VxFlex Ready Node R740xd

VxFlex Ready Node R740xd
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

06 Nov 2019
148785

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A04
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.2.61 (07/28/2019)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280L Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Persistent Memory:	64 GB, 4 Dell EMC NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory 16 GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H330 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Dell BOSS , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Toshiba SSD, SAS, 960GB (PX05SVB096Y) , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel SSD M.2, 240GB, SATA (SSDSCKJB240G7R) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-27.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
The kernel was then updated with the following kernel update: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=s57IyOa_Iw8~
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Watchdog: This system does not support the Watchdog Timer.

Adapters and Drivers


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

Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx EN Dual-Port Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: mlx5_core.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 1170800
	Checksum: 9df4a5b090868fd66a13a389c1e5f136
	Driver Version: 5.0-0

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H330
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpt3sas.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 536456
	Checksum: 43e5ac209ddf95d908c0937e0f76b0a5
	Driver Version: 26.100.00.00

Dell BOSS
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 81416
	Checksum: d8b69510f19884bd09cff1e0911e538d
	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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

592698

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