VMware ESX 9.0

VMware ESX 9.0
Network Server
Fujitsu

17 Jun 2025
153964

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 15

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 6 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
VMware ESX is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VMW201.00V.24519234.B64.2501240220 (01/24/2025)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8490H Processor 1.90 GHz
RAM:	Host: 16 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 4096 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest: 16384 GB
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	VMware® Virtual disk rev:1.0 (IDE) , IDE VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 9.1.0-150500.110.2

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP4 FV guest. One port of the internal Intel Ethernet 1Gb 4-port Base-T I350-T4 for OCP 3.0 Adapter was used for this testing.
Maintenance update: SLES 15 SP4 kernel update kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.22 is required and was installed during YES Certification testing.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 241472
	Checksum: 80edec27e3abc3aae1abaf40447160d1
	Driver Version: 2.20.0.0

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 49074
	Checksum: 2d22069987d7ac477a16d07c3474a07b
	Driver Version: 1.7.0.0-k

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 23830
	Checksum: a7c080df24699f5ed791f5b3228a231b
	Driver Version: 1.0.7.0-k

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 25054
	Checksum: 3560fd87574b15ed5a8b42d0610e6c41
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 15425
	Checksum: 4cc18bd774dc5b742fb966f32b8a25cc
	Driver Version: 2.13

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:

Fujitsu
4-1-1 Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku,
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588
JAPAN

609051

VMware ESX 9.0 - Yes Bulletin 153964 | SUSE