IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L)

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

14 Sep 2015
143605

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
Linux servers optimized for scale out data and cloud environments

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	12 IBM POWER8 3.02 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:	5 Seagate® Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS) , 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.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

Referenced Bulletins
143604

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 295567
	Checksum: eeb2b915b992f930d874697d247b3b11
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM Obsidian-E PCI-E SCSI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 221527
	Checksum: a3c9af9381086229aa0eb35f1efcede9
	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

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IBM Power System S812L (8247-21L) - Yes Bulletin 143605 | SUSE