Hitachi Advanced Server DS7160

Hitachi Advanced Server DS7160
Network Server
IBM

21 Sep 2021
150839

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

Product Description
The Hitachi Advanced Server DS7160 has up to 16 Intel Xeon 8276L processors with a memory capacity of up to 24TB.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	12001509-006
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: BIOS_PUR043.39.05.123 (02/25/2021)
CPU:	2 AMD EPYC™ 7713 2.00 GHz
RAM:	24 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 40 PCI Express X8 8 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	Broadcom® MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Toshiba AL Series Enterprise Performance HDD, 2.5-inch, 600 GB, SAS 12 Gbps, 10K RPM (AL14SEB060N) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.
System was scaled up to 8-sockets by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
UEFI Configuration: The Processor State (p-state) setting in UEFI was changed from the default Enabled to Disabled. ( F1 Setup --> System Settings --> Processors )

Referenced Bulletins
142693

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 Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 828248
	Checksum: fca60438f013636335cdf07c894451f0
	Driver Version: 2.8.20-k

Broadcom® MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 307352
	Checksum: 6a8ab28719545a1f0f5b94fb61320d48
	Driver Version: 07.713.01.00-rc1

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
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Hitachi Advanced Server DS7160 - Yes Bulletin 150839 | SUSE