VMware ESXi 6.5

VMware ESXi 6.5
Network Server
VMware, Inc.

21 Jul 2020
149391

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	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 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VMW71.00V.0.B64.1605280101 (05/28/2016)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host: 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
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 disk rev:1.0 (IDE) , IDE VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-26.2

Config Notes

System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP2 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 128 CPUs and 6128 GB of memory.
VMware guest OS installation information can be found at:http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.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 15 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmware_drv.so
	Driver Date: 05-May-2019	Driver Size: 174576
	Checksum: a1e2a7403eb339bed7caaedb7a44fbf8
	Driver Version: 13.3.0

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 694440
	Checksum: e478b0577aa2a75c027b11be4e23e5cf

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmware_drv.so
	Driver Date: 05-May-2019	Driver Size: 174576
	Checksum: a1e2a7403eb339bed7caaedb7a44fbf8
	Driver Version: 13.3.0

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 109712
	Checksum: 702af79141a06f839e501f4b280bf477
	Driver Version: 1.4.17.0-k

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 15640
	Checksum: 022ce4df8b7ef53058e81be3bcd30993
	Driver Version: 0.2.15

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 58576
	Checksum: fe492f84c742b7412b20d00f0683c72e
	Driver Version: 2.13

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 81200
	Checksum: 1d1b62f4a00b8beba3e0c13e5b5770ca
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2020	Driver Size: 50376
	Checksum: bf7fe9e13a3bb2e0bd614f3e673b465f
	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.
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto , CA 94304
Voice: 1-650-427-5000
Toll Free: 1-877-486-9273
Fax: 650-427-5001
Website: www.vmware.com

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