ThinkSystem SR258 (7Y53, Xeon E-2100)

ThinkSystem SR258 (7Y53, Xeon E-2100)
Network Server
Lenovo

12 Aug 2020
149605

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Rev. 1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: ISE113H - v2.00 (12/27/2019)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® E-2186G Processor 3.80 GHz
RAM:	Host: 32 GB, multiple VMs: 8 GB each, single max VM: 24 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports PCI Express X8 PCI Express X16 Serial
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD single disk configured as RAID 0 and M.2 boot device with two SSDs configured as a RAID 0 device. The "Device model" selected for the SLES guest virtual network adapter during testing was e1000, instead of the default virtio.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.5.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to one of the SLES 15 guests. One of the Intel Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ adapters was used in this testing.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through a KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports. As noted in the Tested Configuration above, the system also has one internal USB port.

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

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 327944
	Checksum: 66da90edfc8f437ccc9dd3572911dc80
	Driver Version: 3.137

Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 496728
	Checksum: bbf398d0be838fc838a89ffa888d4513
	Driver Version: 5.6.0-k

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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ThinkSystem SR258 (7Y53, Xeon E-2100) - Yes Bulletin 149605 | SUSE