IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A)

IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A)
Network Server
IBM

19 Jun 2018
146739

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
IBM® Power Systems™ S922. The next generation of Power Systems servers with POWER9 technology is built with innovations that can help deliver security and reliability for the data-intensive workloads of today''s enterprises. POWER9 technology is designed from the ground up for data-intensive workloads like databases and analytics.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	20 IBM POWER9 2.9 GHZ
RAM:	480 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 6 PCI Express X8 3 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6 GB (57DC) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	3 Seagate® Pulsar.2 400 GB 6Gb/s SAS 2.5-Inch Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive - ST400FM002 , Serial SCSI (SAS) Toshiba PX05SRQ096 Enterprise Read Intensive SSD 960 GB , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Seagate® Enterprise Performance 15K HDD, SAS, 300 GB, (ST300MP0005) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP4 will run in POWER8 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER9 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER8 processor with SMT8
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
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.

Referenced Bulletins
146621

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 295567
	Checksum: eeb2b915b992f930d874697d247b3b11
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6 GB (57DC)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 24-Jun-2015	Driver Size: 221527
	Checksum: a3c9af9381086229aa0eb35f1efcede9
	Driver Version: 2.6.0

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
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IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A) - Yes Bulletin 146739 | SUSE