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 | IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)
Network Server
IBM | 07 Feb 2019
147629 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
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: | 2 Samsung®
Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe)
, NVMe |
| Hard Disk Drive: | 2 IBM
Mainstream 800 GB SSD NVMe U.2 module
, NVMe |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.2 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
- SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 FV guest. One port of the integrated Fujitsu PLAN EP X550-T2 adapter was used in this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Broadcom®
BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| | Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 308304 |
| | Checksum: 8d0f3568332277655ed09b7b2b2576cc |
| | Driver Version: 3.137 |
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| 2 Samsung®
Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: nvme.ko |
| | Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 74600 |
| | Checksum: 86f491a5e8decfab33af57aec6907243 |
| | Driver Version: 1.0 |
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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:
IBM
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