driver Version: 5.2.15-k

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 10GBASE-T
	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

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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ThinkSystem SR630 (7X05) - Yes Bulletin 145865 | SUSE