IBM Power System S822L (8247-22L)

IBM Power System S822L (8247-22L)
Network Server
IBM

25 Mar 2015
142980

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
IBM's POWER8 based Power System S822L. Linux servers optimized for scale out and cloud environments.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	20 IBM POWER8 3.42 GHz
RAM:	176 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 5 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 Seagate® Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM slim line DVD - RMB00140592 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.3.0-113.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Drive Configuration: RAID 0.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe).
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 12 guests. The Emulex BE3 dual-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter was used for this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014	Driver Size: 312319
	Checksum: 39d6565eaa72f499bb7fdd60a184b106
	Driver Version: 3.136

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Oct-2014	Driver Size: 249775
	Checksum: 34c2059b0be7ccca9b80e78e8c7818e9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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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IBM Power System S822L (8247-22L) - Yes Bulletin 142980 | SUSE