IBM LinuxOne Emperor II (3906)

IBM LinuxOne Emperor II (3906)
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Apr 2019
147835

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
IBM LinuxOne Emperor II (3906)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	zSeries Platform
Mother Board Revision:	N/A
BIOS/uEFI:	N/A
CPU:	8 IBM Emperor II CPU (3906)
RAM:	4 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	zSeries
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Ficon Express16 , FibreChannel IBM SCSI/FCP , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM FICON DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device , SCSI
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.2

Config Notes

The ixgbe.ko driver used during testing is not SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the following driver package: intel-lan_linux_v20.3.zip. This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25391/Onboard-Network-Driver-for-Linux-?product=78562
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to the SLES 12 SP1 guest. The embedded Intel X540-AT2 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller adapter was used during this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Ficon Express16
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: zfcp.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 216144


IBM SCSI/FCP
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: zfcp.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 216144


2 IBM OSA-Express 6s (10 GB)
	Driver Type:	Driver Name: qeth.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 231824

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:

Lenovo
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