VMware ESXi 6.7

VMware ESXi 6.7
Network Server
VMware, Inc.

04 Mar 2019
147701

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

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

Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VMW71.00V.7581552.B64.1801142334 (01/14/2018)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v2 2.80 GHz
RAM:	Host Platform: 6 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 1500 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest: 6128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	Serial Parallel Port 6 32-Bit PCI PCI Express X8 PCI-ISA
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI
Hard Disk Drive:	VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.5

Config Notes

VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_12.html.
VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 12 SP4 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
System certification testing was performed with a SLES 12 SP4 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 599320
	Checksum: 31ce4fb40405dd0ff04f6a2ba9305d45

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmware_drv.so
	Driver Date: 29-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 157760
	Checksum: 6b71c422997992aff6914b097c26024b
	Driver Version: 13.1.0

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 112696
	Checksum: 1c9b360c58a4bfb258e2b36172ecc7a0
	Driver Version: 1.4.16.0-k

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 58224
	Checksum: b3d94bea6db5dc896e5af4e3baa51178
	Driver Version: 2.13

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 15272
	Checksum: 2bee02ec38894fa7c4201ab181d5f2f9
	Driver Version: 0.2.15

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 81416
	Checksum: d8b69510f19884bd09cff1e0911e538d
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko
	Driver Date: 31-Oct-2018	Driver Size: 51464
	Checksum: 064c9f70f84e1af82bf426b28e62e3ce
	Driver Version: 1.0.7.0-k

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:

VMware, Inc.
3145 Porter Drive
Palo Alto , CA 94304

595760

VMware ESXi 6.7 - Yes Bulletin 147701 | SUSE