ThinkSystem SR850 V3 (7D96/7D98, Xeon SP Gen 4)

ThinkSystem SR850 V3 (7D96/7D98, Xeon SP Gen 4)
Network Server
IBM

31 May 2023
152127

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2022
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	04
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: RSE105E - v1.10 (05/12/2023)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8490H Processor 1.90 GHz
RAM:	1 TB
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2600
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb SAS/SATA Adapter
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch PM1653 1.92TB Mixed Use SAS 24Gb HS SSD
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.8.0-150400.74.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed using PXE network install; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: separate RAID 0.
Persistent Memory: The Persistent Memory in the system was configured in Mixed Mode, 90-percent in Memory Mode and 10-percent in AppDirect Mode.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP2 guest. One of the Lenovo ThinkSystem X710-DA2 PCIe 10Gb 2-Port SFP+ Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2600
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 31130
	Checksum: 734c0cf8a6d7d153f61372e89322ca39

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 104054
	Checksum: 1e77d5a9e953a8b24e1d74073e999787

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 540-8i PCIe Gen4 12Gb SAS/SATA Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 91281
	Checksum: 73fe8023764e189c76be50188530b557
	Driver Version: 07.719.03.00-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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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ThinkSystem SR850 V3 (7D96/7D98, Xeon SP Gen 4) - Yes Bulletin 152127 | SUSE