BULLION S16

BULLION S16
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

10 Aug 2020
149524

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
The BULLION S16 has up to 16 Xeon E7-8890 V4 processors with a memory capacity of up to 16TB.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	11074283-006
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: BIOSX10.045.05.106 (06/12/2018)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8180 Processor 2.50 GHz
RAM:	16 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C621 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP 1.2TB 6G SAS 10K rpm SFF (2.5-inch) Hard Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	HPE DU8AESH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-41.2

Config Notes

Install: SLES OS installation was performed by using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "i40e" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "intel-i40e-2.1.26-20.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-i40e-kmp-default-2.1.26_k4.4.21_69-20.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "megaraid_sas" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-default-07.704.04.00_k4.4.21_69-6.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation
All ports of Intel XXV710-DA2 Ethernet Network Adapters were tested at 25Gb/s speed.

Referenced Bulletins
146556

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: libfb.so
	Driver Date: 26-May-2015	Driver Size: 138752
	Checksum: ed7cf2d9c60c06fca06019e821c4b4eb
	Driver Version: 1.0.0

HP 1Gb Ethernet 4-port 331i Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Mar-2017	Driver Size: 249175
	Checksum: 4b2128219ee9dff3a8baa97380e5b6fe
	Driver Version: 3.137

HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Mar-2017	Driver Size: 161199
	Checksum: 3447bb74d92dc937a06026e0757c5917
	Driver Version: 1.2-0[30300]-ms

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: smartpqi.ko
	Driver Date: 19-May-2017	Driver Size: 121862
	Checksum: 614654f5ac3914f81cf5e5b368c94adb
	Driver Version: 1.0.4-100

Intel C621 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Mar-2017	Driver Size: 60375
	Checksum: 3faa30ce4daa49f046f234be98d5b1e4
	Driver Version: 3.0

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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