VMware ESXi 6.0

VMware ESXi 6.0
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

09 Dec 2019
148857

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS Boot: 6.00 (09/30/2014)
CPU:	4 AMD Eight-Core Opteron™ Model 6134 2.30 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 4096 GB, multi 64-bit VM Guests: 1000 GB each, Single Max VM Guest Tested Memory: 4080 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial Parallel Port 3 PCI-ISA 4 32-Bit PCI
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 250 GB 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA II , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Panasonic DVD-RAM UJ890 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-28.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: SSD RAID 10, HDD RAID 5.
Persistent Memory: The Persistent Memory in the system was configured in mixed mode, 90-percent in Memory Mode and 10-percent in AppDirect Mode.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP2 guest. One of the Intel Ethernet X722 adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 29-May-2013	Driver Size: 14588208
	Checksum: b04453e653cab45eefe58ac419ccacb3

2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5709C Dual-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T TOE PCI Express® Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 126799
	Checksum: 397a73b82a4464ecc498d721f8c4a10d
	Driver Version: 2.2.3

IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 128775
	Checksum: 36c2f0e7dab4f4c97ea2e019d1fb44da
	Driver Version: 06.506.00.00-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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

606102

VMware ESXi 6.0 - Yes Bulletin 148857 | SUSE