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![](/nbswebapp/YES.png) | IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)
Network Server
IBM | 19 Jul 2016
144839 |
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
Power8 enterprise-class server that's been designed to support the most mission-critical applications.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | 1 |
BIOS/uEFI: | 1 |
CPU: | 192 IBM
POWER8 4.02 GHz |
RAM: | 30720 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 32 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports |
Host Bus Adapter: | IBM
PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4)
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
Ultrastar SSD1600MM SAS SSD - HUSMM1680ASS201
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 7.5.0-20.4 |
Config Notes
- Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse
- 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
- 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 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
- Maintenance updates: the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 SP1 system requires the following two maintenance updates, 1) kernel-default-3.12.57-60.35.1.ppc64le.rpm. The system can be updated after the initial install. This update can be downloaded from:
https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=qd0PaT_bWqU~ and 2) kexec-tools 1056 update available at:
https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=8uWJi0YOv-o~.
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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: 23-Mar-2016 | Driver Size: 313623 |
| Checksum: af4dfe3460a7cf68eaf58877dd38994b |
| Driver Version: 3.137 |
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IBM
PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4) |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ipr.ko |
| Driver Date: 23-Mar-2016 | Driver Size: 260999 |
| Checksum: 93b744ff9dd0bd09c92401bc1f57acfe |
| 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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