IBM Power E1050 (9043-MRX)

IBM Power E1050 (9043-MRX)
Network Server
IBM

04 Nov 2025
154364

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for IBM Power

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Micro 6.2

Product Description
The IBM® Power® E1050 server (9043-MRX) is an enhanced enterprise class four-socket, 4U server that provides massive scalability and flexibility. This system is agile and delivers extreme density in an energy-efficient design with superior reliability and resiliency. It will provide enterprise clients with a secure and flexible environment that balances mission-critical and modernization applications to deliver a frictionless hybrid cloud experience.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	PowerVM FW1060
CPU:	4 IBM Power10 3.9 GHz
RAM:	3584 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 6 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for IBM devices
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM Enterprise 1.6 TB SSD PCIe4 NVMe U.2 module for AIX/Linux (#ES5C)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 10.0.0-150700.123.6

Config Notes

Kdump: The crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: 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.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: This system is 4 CPU socket configuration with 24 core dual chip module per socket, totalling 96 cores. The Power10 3.9 GHz (Max) DCM CPUs tested each have 24 cores and with SMT8 totalling 768 vCPU threads.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power10 hardware itself.

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2025	Driver Size: 119146
	Checksum: 6f6f7416867f6b7656a098b2b66ce4df
	Driver Version: AB509B37931E21F61B025E1

IBM Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) for IBM devices
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2025	Driver Size: 43821
	Checksum: c1b002f8e4fac30233a48f28caf2dae5
	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:
www.ibm.com

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IBM Power E1050 (9043-MRX) - Yes Bulletin 154364 | SUSE