ThinkSystem SN550 Flex System (7X16)

ThinkSystem SN550 Flex System (7X16)
Network Server
IBM

12 Dec 2018
147378

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE SLES 11	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2016
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: IVE125L - v1.40 (09/07/2018)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	Host: 80 GB, multiple guests: 12 GB each, single max guest: 64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial ATA (SATA) Lenovo ThinkSystem with Mirroring Enablement Kit - 32 GB M.2 drive , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-12.1

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where a network adapter was given to the SLES 12 guest. One of the embedded Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 106720
	Checksum: 954257f3b5e5f8324936b32f7328b2e3

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mga_drv.so
	Driver Date: 09-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 111736
	Checksum: 7adeb8724d9d888e0ea1e764b195287f
	Driver Version: 1.6.4

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Quad-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40evf.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 215264
	Checksum: 8b8cc9637f7a4eb8d1a9f0b31ad580f9
	Driver Version: 3.2.2-k

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 692832
	Checksum: deefd3f10669a376bf265987611591f8
	Driver Version: 2.3.2-k

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 81416
	Checksum: fb8ee8668f097d93d8cac43d02588feb
	Driver Version: 3.0

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
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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