ThinkSystem SR655 V3 (7D9A, EPYC 9004)

ThinkSystem SR655 V3 (7D9A, EPYC 9004)
Network Server
IBM

11 Aug 2023
152576

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	03
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: KAE111N - v2.10 (06/06/2023)
CPU:	AMD EPYC™ 9754 2.25 GHz
RAM:	768 GB
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2600
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem P5520 Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch U.2 P5520 1.92TB Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 HS SSD
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.8.1-150400.86.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
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 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. The embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM4 (Quad Port), adapter was used during this testing.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP3 Xen maintenance update, slessp3-xen-201307-8063, is required and was installed during certification testing.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0.

Referenced Bulletins
140246

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2600
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 17-May-2023	Driver Size: 50790
	Checksum: 5c76baec83b61418041090c658eda587

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 17-May-2023	Driver Size: 115387
	Checksum: 1b2f57e38af6e5db003c3595cf69c69c

Lenovo ThinkSystem P5520 Read Intensive NVMe PCIe 4.0
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 17-May-2023	Driver Size: 39332
	Checksum: abc381799f879005e5e3d0ab071371a2
	Driver Version: 1.0

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
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ThinkSystem SR655 V3 (7D9A, EPYC 9004) - Yes Bulletin 152576 | SUSE