IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM

IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM
Network Server
IBM

15 Jan 2015
142625

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Linux server optimized for scale out data and cloud environments.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	12 IBM POWER8 3.02 GHz
RAM:	Total Host Memory: 192GB, Multi-VM Tested Memory: 60GB each, Max VM Tested Memory: 180GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 2 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ibmvscsi , virtio
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM QEMU Virtual Hard Disk , virtio
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.3

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.
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 itself.
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.
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.
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.

Adapters and Drivers


IBM spapr-vlan (ibmveth)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ibmveth.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 49983
	Checksum: 07eced8a0b33940d217f07f75a6eecb9
	Driver Version: 1.04

IBM ibmvscsi
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ibmvscsic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-Jun-2013	Driver Size: 61759
	Checksum: 26cdafa3c30ef9e6bf344c6a5b226361
	Driver Version: 1.5.9

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 System S812L (8247-21L) with PowerKVM - Yes Bulletin 142625 | SUSE