IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)

IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)
Network Server
IBM

02 Dec 2018
147282

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15

Product Description
The IBM® Power® System E980 server offers the next generation of IBM Power Systems™ servers with POWER9™ technology-based processors. It 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:	192 IBM POWER9 3.55 GHz
RAM:	32 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 32 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) , NVMe
Hard Disk Drive:	IBM Mainstream 800 GB SSD NVMe U.2 module , NVMe
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.1.0-83.2

Config Notes

kISO Install: System was installed using the kISO ibmbe2netv2.iso. This kISO is required as an initial boot media to start the standard install process. The kISO can be downloaded from: http://http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/sle10sp4/sle10sp4be2netkiso/. One of the required updates in the kISO is the be2net network driver, this driver is PLDP compliant.
Kdump: During the install using the ibmbe2netv2.iso kISO the following three modules must also be installed: kdump, kernel-kdump and kexec-tools. This is required to update the be2net driver to function with kdump.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5 with hot-spare.

Referenced Bulletins
137978

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 310312
	Checksum: 6efe36c5c2fad0f25da276572be54eb1
	Driver Version: 3.137

4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 75616
	Checksum: ecd315a7da4343efd1b581c17349381a
	Driver Version: 1.0

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IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S) - Yes Bulletin 147282 | SUSE