PowerEdge R940

PowerEdge R940
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

26 Oct 2017
146110

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 4 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: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2012
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.1.7 (08/10/2017)
CPU:	4 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8180M Processor 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 6144 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 1511 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 3949 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	5 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P Mini , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Toshiba Enterprise SSD [PX04SRB096], 960 GB, SAS , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

Install: PXE boot, OS installed via network.
Maintenance update: SLES 11 SP4 kernel update was added to the system from the solid driver file dell_poweredge_14g-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0-15.0.iso. The kernel update (x86-64) is required and was installed during certification testing. The file can be downloaded from http://beta.suse.com/private/lortiz/dell/poweredge_14G/
The ixgbe.ko and megaraid_sas.ko are SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The drivers were installed from the following iso: dell_poweredge_14g-sle11sp4-x86_64-1.0-15.0.iso. These drivers can be downloaded and installed after the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://beta.suse.com/private/lortiz/dell/poweredge_14G/

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: libfb.so
	Driver Date: 26-May-2015	Driver Size: 138752
	Checksum: ed7cf2d9c60c06fca06019e821c4b4eb
	Driver Version: 1.0.0

Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X550 rNDC (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: ixgbe.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jan-2017	Driver Size: 493284
	Checksum: ea4a6e3112d0a402b5e729ce16dbfa4e
	Driver Version: 4.6.3

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P Mini
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 04-Oct-2017	Driver Size: 227292
	Checksum: f405de23b09edaccf5fbf4c610609fa5
	Driver Version: 06.904.09.00

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

585380

PowerEdge R940 - Yes Bulletin 146110 | SUSE