VMware ESX 7.0 U3

VMware ESX 7.0 U3
Network Server
IBM

23 Jun 2025
154180

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 7 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: VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 (12/24/2020), Secure boot enabled.
CPU:	16 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 24 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 6128 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest: 24560 GB
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI
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 9.2.0-150600.117.4

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
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.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

Referenced Bulletins
145080

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 02-May-2025	Driver Size: 248474
	Checksum: a321cfd20a03a2199916430440d9ad9f
	Driver Version: 2.20.0.0

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 02-May-2025	Driver Size: 56666
	Checksum: 1928491d23014fc1bf635d9c372360c2
	Driver Version: 1.9.0.0-k

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 02-May-2025	Driver Size: 15395
	Checksum: c6c5193edce22b6a0a5fd71dd95c4a83
	Driver Version: 2.13

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 02-May-2025	Driver Size: 25476
	Checksum: 48a90e699406af3081d3dc0618a15057
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 02-May-2025	Driver Size: 23787
	Checksum: 63fa041bab98356ed2c3525331864e57
	Driver Version: 1.0.7.0-k

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

580356

VMware ESX 7.0 U3 - Yes Bulletin 154180 | SUSE