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 | ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1 IC3
Network Server
IBM | 03 Dec 2020
150034 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 3
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
The ClearPath Forward™ fabric delivers the cost-effective power, scalability, predictable performance, and security to support mission-critical applications running on SUSE Linux operating systems. ClearPath Forward fabric blends industry standard fabric technology with decades of mission critical expertise to deliver mission critical architecture on Intel X86. The ClearPath Forward™ Release 4.1 IC3 (PEPP) 4-Socket platform is applicable to all Unisys ClearPath Forward models that support a Fabric, including ClearPath Forward, ClearPath Forward Libra 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, & 8390, 6400/8400 as well as ClearPath Forward Dorado 4350, 4370, 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, 8390, 4480, 4490, 6480, 6490, 8480, 8490 and ES3000 3590R G3.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Virtual Machine |
| Mother Board Revision: | Unisys 0Y4CNC Rev. A00 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | UEFI: 1.23 (12/15/2009) |
| CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-4890 v2 2.80 GHz |
| RAM: | Host Platform: 2 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 678 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 1.98 TB |
| Ports and Bus Types: | 3 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X16 |
| Video Adapter: | Unisys
Virtual Video Controller |
| Host Bus Adapter: | Unisys
Virtual SCSI storage controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Hard Disk Drive: | Unisys
Virtual Hard Disk
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1 |
Config Notes
- Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0.
- 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 12 SP4 guests. One of the internal Intel Ethernet Controller I210-IT adapters was used for this testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| Unisys
Virtual Video Controller |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so |
| | Driver Date: 30-Oct-2018 | Driver Size: 23696 |
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| | Driver Version: 0.4.4 |
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| Unisys
Virtual SCSI storage controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: visorhba.ko |
| | Driver Date: 25-Sep-2020 | Driver Size: 34456 |
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| | Driver Version: 2.20.8.19 |
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| Unisys
Virtual Ethernet Controller |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: visornic.ko |
| | Driver Date: 25-Sep-2020 | Driver Size: 51864 |
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| | Driver Version: 2.20.8.19 |
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The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin.
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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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