IBM z17 ME1

IBM z17 ME1
Network Server
IBM

11 Jun 2025
153963

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for s390x Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
IBM® z17™, z17 ME1 (9175)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	System z Platform
Mother Board Revision:	NA
BIOS/uEFI:	NA
CPU:	16 IBM z17 CPU (9175)
RAM:	16 GB
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM FICON Express32-4P IBM Adapter for NVMe1.1
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device IBM IDAA Internal Storage (15TB) 3 IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 9.1.0-150500.110.2

Config Notes

Install: The SLES install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured by using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: System/Processor does not support dynamic CPU frequency scaling.
Maintenance updates: The following SLES 15 SP6 updates are required and were installed during YES Certification testing. The updates can be downloaded and installed from https://scc.suse.com. kernel-default-6.4.0-150600.23.42.2, s390-tools-2.31.0-150600.8.12.3, libica4-4.3.1-150600.4.16.1, sg3_utils-1.48+11.56e7b2f-150600.3.3.11

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Network Express (dual port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: mlx5_core.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 10-Mar-2025	Driver Size: 1074926
	Checksum: edb2b908bafc6990b38793a171be1c0b
	Driver Version: 72292DC9E79D1343C2EF5A8

IBM OSA-Express7S 25 GbE SR 1.2
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: qeth.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 10-Mar-2025	Driver Size: 85201
	Checksum: 31dac57329252f5c970758ea79782f43
	Driver Version: A9BD59A5A8E4A7B11C0B50C

IBM FICON Express32-4P
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: zfcp.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 10-Mar-2025	Driver Size: 92583
	Checksum: 1ff780838f33a1ae0f651a425c36dc4a
	Driver Version: 7DB522683FE3D8F074D2B29

IBM Adapter for NVMe1.1
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 10-Mar-2025	Driver Size: 39204
	Checksum: 5e9076af8a586ed8d46a0f3f316785b7
	Driver Version: 1.0

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise 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
http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/hardware/
Armonk, New York 10504-1722 , NY 10504-1722
Voice: 001-914-499-1900
Toll Free: 800-IBM-4YOU (800-426-4968)
Website: http://www.ibm.com

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IBM z17 ME1 - Yes Bulletin 153963 | SUSE