PowerEdge R740xd

PowerEdge R740xd
Network Server
IBM

17 Sep 2019
148676

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.3.10 (08/15/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6242 Processor 2.80 GHz
RAM:	1 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® ST600MP0034 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Samsung® PM1725a NVMe SSD , NVMe
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-27.1

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462 SLES15 data is being updated in the same document and at current SLES 12 SP3 crashkernel values works fine. Additional boot parameters are changed as per https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023433
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 hardware itself.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 106720
	Checksum: 69845dd9d9465dfc3d37d29b27d4ad5a

Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X550 rNDC (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 723688
	Checksum: 709366b0e6e67c8c7f223491998f15f8
	Driver Version: 5.1.0-k

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 293840
	Checksum: 635faadb60d3bceab0350cc9d3794166
	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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
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