ThinkEdge SE455 V3 (7DBY, EPYC 8004)

ThinkEdge SE455 V3 (7DBY, EPYC 8004)
Network Server
IBM

07 Nov 2023
152903

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 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: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 15	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:	IoT / Edge Server
Mother Board Revision:	05
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: MBE103I - v1.10 (09/07/2023)
CPU:	AMD EPYC™ 8534P 2.30 GHz
RAM:	384 GB
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2600
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch S4520 960GB Read Intensive SATA 6Gb HS SSD
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.8.1-150400.88.1

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.

Adapters and Drivers


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

Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 249651
	Checksum: ff718cab6289f2f9fa5bdb783b0ec335

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb 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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