ThinkSystem SR950 (7X12, Xeon SP Gen 1)

ThinkSystem SR950 (7X12, Xeon SP Gen 1)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

11 Aug 2020
149541

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: PSE127M - v1.71 (02/07/2020)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 9 PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 300GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K HDD, SAS, 900GB (ST900MM0168) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

768 CPUs require ESXi 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP5 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see the knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP5 is autoloaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html

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

Lenovo ThinkSystem X710-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2-Port SFP+ Ethernet Adapter
Intel Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 1GbE
Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i 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:

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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ThinkSystem SR950 (7X12, Xeon SP Gen 1) - Yes Bulletin 149541 | SUSE