Advanced Server DS240

Advanced Server DS240
Network Server
Lenovo

17 Aug 2020
149626

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	31S7DMB0000
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: S7DH3B16.H01 (01/21/2020)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8276L Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Persistent Memory:	6 TB, 24 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 256 GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X8 5 PCI Express X16 16 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	2 Emulex Corporation LPe320002 FC (Dual Port) , FibreChannel Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Intel SSD DC S4500 Series 1.9TB (SSDSC2KB019T7) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-41.2

Config Notes

768 CPUs require ESXi 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP6 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 guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see 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 15 SP6 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2500
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko
	Driver Date: 15-May-2019	Driver Size: 130840
	Checksum: 91f3d373f3311797e9becd7cb5292262

Intel Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 15-May-2019	Driver Size: 760616

	Driver Version: 2.7.6-k

Mellanox® ConnectX-4 LX 25GbE Dual Port SFP28 Adapter (MCX4121A-ACAT)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: mlx5_core.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 1446704
	Checksum: 0a131dd262dbf1a1443b03b27c083bbc
	Driver Version: 5.0-0

2 Emulex Corporation LPe320002 FC (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 1798120
	Checksum: b9271150fa2f96e06ba28b0cc25b8c35
	Driver Version: 0:12.2.0.0

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 81288

	Driver Version: 3.0

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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Advanced Server DS240 - Yes Bulletin 149626 | SUSE