IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)

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

01 Dec 2016
145124

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Product Description
An 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:	4096 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:	Seagate® ST600MP0005 Enterprise Performance 15K.5 12Gbps SAS 512N 600GB HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Seagate® ST600MP0064 - Enterprise Performance 15K HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM slim line DVD - RMBO0140532 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-35.1

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method
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
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: 19-Sep-2016	Driver Size: 311463
	Checksum: 8065b0a502cb1c96a7e6232a46483c7d
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6Gb (2CCA)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 19-Sep-2016	Driver Size: 261615
	Checksum: beba8f4c11df9ee0f92ffff3340602aa
	Driver Version: 2.6.3

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 E850C (8408-44E) - Yes Bulletin 145124 | SUSE