IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)

IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)
Network Server
Suma Technology Co., Ltd.

19 Nov 2018
147227

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
The IBM® Power® System E980 server offers the next generation of IBM Power Systems™ servers with POWER9™ technology-based processors. It 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:	192 IBM POWER9 3.55 GHz
RAM:	32 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 32 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) , NVMe
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM Mainstream 800 GB SSD NVMe U.2 module , NVMe
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-83.2

Config Notes

Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: RAID 0.
Persistent Memory: Configured in Mixed Mode, with 90-percent Memory Mode and 10-percent AppDirect Mode.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP3 guest. One of the Intel X550-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapter adapters was used in this testing.

Referenced Bulletins
150562

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 10-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 310119
	Checksum: de7af3e241eb8a5fdeed1d763849a5b6
	Driver Version: 3.137

4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko
	Driver Date: 10-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 67487
	Checksum: e40e619a55fac756ea0734f6696e46d9
	Driver Version: 1.0

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:

Suma Technology Co., Ltd.
No.88 Nansong Road
Yushan Town, Kunshan City
Jiangsu Province 215399
CHINA
Voice: 0512-36916970
Website: https://www.cancon.com.cn

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IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S) - Yes Bulletin 147227 | SUSE