IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU)

IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU)
Network Server
IBM

29 Jul 2025
154233

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
IBM Power E1150 system introduces a comprehensive array of advanced capabilities, fundamentally rooted in our core strength: an end-to-end, full stack design. By meticulously integrating every layer of infrastructure from the POWER processor and systems to the firmware, operating systems, and ultimately the cloud IBM Power has engineered unique and innovative solutions. This synergistic approach is centered on autonomous IT principles, consistently translating into tangible business outcomes across three core pillars.Unprecedented Business Continuity, Enhanced Productivity and Efficiency and Accelerated Growth and Scalability.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	PowerVM FW1110
CPU:	4 IBM Power11 4.10 GHz
RAM:	3840 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for IBM devices
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM Enterprise 3.2 TB SSD PCIe4 NVMe U.2 module for AIX/Linux (ES4D)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 9.2.0-150600.117.4

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Drive Configuration: RAID 0. Manually created UEFI boot entry.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=174M,high crashkernel=122M,low" using YaST.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows Server 2016 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.4.exe), the virtio network drivers were used during testing.
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where one of the host network adapters was given to a SLES 12 SP2 x86-64 guest. One of the integrated Emulex BE3 controller dual-port GbE adapter was used during this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM PCIe3 4-port 10GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter (EN2W)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 360813
	Checksum: 3182aac6598c26caade1a2da2f51037d
	Driver Version: FA09629BA8B9B6098A9DF01

IBM Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for IBM devices
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 40620
	Checksum: 08656347bd050d3acb727355f17e4ffb
	Driver Version: 1.0

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IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU) - Yes Bulletin 154233 | SUSE