IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX)

IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX)
Network Server
IBM

20 Oct 2021
151004

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) system is a scale-up Enterprise class server that is based on POWER10 processor. Power E1080 Enterprise server delivers a uniquely architected platform to help securely and efficiently scale core operational and AI applications in a hybrid cloud.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	8 IBM POWER10 4.0 GHz
RAM:	8192 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	12 PCI Express X16 4 PCI Express X8 2 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	2 Samsung® NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 , NVMe
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM Mainstream 3.2 TB SSD NVMe U.2 module (#EC5L) , NVMe
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER10 hardware itself.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: This system is a 2 node configuration with 4 sockets per node, totaling 8 CPU sockets. The POWER10 4.0 GHz CPUs tested each have 15 cores and SMT 8. Totaling for the system 120 cores and 960 threads.
Required configuration: SLES 12 SP5 will only run in POWER9 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER10 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER9 processor with SMT8.

Adapters and Drivers


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: 308688
	Checksum: e2e286a3c242fd5f349ff04c45e99863
	Driver Version: 3.137

2 Samsung® NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983

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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) - Yes Bulletin 151004 | SUSE