PowerEdge R940xa

PowerEdge R940xa
Network Server
IBM

09 Sep 2020
149746

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A01
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.8.1 (06/29/2020)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280 Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	2 TB
Persistent Memory:	1 TB, 8 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 128 GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H740P Mini , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Toshiba Enterprise Performance HDD 900 GB SAS (AL14SXB90EAY) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen 8479 maintenance update (Patch: slessp3-xen-201310-8479) is required and was installed during certification testing.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140863

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 103832
	Checksum: 0a84338d028c855ca7c2eae94404eae4

Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X550 rNDC (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 772792
	Checksum: ff93c743d2dcd3d61f22f44dcb6dd701
	Driver Version: 5.1.0-k

Dell PERC H740P Mini
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 309256

	Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-rc1

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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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