ThinkSystem SN550 V2 (7Z69, Xeon SP Gen 3)

ThinkSystem SN550 V2 (7Z69, Xeon SP Gen 3)
Network Server
IBM

25 May 2021
150315

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 15 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 15

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

2 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Paravirtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 2 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 5 for SUSE SLES 12	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
Windows Server 2019
	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Blade Module
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: U8E109P-1.01 (04/08/2021)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8352V Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	Host: 512 GB (DDR4), multiple VMs: 128 GB each, single max VM: 512 GB
Persistent Memory:	1TB, 8 Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 Series 128GB Modules
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch PM1633a 3.84TB Capacity SAS 12Gb Hot Swap SSD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.1

Config Notes

Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article for ppc64le: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER10 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER10 hardware itself.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
CPU: This system is a 4 node configuration with 4 sockets per node, totaling 16 CPU sockets. The POWER10 4.0 GHz CPUs tested each have 15 cores and SMT 8. Totaling for the system 240 cores and 1920 threads.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: swrast_dri.so
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 19985120
	Checksum: 7175dc92a8a47f508b4a1f66c3426292

	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: modesetting_drv.so
	Driver Date: 05-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 107136
	Checksum: f354aa27a39755237c956d102a02ea99

Lenovo CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: be2net.ko
	Driver Date: 06-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 281392
	Checksum: 4ec342e06d46e586bd114f099ce88ef2
	Driver Version: 12.0.0.0

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-4i Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 07-Jun-2020	Driver Size: 307352
	Checksum: 6a8ab28719545a1f0f5b94fb61320d48
	Driver Version: 07.713.01.00-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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ThinkSystem SN550 V2 (7Z69, Xeon SP Gen 3) - Yes Bulletin 150315 | SUSE