NF5280-A8-A0-R0-00

NF5280-A8-A0-R0-00
Network Server
IBM

15 Jan 2025
153725

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 01.07.00 (11/15/2024)
CPU:	2 AMD EPYC™ 9965
RAM:	128 GB
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2600
Host Bus Adapter:	Broadcom® LSI MegaRAID 9560-8i , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Toshiba AL15SE Series, 1.8 TB, 2.5-inch, SAS 12Gbps, 10.5k rpm, 512e (AL15SEB18EQ) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 9.1.0-150500.110.2

Config Notes

The mpt2sas driver can be downloaded and installed when SLES is installed. To obtain the driver go to: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Host%20Bus%20Adapters/Host%20Bus%20Adapters%20Common%20Files/SAS_SATA_6G_P10/LinuxMPT_SAS2_RHEL5-6_SLES10-11_P10.zip. Unzip this zip file, find the mpt2sas-10.00.00.00-1-sles11sp1.x86_64.iso.gz in the path: LinuxMPT_SAS2_RHEL5-6_SLES10-11_P10\mpt2sas_rhel5_rel\mpt2sas-release\disks-1, decompress the gz and use the inside of the file "mpt2sas-10.00.00.00-1-sles11sp1.x86_64.iso" as a update disk in the following steps: 1) Boot from the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation media. 2) Press F6 to load the driver update after the boot menu appears, and select Yes, then you are prompted to insert the update disk at the appropriate point in the installation process. This driver is not PLDP compliant.
Install: OS Installed via USB CD/DVD Drive.

Referenced Bulletins
149812

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2600
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 45011
	Checksum: 171697309d0ce79d20252d08962ee209

Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 376825
	Checksum: 48916b1feb83a52652f775309d883411

Broadcom® LSI MegaRAID 9560-8i
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 146213
	Checksum: 8b86c202bc203495ce3da1b8edb7c25a
	Driver Version: 07.727.03.00-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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