IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)

IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)
Network Server
Oracle America Inc.

30 Jul 2020
149509

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
POWER8 Enterprise-Class Server that's been designed to support the most mission-critical applications.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	192 IBM POWER8 4.02 GHz
RAM:	30 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	32 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM Ultrastar SSD1600MM SAS SSD - HUSMM1680ASS201 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-26.2

Config Notes

Install: An ISO image of the SLES11sp1 Install Media was used to install the Operating System via Virtual DVD-ROM device.
PLDP network driver: The PLDP Driver ixgbe.ko was installed and tested on Intel X540-AT2 and 82599EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers. The driver can be downloaded from http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-3.7.14-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-default-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm and http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/Intel/sle11sp1/common/x86_64/intel-ixgbe-kmp-xen-3.7.14_2.6.32.12_0.7-1.x86_64.rpm
Serial port: General purpose serial port functionality is not provided by the hardware. Therefore the serial port is supported only for accessing the ILOM and the serial port certification test has been waived.

Referenced Bulletins
137385

Adapters and Drivers


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: 321088
	Checksum: 21a1f5eff4b87d67559f0a2f3260cea7
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 271552
	Checksum: 6f0bfa7a9cbb0fa268e94363d6ddafa4
	Driver Version: 2.6.4

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:

Oracle America Inc.
500 Oracle Parkway
Redwood Shores , CA 94065
Website: www.Oracle.com

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