BULLION S8

BULLION S8
Network Server
IBM

05 Nov 2020
149881

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN

Product Description
The BULLION S8 has up to 8 Xeon E7-8890 V4 processors with a memory capacity of up to 8TB.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Super Server
Mother Board Revision:	11074283-006
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: BIOSX10.045.05.106 (06/12/2018)
CPU:	8 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	8 TB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports 7 PCI Express X8
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	HGST Ultrastar SS300 SSD, SAS, 400 GB (HUSMM3240ASS204) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.5.0-29.1

Config Notes

Install: SLES OS installation was performed by using a virtual DVD device.
The driver "i40e" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "intel-i40e-2.1.26-20.1.x86_64.rpm" and "intel-i40e-kmp-default-2.1.26_k4.4.21_69-20.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
The driver "megaraid_sas" that was used during testing is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver was installed from "lsi-megaraid_sas-kmp-default-07.704.04.00_k4.4.21_69-6.1.x86_64.rpm". To obtain the driver package, access to https://sso.hds.com and click on "Support Connect", then select "Product Downloads". RPM can be used to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) to the SAN storage, and driver package can be installed after the SLES installation.
All ports of Intel XXV710-DA2 Ethernet Network Adapters were tested at 25Gb/s speed.

Referenced Bulletins
146490

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 82584
	Checksum: f4565df412097c9a985a175aae408518

Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2 (Dual Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 281392
	Checksum: 4ec342e06d46e586bd114f099ce88ef2
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

Emulex Corporation OCe14102-NM (Dual port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 496728
	Checksum: bbf398d0be838fc838a89ffa888d4513
	Driver Version: 5.6.0-k

LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS-3 3108

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https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

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587583

BULLION S8 - Yes Bulletin 149881 | SUSE