SGI® Rackable™ C1001-RP6

SGI® Rackable™ C1001-RP6
Network Server
IBM

19 Sep 2013
140296

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
SGI® Rackable™ systems feature high efficiency power supplies, memory and processors to help reduce data center power and consumption and heat output. Backed by SGI''s industry-leading service and support, SGI® provides customers with exceptional value in the SGI® Rackable™ C1001-RP6.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	R0.3
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS/UEFI-Legacy Boot: V3.01 (08/27/2013)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2687W v2 3.40 GHz
RAM:	256 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial 2 PCI Express X4 2 PCI Express X16 7 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2300
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel BD82C602 PCH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Western Digital WD2001FYYG , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.2.0-5.10

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP3 will run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
SUSE update ISO: The SLES-11-SP3-MINI-ISO-power8.iso is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This update must be downloaded and used before SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-POWER/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html and review the installation instructions.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware its-self.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2300
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast_drv.so
	Driver Date: 30-May-2013	Driver Size: 96096
	Checksum: 41733d0f905440b2b69759ee4d3dda05
	Driver Version: 0.92.2

Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: e1000e.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 383655
	Checksum: 851313232c44f78a9be7d291692de4e2
	Driver Version: 2.1.4-k

Intel Ethernet Controller I350-AM2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 287167
	Checksum: 81bfd34fb256a6fa3cab6fc2f6e9ed3e
	Driver Version: 4.1.2-k

Intel BD82C602 PCH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: isci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 238071
	Checksum: 679b40a2734bc0680c620c9f6bd1be20
	Driver Version: 1.1.0

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 58287
	Checksum: 473c4648eb91631c32be9d18fb2e85ad
	Driver Version: 3.0

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
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