5288 V5

5288 V5
Network Server
IBM

24 Feb 2022
151227

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
For more information about System 5288 V5, please see our website: https://support.xfusion.com/support/#/en/rack-servers/5288-v5-pid-22315644/document

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Version .B
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 8.20 (10/20/2021)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6234 Processor 3.30 GHz
RAM:	96 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports PCI Express X16 6 PCI Express X8 2 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd Hi1710
Host Bus Adapter:	Broadcom® SAS3508 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K HDD ST1200MM0009 1.2TB , Serial SCSI (SAS) Hitachi GST HUC109090CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

768 CPUs require ESXi 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP2 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Referenced Bulletins
150101

Adapters and Drivers


Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd Hi1710
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 20-Feb-2021	Driver Size: 21788696
	Checksum: 38c4a31963eaa9f3b48ec115742967a5

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 (Dual-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 175616
	Checksum: 0b3c528d2721724cb5e68abc90bf65ec

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 175616
	Checksum: 0b3c528d2721724cb5e68abc90bf65ec

Broadcom® SAS3508
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

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:
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5288 V5 - Yes Bulletin 151227 | SUSE