ThinkSystem SR550 (7X03, Xeon SP Gen 1)

ThinkSystem SR550 (7X03, Xeon SP Gen 1)
Network Server
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.

21 Jul 2020
149428

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Other Products:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Point of Service (SLEPOS)

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:	Rev. 1.1
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TEE151L - v2.51 (01/13/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6138 Processor 2.0 GHz
RAM:	Host: 96 GB, multiple VMs: 16 GB each, single max VM: 70 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.5-inch 2TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 12 FV guest. One of the integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 1GbE adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe).
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with and requires the following additional load parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=4 (the parameters are required, the specific values can be changed).
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD two disks configured as RAID 0 and M.2 boot device with two SSDs configured as a RAID 1 device.

Referenced Bulletins
146200

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 82584
	Checksum: f4565df412097c9a985a175aae408518

Intel Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: iavf.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 222120
	Checksum: 2268a2f2cbbc5978756865c1be4c51ae
	Driver Version: 3.2.3-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache 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:

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc.
P.O. Box 12195
3039 Cornwallis Road
Building 307
Research Triangle Park , NC 27709
Website: http://www.toshibagcs.com/

586145

ThinkSystem SR550 (7X03, Xeon SP Gen 1) - Yes Bulletin 149428 | SUSE