ThinkSystem SN850 (7X15, Xeon SP Gen 1)

ThinkSystem SN850 (7X15, Xeon SP Gen 1)
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

09 Dec 2019
148858

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 1 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: IVE147M - v2.41 (10/31/2019)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	Host: 768 GB, multiple VMs: 170 GB each, single max VM: 680 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 600GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-31.4

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER10 hardware itself.
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.
CPU: This system is a 2 node configuration with 4 sockets per node, totaling 8 CPU sockets. The POWER10 4.0 GHz CPUs tested each have 15 cores and SMT 8. Totaling for the system 120 cores and 960 threads.
Required configuration: SLES 12 SP5 will only run in POWER9 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER10 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER9 processor with SMT8.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-Oct-2019	Driver Size: 140704


	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 103832
	Checksum: 0a84338d028c855ca7c2eae94404eae4

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Quad-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: iavf.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 225600
	Checksum: 9d55f4cf07890c56b0f660f127c7cc5d
	Driver Version: 3.2.3-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 309256
	Checksum: a649376d8c32760e3d73ee1c44058ef7
	Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-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

606837

ThinkSystem SN850 (7X15, Xeon SP Gen 1) - Yes Bulletin 148858 | SUSE