 | VMware ESX 9.0
Network Server IBM | 02 Jul 2025
154207 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
| SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 with XEN Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10 |
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: VMW201.00V.24519234.B64.2501240220 (01/24/2025), Secure boot enabled. |
| 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®
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
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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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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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
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