IBM z16 AGZ

IBM z16 AGZ
Network Server
New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.

10 May 2023
152081

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
IBM® z16™, z16 AGZ (3932)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	zSeries Platform
Mother Board Revision:	NA
BIOS/uEFI:	NA
CPU:	16 IBM z16 CPU (3932)
RAM:	16 GB
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM FICON Express32S SX IBM SCSI/FCP
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device 2 IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.7.0-27.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to one of the SLES 15 SP4 guests. One port of the internal Intel Ethernet 1Gb 4-port Base-T I350-T4 for OCP 3.0 Adapter was used for this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM 25GbE RoCE Express3 SR
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: mlx5_core.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2022	Driver Size: 370440
	Checksum: f18f7c7e645552767e7aa373cc8de1a1
	Driver Version: 5.0-0

IBM OSA-Express7S 25 GbE SR 1.2
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: qeth.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2022	Driver Size: 51612
	Checksum: 1a262840c06dcfbfe61dca677174f3e1

IBM FICON Express32S SX
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: zfcp.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2022	Driver Size: 47848
	Checksum: e7c712428ba00147f061efc6564b2a5e

IBM SCSI/FCP
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: zfcp.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2022	Driver Size: 47848
	Checksum: e7c712428ba00147f061efc6564b2a5e

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:

New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
466 Changhe Road
Binjiang District
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
CHINA

608324

IBM z16 AGZ - Yes Bulletin 152081 | SUSE