Hitachi Advanced Server DS7040

Hitachi Advanced Server DS7040
Network Server
Lenovo

05 Mar 2018
146605

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The Hitachi Advanced Server DS7040 has up to 4 Intel Xeon 8176M processors with a memory capacity of up to 3TB, and also supports Virtual Machines.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	12001509-204
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 88.53 (11/28/2017)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176M Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 3TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 1TB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 1TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 20 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Emulex Corporation LightPulse LPe12002 8Gb/s Fibre Channel PCI Express , FibreChannel Emulex Corporation LPE31004 FC , FibreChannel LSI Logic SAS 9300-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HGST Ultrastar SS300 SSD, SAS, 400 GB (HUSMM3240ASS204) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	NEC M310
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 12 guests. One of the x3750 M4 Dual port 10 GB-T Ethernet adapters was used during this testing.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.

Referenced Bulletins
142603

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 95983
	Checksum: 47ef1d90155625b73d3d4281ce034251

16 Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 10GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 471479
	Checksum: 355fc516cb68a42c0d41e284123a55b3
	Driver Version: 1.4.25-k

Emulex Corporation LightPulse LPe12002 8Gb/s Fibre Channel PCI Express
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 1162351
	Checksum: 8835e6ab133369cd025a224cf8627e03
	Driver Version: 0:11.1.0.1.

Emulex Corporation LPE31004 FC
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 26-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 1162351
	Checksum: 8835e6ab133369cd025a224cf8627e03
	Driver Version: 0:11.1.0.1.

LSI Logic SAS 9300-8i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt3sas.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 393319
	Checksum: 2beef70a506d8b50f61937d4eef211af
	Driver Version: 12.100.00.00

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

568497

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