ProLiant XL270d Gen9 (Apollo 6500) 2.2 GHz Twenty Core

ProLiant XL270d Gen9 (Apollo 6500) 2.2 GHz Twenty Core
Network Server
IBM

11 Jan 2017
145285

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

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:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	Gen9
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: U25 09/12/2016
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2698 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 2048 GB, Max VM: 1024 GB, Multiple VMs: 16 GB each
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 10 PCI Express X16 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP MM1000GBKAL , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-44.1

Config Notes

Install: PXE Boot, OS Installed via Network.
KVM Guest: The following updated virtio_net drivers were used and are required on the KVM SLE11SP1 guests: novell-virtio_net-kmp-pae-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.i586.rpm and novell-virtio_net-kmp-default-1.0_2.6.32.12_0.7-0.x86_64.rpm. The drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES KVM Guest install. The drivers are PLDP compliant and available at: http://drivers.suse.com/novell/kvm-guest-kernel-fix/sle11sp1/install/suse/{ARCH}
KVM Guest / Maintenance update: The SLE10SP3 maintenance kernel (201000920) was installed on the guest to address network connection problems. Kernel patch installed: kernel-bigsmp-2.6.16.60-0.69.1.i586.rpm.
KVM Guest: The SLE10SP3 guest was configured with virtual e1000 NICs.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
134088

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

HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361i
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 334639
	Checksum: 9d13a78672ff61d57ef1b462ada1ae55
	Driver Version: 5.2.15-k

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 58775
	Checksum: 7a0c250f60b9ac6b9684c7be9f36b03e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:
www.ibm.com

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ProLiant XL270d Gen9 (Apollo 6500) 2.2 GHz Twenty Core - Yes Bulletin 145285 | SUSE