ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
IBM

24 Jun 2019
148276

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	Rev 1.2
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: O0E136X - v2.13 (05/15/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8253 Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	Philips and Lite-On Digital Storage Corporation DVD-RW DH16AFSH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-27.1

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The driver "htc-hfcldd" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.11.18.3038.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.11.18.3038_3.0.76_0.11-2.sles11sp3.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, access http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346401.html . DUD can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "ixgbe" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver package name is "ixgbe-kmp-default-3.21.2_3.0.101_0.29-h1.x86_64.rpm" and was installed after the SLES11SP3 install. To obtain the driver, access http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12346369.html
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
Kernel update: SLES11 SP3 kernel update 9237 (3.0.101-0.29 x86-64) is required and was installed during certification testing.

Referenced Bulletins
143259

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 102080
	Checksum: 07cad92cf9d842281e5e704f469b323c

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 760616
	Checksum: 7266d27d397e793c77e347c30a4fe464
	Driver Version: 2.7.6-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 296104
	Checksum: 0c021a1293826b2f98a1f58789f0ebda
	Driver Version: 07.707.50.00-rc1

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 81288
	Checksum: cda6f840da0973af652a5672382ed473
	Driver Version: 3.0

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:
www.ibm.com

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