IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)

IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE)
Network Server
IBM

08 Apr 2019
147831

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15

Product Description
POWER8 Enterprise-Class Server that's been designed to support the most mission-critical applications.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	IBM POWER8 4.02 GHz
RAM:	32 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 32 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 IBM Ultrastar SSD1600MM SAS SSD - HUSMM1680ASS201 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.2.0-15.2

Config Notes

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.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462 SLES15 data is being updated in the same document and at current SLES 12 SP3 crashkernel values works fine
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.

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

IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 31-May-2018	Driver Size: 267088
	Checksum: b10d9c62afa2bfd5b696c297600b6c2c
	Driver Version: 2.6.4

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:
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IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE) - Yes Bulletin 147831 | SUSE