ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1 IC3

ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1 IC3
Network Server
Kontron

20 Jan 2021
150074

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	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 IC2 (PEPP) 2-Socket platform is applicable to all Unisys ClearPath Forward models, including ClearPath Forward, ClearPath Forward Libra 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, & 8390 as well as ClearPath Forward Dorado 4350, 4370, 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, 8390, and ES3000 3560R G6.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Unisys 06G98X Rev. A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.23 (12/15/2009)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6154 Processor 3.00 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 360GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 115 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 352 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 PCI Express X8 5 USB Ports
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 8.5.0-29.4

Config Notes

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).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 adapters was used in this testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
139148

Adapters and Drivers


Unisys Virtual Video Controller
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 23696

	Driver Version: 0.4.4

Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: visorhba.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Sep-2020	Driver Size: 34456

	Driver Version: 2.20.8.19

Unisys Virtual Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: visornic.ko
	Driver Date: 25-Sep-2020	Driver Size: 51864

	Driver Version: 2.20.8.19

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:

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