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 | VMware ESXi 6.5
Network Server
IBM | 30 Jun 2022
151653 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11 |
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
| 4
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 15 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.
Tested Configuration:
| Computer Type: | Virtual Machine |
| Mother Board Revision: | Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0 |
| BIOS/uEFI: | BIOS Boot: 6.00 (04/05/2016) |
| CPU: | 8 Intel
Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 2.50 GHz |
| RAM: | Host platform: 6 TB, multiple VM guests: 1500 GB, single max VM guest: 6128 GB |
| Video Adapter: | VMware®
VMware SVGA II |
| Host Bus Adapter: | VMware®
Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
, IDE VMware®
VMware SATA AHCI Controller
, Serial ATA (SATA) VMware®
Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
, SCSI |
| Hard Disk Drive: | VMware®
Virtual disk rev:1.0 (IDE)
, IDE VMware®
Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI)
, SCSI |
| CD/DVD: | VMware®
VMware SATA CD00
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
| Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 8.7.0-27.2 |
Config Notes
- Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1 and RAID 5.
- Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
- VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP2 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2008 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.0.exe), and the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
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Adapters and Drivers
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| VMware®
VMware SVGA II |
| | Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2022 | Driver Size: 174387 |
| | Checksum: 16028cbacabc113b98bfae517f201bb3 |
| | Driver Version: 2.18.1.0 |
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| VMware®
VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter |
| | Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2022 | Driver Size: 36395 |
| | Checksum: 64bf6ccedc55fcad02f36ee076eb4bd9 |
| | Driver Version: 1.6.0.0-k |
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| VMware®
Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2022 | Driver Size: 12043 |
| | Checksum: 115517793ba1d3cf87d81073735c9ba6 |
| | Driver Version: 2.13 |
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| VMware®
VMware SATA AHCI Controller |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2022 | Driver Size: 15242 |
| | Checksum: d1eeb6c69573a1775a42de5208c9908e |
| | Driver Version: 3.0 |
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| VMware®
Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter |
| | Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko.zst |
| | Driver Date: 11-May-2022 | Driver Size: 14518 |
| | Checksum: c1ed97859e4bc1c15342123050a4436d |
| | Driver Version: 1.0.7.0-k |
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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:
www.ibm.com
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