VMware ESXi 6.7

VMware ESXi 6.7
Network Server
VMware, Inc.

17 Apr 2018
146676

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	BIOS Boot: 6.00 (07/28/2017)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 6 TB, multiple VM guests: 1500GB, single max VM guest: 6128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial Parallel Port 3 PCI-ISA 4 32-Bit PCI PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP3 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP3 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmware_drv.so
	Driver Date: 14-Oct-2016	Driver Size: 157760
	Checksum: aabeb37d7eeaa752ee0f17e741b68804
	Driver Version: 13.1.0

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 423271
	Checksum: d460c6f7eee6e27ad1cc644b6ec46de9

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: drm.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 629239
	Checksum: 11dc012a6820631069019c6571691ad7

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 86695
	Checksum: a791b2278227b1af182964bb668f6aa8
	Driver Version: 1.4.8.0-k

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 54375
	Checksum: da19360a066ad6599d407bd8a05a0249
	Driver Version: 2.13

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 14063
	Checksum: 4c84a7873285da6573da640356dcd138
	Driver Version: 0.2.15

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 72591
	Checksum: 3469a12a768d6bacc7a451a8ac50c8e7
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 42351
	Checksum: ef48fc836ae4cf43bca5595281d8fe95
	Driver Version: 1.0.5.0-k

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:

VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto , CA 94304
Voice: 1-650-427-5000
Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
Fax: 650-427-5001
Website: www.vmware.com

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