ThinkSystem SR950 (7X13, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem SR950 (7X13, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
IBM

16 Dec 2019
148969

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 5
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: PSE123X - v1.60 (10/31/2019)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8280L Processor 2.70 GHz
RAM:	Host: 512 GB, multiple VMs: 128 GB each, single max VM: 128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports Serial 9 PCI Express X16 2 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 900GB 15K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.4.0-31.4

Config Notes

The mptsas.ko driver can be downloaded from LSI's website at the following URL: http://www.lsi.com/support/index.html
The forcedeth.ko driver can be downloaded from Nvidia's website at the following URL: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Both Drivers are included on the SGI CD that ships with the system and can be downloaded at http://support.sgi.com
This bulletin was released to change the vendor to SGI. Please note that for full support on the listed OS release a special support contract is necessary. The system is supported on the most current service pack release.

Referenced Bulletins
89031

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Oct-2019	Driver Size: 103832
	Checksum: 8d7c65411fa907ee3b9cce2d7645fbdc

Intel Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Oct-2019	Driver Size: 501448
	Checksum: 07c14f4a5c433a816701900b367e1213
	Driver Version: 5.6.0-k

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 21-Oct-2019	Driver Size: 309256
	Checksum: 025b37ec5bfd23f34f6ee8ed59b60758
	Driver Version: 07.707.51.00-rc1

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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