ProLiant DL385p Gen8 2.80 GHz Sixteen Core

ProLiant DL385p Gen8 2.80 GHz Sixteen Core
Network Server
SGI

27 Oct 2014
142086

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 10

Other Products:

Novell® Open Enterprise Server 2

Product Description
For more information please visit http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Gen8
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS: A28 (02/06/2014)
CPU:	2 AMD Sixteen-Core Opteron™ 6386 SE 2.80 GHz
RAM:	786408 MB
Ports and Bus Types:	8 USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X8 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HP Smart Array P420i Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP 450GB SAS HD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-94.2

Config Notes

Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: OS installed via USB CD/DVD drive.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 97007
	Checksum: ff7887102425f2bba08fd653c21d6ebb

HP 1Gb Ethernet 4-port 331FLR Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 255327
	Checksum: bf2eba4e62fd34438a4f95bc7f5dcf87
	Driver Version: 3.136

HP Smart Array P420i Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Aug-2014	Driver Size: 149783
	Checksum: 5f267b03c59fb572d954f30dc7e5d1f1
	Driver Version: 3.4.4-126

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:

SGI
46600 Landing Parkway
Fremont , CA 94538
Voice: 650-960-1980
Website: http://www.sgi.com

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