LIFEBOOK U748

LIFEBOOK U748
Workstation
Unisys Corporation

27 Sep 2018
147091

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
The new LIFEBOOK U748, based on the 8th generation Intel® Core™ processor is a slim and light ultra-mobile notebook for business professionals supporting optimum mobility for business trips and ergonomics in the office. With its 35.6 cm (14-inch) and light weight of only 1.49 kg (3.28 lbs.) it provides excellent mobility. Ergonomic viewing is guaranteed with the anti-glare HD, FHD or optional FHD touch display options and the embedded palm vein or finger print sensor provide outstanding security. Smart design combines legacy interfaces like full-size VGA and easy upgradeability with a thin and durable housing. The common port replicator of the LIFEBOOK U family facilitates workplace sharing within today’s modern workstyle

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Notebook
Mother Board Revision:	FJNB2B4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: Version Beta1.00 (08/31/2017)
CPU:	Intel Core™ i7-860 Processor 2.80 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Intel HD Graphics P630
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel GL82QM175 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	SanDisk X400 SSD (256GB) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-83.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel:512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=20G dom0_max_vcpus=20.
Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update 8973 and kernel update 9105 (x86-64) are required and were installed during certification testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
SUSE Driver Kit: TheUnisys E7000 7600R G4 Bootable driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/unisys/Unisys_E7000_7600R_G4/sle11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where two of the host network adapters were given, one each, to the FV SLES 11 SP3 i586 and FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. Two of the Intel® I350-T4 ML2 Quad Port GbE Adapters was used during this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
141627

Adapters and Drivers


Intel HD Graphics P630
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: i915.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 3925776
	Checksum: 7ea833fe4129fe6c31c04d355b90e2fb

Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 556096
	Checksum: e1c269c6bfd3af05562f2f475ca4e215
	Driver Version: 3.2.6-k

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: iwlwifi.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 524728
	Checksum: e92103ceeb0539bebf5006884649119f

Intel GL82QM175 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 79168
	Checksum: 4f7c7f0d69f4ac743ca67d4e22b5c8ef
	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:

Unisys Corporation
Unisys Way
Blue Bell , PA 19424
Voice: 408-434-2600
Fax: 408-434-2688
Website: http://www.unisys.com

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