ThinkSystem SR635 (7Y99, EPYC 7002)

ThinkSystem SR635 (7Y99, EPYC 7002)
Network Server
IBM

21 Jul 2020
149423

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	SB27A42857
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: CFE107O v2.00 (12/28/2019)
CPU:	AMD EPYC™ 7742 2.25 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K 1.8TB SAS 512E HDD - ST1800MM0018 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-26.4

Config Notes

Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
KVM Guest / Maintenance update: The SLE10SP3 maintenance kernel (201000920) was installed on the guest to address network connection problems. Kernel patch installed: kernel-bigsmp-2.6.16.60-0.69.1.i586.rpm.
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
134088

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2500
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 115632
	Checksum: f1fc1a718c1def157bd5b84ad0d9dbae

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 327944
	Checksum: 66da90edfc8f437ccc9dd3572911dc80
	Driver Version: 3.137

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 307352

	Driver Version: 07.713.01.00-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
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ThinkSystem SR635 (7Y99, EPYC 7002) - Yes Bulletin 149423 | SUSE