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| IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L) Bare Metal
Network Server
IBM | 14 Apr 2016
144449 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12
Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 12 |
Product Description
Boosts workload performance by offloading highly 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: | 256 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (57D7)
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 2 Hitachi GST
HUC101212CSS600
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | IBM
slim line DVD - RMB00140592
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4 |
Config Notes
- Install: OS install was performed via network using the SUSE SolidDriver-compliant bootable driver kit at http://drivers.suse.com/hp/HP-Z440-Z640-Z840/sle-11-sp3-x86_64/1.0/install-readme.html. LAN and storage drivers are provided by the kit.
- Graphics: Video driver used in testing was downloaded from http://www.hp.com/support/workstations. Video driver is not SolidDriver-compliant and requires installation of kernel source and development tools.
- Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M).
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Referenced Bulletins
142781
Adapters and Drivers
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Broadcom®
BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: tg3.ko |
| Driver Date: 12-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 313559 |
| Checksum: dcc50bbd7989a3e4b4add2a53ed57924 |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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IBM
PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (57D7) |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ipr.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-Nov-2015 | Driver Size: 260999 |
| Checksum: ee8e2246a9629a222ccc05805e41e216 |
| Driver Version: 2.6.2 |
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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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