IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L)

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

15 Apr 2016
144453

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 3.42 GHz
RAM:	160 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16 7 PCI Express X8
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 - RMBO0140532 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4

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

Adapters and Drivers


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

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

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:
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IBM Power System S824L (8247-42L) - Yes Bulletin 144453 | SUSE