ThinkSystem SD530 (7X21, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem SD530 (7X21, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
Intel Corporation

21 Jul 2020
149429

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	16024-1D 548.02A62.001D
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TEE151L - v2.51 (01/13/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280 Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	192 GB (DRAM)
Persistent Memory:	1TB, 4 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 256GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i Dense Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 600GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. An added network adapter, Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller, was used in this testing - this adapter was using the standard SP3 e1000e driver.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

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 Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 10GBASE-T
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 828248
	Checksum: fca60438f013636335cdf07c894451f0
	Driver Version: 2.8.20-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i Dense 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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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