Ultrastar Serv60+8 Ceph Storage Cluster

Ultrastar Serv60+8 Ceph Storage Cluster
SUSE Enterprise Storage Solution
Western Digital Corporation

22 Oct 2020
149860

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SUSE® Enterprise Storage 6

Product Description
The Ultrastar Serv60+8 Ceph Storage Cluster is a software defined storage (SDS) appliance with support for up to 840 TB raw capacity per ceph node (60 x 14 TB). This solution consists of four (4) Ultrastar Serv60+8 OSD/MON nodes and one HPE ProLiant XL420 Gen10 admin node. For more product details and information about our certified SUSE servers (SLES/SES), please visit: https://www.westerndigital.com/products/storage-platforms/ultrastar-serv60-8-hybrid-server

Tested Configuration:

Test Kit:

SUSE Enterprise Storage Certification Kit 1.2.0-3.4

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
146557

Adapters and Drivers

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:

Western Digital Corporation
8105 E. Irvine Center Dr
Irvine , CA 92618
Voice: 949-932-5000

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