ProLiant XL645d Gen10 Plus EPYC 7763 2.45GHz 64 Core Processor (Apollo 6500)

ProLiant XL645d Gen10 Plus EPYC 7763 2.45GHz 64 Core Processor (Apollo 6500)
Network Server
IBM

07 Apr 2021
150169

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2016
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information please visit, https://www.hpe.com/us/en/solutions/hpc-high-performance-computing.html

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Gen10Plus
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: A48 (02/24/2021)
CPU:	AMD EPYC™ 7763 2.45 GHz
RAM:	Host: 128 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 32 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 104 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200eH3
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P408i-p SR Gen10 Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HPE 960GB SAS 12G Read Intensive SFF VO000960JWZJF SSD , 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 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
Install: System installed using the BladeCenter chassis DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
Kdump: Yast2 - Kernel kdump - kdump memory was increased from 128 to 256 MB for kdump to function.

Referenced Bulletins
139132

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200eH3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 82584
	Checksum: f4565df412097c9a985a175aae408518

Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: iavf.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 222120
	Checksum: 2268a2f2cbbc5978756865c1be4c51ae
	Driver Version: 3.2.3-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 828248
	Checksum: fca60438f013636335cdf07c894451f0
	Driver Version: 2.8.20-k

Intel Ethernet 1Gb 1-port I350 Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 496728
	Checksum: bbf398d0be838fc838a89ffa888d4513
	Driver Version: 5.6.0-k

HPE Smart Array P408i-p SR Gen10 Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: smartpqi.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 175904
	Checksum: c42f15d5d3945f535de77f01460412a5
	Driver Version: 1.2.10-025

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:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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ProLiant XL645d Gen10 Plus EPYC 7763 2.45GHz 64 Core Processor (Apollo 6500) - Yes Bulletin 150169 | SUSE