IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L)

IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L)
Network Server
IBM

09 Aug 2015
143546

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12

Product Description
Boosts workload performance by offloading high parallel operations to GPU accelerator(s)*

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	24 IBM POWER8 3.52 GHz
RAM:	240 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 7 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Hitachi GST HUC101212CSS600 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM slim line DVD - RMB00140592 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.4.0-30.3

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
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.
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.
Kdump : System fails to generate a kernel crashdump and drops into bash shell after triggering kdump. https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015824.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
* System configuration: Did not have GPU installed when it runs on PowerVM, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824l/specs.html

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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

572274

IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L) - Yes Bulletin 143546 | SUSE