IBM Power System S914 (9009-41A)

IBM Power System S914 (9009-41A)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

30 Apr 2018
146691

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
The next generation of Power Systems servers with POWER9 technology is built with innovations that can help deliver security and reliability for the data-intensive workloads of today''s enterprises. POWER9 technology is designed from the ground up for data-intensive workloads like databases and analytics.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER9 2.7 GHz
RAM:	512 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (57D7) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Seagate® ST300MP0064 - Enterprise Performance 15K HDD 300 GB , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

Power Management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Power Management: For suspend to RAM to work, create file /etc/pm/config.d/suspend and add the following line to it : S2RAM_OPTS="-f -p -m"
Dual video is supported with VIA drivers on SP1, these VIA drivers are not PLDP compliant. For SLEPOS11SP1, download the VIA driver at : http://linux.via.com.tw/download/OEM/driver/5.74.33.86a-slpos11sp1-54438ibm-rtm.tar. For SLES11SP1/SLED11SP1, download the VIA driver at : http://linux.via.com.tw/download/OEM/driver/5.74.33.86a-sl11sp1-54438ibm-rtm.tar

Referenced Bulletins
132491

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 295567
	Checksum: eeb2b915b992f930d874697d247b3b11
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (57D7)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 221527
	Checksum: a3c9af9381086229aa0eb35f1efcede9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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:

Dell Incorporated
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ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

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