ProLiant XL170r Gen10 (Apollo 2000) 2.0 GHz Twenty Six Core

ProLiant XL170r Gen10 (Apollo 2000) 2.0 GHz Twenty Six Core
Network Server
IBM

06 Nov 2017
146169

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 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 2 for SUSE SLES 12	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:	Gen10
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.20 (08/18/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8164 Processor 2.00 GHz
RAM:	Host: 1024 GB; Max VM: 832 GB, Multiple VMs: 282 GM each
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports Serial 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eH
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C622 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	HP MB6000GEBTP , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.6.0-53.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Latest maintenance kernel 4.4.114-94.14-default.ppc64le is installed for basic POWER9 support from https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=MiaxOdQDFSA~

Referenced Bulletins
146671

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eH
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: libfb.so
	Driver Date: 26-May-2015	Driver Size: 138752
	Checksum: ed7cf2d9c60c06fca06019e821c4b4eb
	Driver Version: 1.0.0

HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 568FLR-MMT Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 19-May-2017	Driver Size: 6506753
	Checksum: 80eb9b69a4019ce7356ef677495499f3
	Driver Version: 2.0.23

Intel C622 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Mar-2017	Driver Size: 60375
	Checksum: 3faa30ce4daa49f046f234be98d5b1e4
	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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