ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1

ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1
Network Server
New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.

03 Oct 2018
147101

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 6 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
The ClearPath Forward™ fabric delivers the cost effective power, scalability, predictable performance, and security to support mission-critical applications running on SUSE Linux operating systems. ClearPath Forward fabric blends industry standard fabric technology with decades of mission critical expertise to deliver mission critical architecture on Intel X86. The ClearPath Forward™ Release 4.1 (PEPP) 2-Socket platform is applicable to all Unisys ClearPath Forward models, including ClearPath Forward, ClearPath Forward Libra 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, & 8390 as well as ClearPath Forward Dorado 4350, 4370, 4380, 4390, 6380, 6390, 8380, 8390, and ES3000 3560R G5.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Unisys 0599V5 Rev. A02
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.23 (12/15/2009)
CPU:	Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2698 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 384 GB, 64-bit VM Guests: 124 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest Tested Memory: 372 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 PCI Express X8 4 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Unisys Virtual Video Controller
Host Bus Adapter:	Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Unisys Virtual Hard Disk Drive , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-83.2

Config Notes

The driver htc-hfcldd.ko used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from the driver package "htc-hfcldd-kmp-default-4.11.18.3134_3.0.101_63-2.sles11sp4.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package log onto : https://portal.hds.com. The Hitachi customer has to be a member of "HDS support portal" to access the driver for download. Driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
Install: The SLES install was performed using a virtual DVD device.

Adapters and Drivers


Unisys Virtual Video Controller
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: fbdev_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Nov-2017	Driver Size: 23688

	Driver Version: 0.4.1

Unisys Virtual SCSI storage controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: visorhba.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Apr-2018	Driver Size: 27104

	Driver Version: 2.16.11.10

Unisys Virtual Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: visornic.ko
	Driver Date: 11-Apr-2018	Driver Size: 46440

	Driver Version: 2.16.11.28

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:

New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
466 Changhe Road
Binjiang District
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
CHINA

576472

ClearPath Forward Fabric 4.1 - Yes Bulletin 147101 | SUSE