IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A)

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

19 Jun 2018
146740

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12

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:	3 PCI Express X16 6 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6GB (57D8) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Enterprise Performance 15K HDD, SAS, 300 GB, (ST300MP0005) , Serial SCSI (SAS) Toshiba PX05SRQ096 Enterprise Read Intensive SSD 960 GB , Serial SCSI (SAS) 3 Seagate® Pulsar.2 400 GB 6Gb/s SAS 2.5-Inch Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive - ST400FM002 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.2

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
146645

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Feb-2018	Driver Size: 309911
	Checksum: 0998bd554effb152c0722e33e069746f
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID Internal Adapter 6GB (57D8)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 20-Feb-2018	Driver Size: 264791
	Checksum: 4f3be7717eaee21bb7e8fe38a303c668
	Driver Version: 2.6.4

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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 146740 | SUSE