IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU)

IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU)
Network Server
IBM

19 Nov 2025
154782

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
IBM Power E1150 system introduces a comprehensive suite of new capabilities derived from our biggest strength: an end-to-end, full-stack design and synergy. From the Power processor and systems to the firmware and operating systems, and ultimately to the cloud, we have developed unique and innovative capabilities by integrating all layers of infrastructure. This holistic approach is centered on autonomous IT, translating into real business outcomes across three core pillars: Business Continuity: Providing a resilient and reliable foundation for your mission-critical workloads, ensuring lower risk exposure to threats and regulations, irrespective of deployment model. Productivity and Efficiency: Enabling your infrastructure to achieve new levels of uptime and operational efficiency, significantly reducing complexity and cost. Accelerated Growth and Scalability for the AI Era: Empowering rapid growth and scalability by seamlessly deploying a broader range of AI use cases and new applications for mission-critical processes, consistently and securely.

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
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 10.0.0-150700.128.11

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
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
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on Power11 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the Power11 hardware itself.
CPU: This system is a 4-CPU socket configuration with a 30-core dual-chip module per socket, totaling 120 cores. The Power11 3.0–4.10 GHz (Max) DCM CPUs tested each have 30 cores and, with SMT8, a total of 960 vCPU threads.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM PCIe3 4-port 10GbE BaseT RJ45 Adapter (EN2W)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 08-Sep-2025	Driver Size: 352953
	Checksum: 39eb63d66de963af412b1b15c29e6f0d
	Driver Version: 8D74D6E8839BAFCFC96FA0A

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:
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IBM Power E1150 (9043-MRU) - Yes Bulletin 154782 | SUSE