K1 Power E980

K1 Power E980
Network Server
Inspur Power Commercial Systems Co., Ltd.

05 Sep 2019
148625

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15

Product Description
Please visit www.inspurpower.com for more information.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	02DE521
BIOS/uEFI:	930.02
CPU:	16 IBM POWER9 3.15 GHz
RAM:	3840 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	32 PCI Express X16 6 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4) , Serial SCSI (SAS) 4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe) , NVMe
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Samsung® PM985 2.5 NVMe PCIe SSD, 800GB (MZQLB800HAJR) , NVMe 3 Western Digital Ultrastar® DC SS530 SSD, 400GB SAS (WUSTM3240ASS201) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-27.1

Config Notes

Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 hardware itself.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: OS installed via USB CD/DVD drive.
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
PTF update: SLES 15kernel PTF suse_installer_update-sle15-ppc64le-1.0.iso is required and was installed during certification testing. The PTF can be downloaded from: https://drivers.suse.com/suse/installer-update/sle-15-ppc64le/1.0/install-readme.html

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM57810 10Gb Network Adapter (DualPort)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2x.ko
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2019	Driver Size: 1495704
	Checksum: d8b17501062638e05e99a232b9801178
	Driver Version: 1.712.30-0

IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2019	Driver Size: 268640
	Checksum: 11d87e18715fde76f5763f7775fe9189
	Driver Version: 2.6.4

4 Samsung® Non-Volatile memory controller (NVMe)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko
	Driver Date: 02-Feb-2019	Driver Size: 75744
	Checksum: 4cc8ee2fa324c07a598d5e6642458cf9
	Driver Version: 1.0

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:

Inspur Power Commercial Systems Co., Ltd.
5F,Tower C,NO.2 Xinxi Rd
Shangdi Haidian District,Beijing,P.R.C
Beijing 100085
CHINA
Voice: 15011510162
Toll Free: 010-82784197
Fax: 010-82784197
Website: www.inspurpower.com

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