IBM zEnterprise® EC12 zEC12™ (2827)

IBM zEnterprise® EC12 zEC12™ (2827)
Network Server
Positivo Informatica S.A.

31 Aug 2012
138473

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLED 11

Product Description
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 on IBM zEnterprise® EC12, (zEC12™)

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	zSeries Platform
Mother Board Revision:	NA
BIOS/uEFI:	NA
CPU:	IBM zSeries processor running 64 bit mode
RAM:	1 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	zSeries
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Ficon Express4 , FibreChannel IBM Ficon Express8 , FibreChannel IBM SCSI/FCP , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM SCSI/FCP Disk Storage Device , SCSI IBM FICON DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel IBM ECKD DASD Storage Device , FibreChannel
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.1.0-33.2

Config Notes

VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe), and 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 one of the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guests. One of the embedded, Intel® Ethernet Controller I350-AM2, adapters was used in this testing.
Install: System installed using external USB connected DVD drive; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Referenced Bulletins
140207

Adapters and Drivers


IBM Ficon Express4
IBM Ficon Express8
IBM SCSI/FCP
IBM OSA-Express4
IBM OSA-Express3

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:

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