ThinkSystem SR850P (7D2G, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem SR850P (7D2G, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
Lenovo

03 Feb 2020
149115

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Micro 6.2

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
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
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Lily Rogue 19140-SA 548.02930.00SA
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TEE145Q - v1.10 (12/12/2019)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8260M Processor 2.40 GHz
RAM:	Host: 1536 GB, multiple VMs: 280 GB each, single max VM: 496 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 4 USB Ports 5 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 4 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch HUSMM32 400GB Performance SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-41.2

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
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 Power11 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power11 hardware itself.
CPU: This system is a 4 node configuration with 4 sockets per node, totaling 16 CPU sockets. The Power11 3.80--4.30 GHz CPUs tested each have 16 cores and with SMT8. Totaling for the system 256 cores or 2048 vCPU threads.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 104472
	Checksum: 26cb48d1aefde18dac9465d71e69b5af

Intel Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 685472
	Checksum: 934315547c53bd164e350f79441d3400
	Driver Version: 2.3.2-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40evf.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 210888
	Checksum: 17f8dc4142ac1eb4e17b89bd2d010913
	Driver Version: 3.2.2-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 287424
	Checksum: 328b86298228df1c9c2f2fc98eb01ece
	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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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