ThinkSystem SN550 (7X16, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem SN550 (7X16, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
Lenovo

21 Jul 2020
149398

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 15

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: IVE151L - v2.51 (01/14/2020)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8260L Processor 2.40 GHz
RAM:	Host: 256 GB (DRAM), multiple VMs: 350 GB each, single max VM: 1.8 TB
Persistent Memory:	2TB, 4 Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory 512GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 2 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-26.3

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Disk configuration: HDD SATA drive.
Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports, system also has one built-in USB port.
Persistent Memory: The Persistent Memory in the system was configured in Memory Mode only.
SR-IOV: System was tested using SR-IOV where a virtual network adapter was given to a SLES 15 SP2 guest. One of the Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Quad-Port) adapters was used in this testing.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 23-May-2020	Driver Size: 82584
	Checksum: 18ad9ce10064363de8b6e44066366c79

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Quad-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: iavf.ko
	Driver Date: 23-May-2020	Driver Size: 222120
	Checksum: 5260218b1722fceac3d6ee61b14d53d6
	Driver Version: 3.2.3-k

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 23-May-2020	Driver Size: 81200
	Checksum: 4560376a99e8d6451b7376639db900b0
	Driver Version: 3.0

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:

Lenovo
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
support.lenovo.com

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