ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem ST550 (7X09, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
IEIT SYSTEMS Co., Ltd.

21 Jul 2020
149442

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Tower
Mother Board Revision:	Rev 1.2
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: O0E152L - v2.51 (01/13/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8253 Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, multiple VMs: 32 GB each, single max VM: 160 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA) Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) Lenovo ThinkSystem with Mirroring Enablement Kit - 32 GB M.2 drive , Serial ATA (SATA)
CD/DVD:	Philips and Lite-On Digital Storage Corporation DVD-RW DH16AFSH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

System was configured as 1-node scalable partition.
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}
Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.

Referenced Bulletins
132750

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 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

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 81200
	Checksum: 6c62cb81fb973cf2e6ed7d35c964be09
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

IEIT SYSTEMS Co., Ltd.
East side of Floor 9, No. 801, Caoshanling South Road, High-tech Zone, Jinan City, Shandong Province, PRC
Jinan 250101
CHINA
Website: https://www.ieisystem.com

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