ThinkSystem SR670 V2 (7Z22, Xeon SP Gen 3)

ThinkSystem SR670 V2 (7Z22, Xeon SP Gen 3)
Network Server
IBM

25 May 2021
150300

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
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 about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: U8E109P-1.01 (04/08/2021)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 Processor 2.40 GHz
RAM:	Host 512 GB, Multiple VMs: 90 GB each, Single Max VM: 440 GB
Persistent Memory:	1 TB, 8 Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 Series 128GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 2.5, SAS, 1 TB (ST1000NX0423) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-33.1

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Watchdog: This system does not support the Watchdog Timer.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 333184
	Checksum: 47eae18f69a88e3d89433f16a521b428
	Driver Version: 3.137

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 8GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 309256
	Checksum: a649376d8c32760e3d73ee1c44058ef7
	Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-rc1

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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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ThinkSystem SR670 V2 (7Z22, Xeon SP Gen 3) - Yes Bulletin 150300 | SUSE