Synergy 480 Gen10 Compute Module 2.70 GHz Twenty-Eight Core

Synergy 480 Gen10 Compute Module 2.70 GHz Twenty-Eight Core
Network Server
IBM

05 Apr 2019
147771

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information please visit, https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/synergy/synergy-compute.hits-12.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	Gen10
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: I42 (02/02/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280 Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 128 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 32 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 101 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P204i-c SR Gen10 Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 HPE 900GB SAS 12G Enterprise 15K SFF (2.5in) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the FV SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Emulex BladeEngine 3 - 10Gb Dual-Port Ethernet Controller adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Install: System installed using the BladeCenter chassis DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
139135

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 105288
	Checksum: 1eae76e8c5bf871e23a8cf646aaf1ed6

HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 1345896
	Checksum: 0e352bddb12ffb95403414d0fd48e35d
	Driver Version: 1.712.30-0

HPE Smart Array P204i-c SR Gen10 Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: smartpqi.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 152696
	Checksum: e3a32815d4f57fd19823c66f05b803d9
	Driver Version: 1.1.2-126

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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