Advanced Server DS225

Advanced Server DS225
Network Server
Intel Corporation

20 Apr 2021
150218

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	31S5BMB0030
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: S5BH3B18.H00 (09/10/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8260L Processor 2.40 GHz
RAM:	1536 GB
Persistent Memory:	1.5 TB, 12 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 128 GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C621 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA) Emulex Corporation LPe31002 FC (Dual-Port) , FibreChannel
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital Ultrastar® DC HC320 SATA 6Gb/s 8 TB (HUS728T8TALE6L4) , Serial ATA (SATA) Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 ST4000NM0024 4TB , Serial ATA (SATA)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device:	Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.4

Config Notes

Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5.
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. The Intel® PRO/1000 PM (82571EB) Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet adapter was used in 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), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.

Referenced Bulletins
139400

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2500
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 115632
	Checksum: f1fc1a718c1def157bd5b84ad0d9dbae

Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 767560
	Checksum: 8e262d9f66fbc816b26754e1b1945259
	Driver Version: 5.1.0-k

Intel 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 767560
	Checksum: 8e262d9f66fbc816b26754e1b1945259
	Driver Version: 5.1.0-k

Intel C621 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 81200
	Checksum: 6c62cb81fb973cf2e6ed7d35c964be09
	Driver Version: 3.0

Emulex Corporation LPe31002 FC (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: lpfc.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 1832448
	Checksum: c353884e7ecb0a282daf0f09d1622cae
	Driver Version: 0:12.8.0.0

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:

Intel Corporation
Columbia Design Center
100 Center Point Circle, Suite 200
Columbia , SC 29210
Voice: 803-216-2100
Website: www.intel.com

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Advanced Server DS225 - Yes Bulletin 150218 | SUSE