Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.20 GHz Twenty-Four Core

Synergy 680 Gen9 Compute Module 2.20 GHz Twenty-Four Core
Network Server
Lenovo

09 Jan 2017
145275

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012 R2
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	Gen9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: I40 09/08/2016
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 192 GB, Max VM: 161 GB, Multiple VMs: 16 GB, 32 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X4
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	HPE Smart Array P240nr , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP EG0300FBDSP-HP 300GB 10K SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: JBOD
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports.
System was scaled up to 4-socket by joining two x880 X6 with 4S scalability connector.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=4G dom0_max_vcpus=2".

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 18-May-2015	Driver Size: 190720
	Checksum: eeec94d7ef85cad092007144321a8b30
	Driver Version: 1.4.11

HPE Synergy 3820C 10/20Gb Converged Network Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 1035919
	Checksum: 9fb169e658f862c29c7b6ba13948d3e5
	Driver Version: 1.710.51-0

HPE Smart Array P240nr
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: hpsa.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 142991
	Checksum: 626a33262cf0d3ab06dbb1d68ee086b6
	Driver Version: 3.4.8-1

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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