IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)

IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)
Network Server
IBM

01 Dec 2016
145122

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
A very agile 4-socket system in the marketplace, optimized for performance, reliability and expansion.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	48 IBM POWER8 3.65 GHz
RAM:	1536 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X8 8 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (2CCA) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Pulsar.2 400 GB 6Gb/s SAS 2.5-Inch Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive - ST400FM002 , 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
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
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.

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 PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (2CCA)
	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:
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IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E) - Yes Bulletin 145122 | SUSE