ThinkSystem SR635 (7Y99, EPYC 7002)

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

21 Jul 2020
149425

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 7 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	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	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

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:	Host: 128 GB, mutiple VMs: 20 GB each, single max VM: 100 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 8.5.0-29.1

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 2-CPU socket configuration with a 30-core dual-chip module per socket, totalling 60 cores. The Power11 2.8–3.95 GHz (Max) DCM CPUs tested each have 30 cores and, with SMT8, a total of 480 vCPU threads.

Referenced Bulletins
154747

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

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

613044

ThinkSystem SR635 (7Y99, EPYC 7002) - Yes Bulletin 149425 | SUSE