PowerEdge R840

PowerEdge R840
Network Server
Hitachi, Ltd.

26 Jun 2019
148309

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.2.9 (05/08/2019)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280L Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	6 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8 6 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C621 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA) Dell PERC H740P Mini , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Seagate® ST1000NX0453 2.5 inch, 1TB, 12Gb/s, SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GU90N , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

This is a SAN boot only system.
The Hitachi SAS 3004 iMR ROMB and local HDD (hard disk drives) are not supported on this configuration.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "hfcldd.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver update disk (DUD) "dud-htc-hfcldd-4.12.22.4346.iso" and the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.12.22.4346_4.12.14_120-1.sles12sp5.x86_64.rpm". To obtain DUD and the driver package, go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347937.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.ko" used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver ixgbe used for Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express Family of Server Adapters is named "ixgbe-kmp-default-5.6.5_k4.12.14_120-h1b.x86_64.rpm". This driver package can be downloaded and installed after the SLES12 SP5 install. To obtain the driver go to http://www.hitachi.co.jp/products/bladesymphony/download/driver/12347936.html.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 105288
	Checksum: 1eae76e8c5bf871e23a8cf646aaf1ed6

Intel I350c rNDC GbE 4 port
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 489024
	Checksum: d5232654a1debc91e634dcdcdf5d1fc8
	Driver Version: 5.4.0-k

Intel C621 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 79168
	Checksum: 4f7c7f0d69f4ac743ca67d4e22b5c8ef
	Driver Version: 3.0

Dell PERC H740P Mini
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 288872
	Checksum: 05a11c19ea5020998382f29c3ae31971
	Driver Version: 07.704.04.00-rc1

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:

Hitachi, Ltd.
1 Horiyamashita, Hadano-shi
Kanagawa-ken 259-1392
JAPAN
Voice: +81-463-88-8010
Fax: +81-463-87-7495

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