Superdome Flex

Superdome Flex
Network Server
Lenovo

10 Apr 2019
147850

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Product Description
HPE Superdome Flex is the mission critical platform flexible and powerful enough to handle the massive and growing amount of data moving though your business. Its inmemory design and unparalleled scale give you the ability to analyze data from the digital core to the intelligent edge in real time, keeping you a step ahead. And because the infrastructure is modular and cloud ready, it`s the right fit for any business of any size. Keep pace with your evolving inmemory computing demands through a unique modular design. Start small and grow as needed, flexibly scaling up or out. With superior RAS and end to end security, HP Superdome Flex safeguards your vital workloads. Our broad services portfolio and partner eosystem, and mission-critical expertise help turn data into insight, so you can turn insight into action, and action into success with peace of mind that your business will be always on.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: Bundle:3.0.338 (12/20/2018)
CPU:	32 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280 Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	24 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	14 PCI Express X16 18 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C600/X79 series chipset SATA RAID Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HPE 480GB SATA 6G Mixed Use SFF , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports, system also has one built-in USB port.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: HDD - single SATA drive, M.2 boot drive - two SSD configured as a RAID 0. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=8.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.5.exe).
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to the SLES 15 FV guest. One of the integrated Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 105288
	Checksum: 1eae76e8c5bf871e23a8cf646aaf1ed6

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 10GBASE-T
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 672856
	Checksum: ed0ba4d00cc73bffeeda57b9f3ec8b73
	Driver Version: 2.1.14-k

Intel C600/X79 series chipset SATA RAID Controller
	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 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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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Superdome Flex - Yes Bulletin 147850 | SUSE