IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)

IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E)
Network Server
IBM

30 Mar 2021
150159

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 15

Product Description
An agile 4-socket system in the marketplace optimized for performance, reliability and expansion.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	48 IBM POWER8 3.65 GHz
RAM:	1024 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 8 PCI Express X16 3 PCI Express X8
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	12 Seagate® Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.3.0-27.1

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
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.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
System support: Please note that for full support on the listed OS release a special SUSE support contract is necessary.

Referenced Bulletins
148536

Adapters and Drivers


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 311280
	Checksum: 9ee4beb45b5fe1dbdefdb4fa2b20b1d9
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM PCIe 3Gb SAS Adapter (57B3)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko
	Driver Date: 14-May-2019	Driver Size: 268664
	Checksum: 120d1cacfe9404ae21d73a29fd6a70a5
	Driver Version: 2.6.4

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:
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IBM Power System E850C (8408-44E) - Yes Bulletin 150159 | SUSE