VMware ESXi 7.0.0

VMware ESXi 7.0.0
Network Server
Lenovo

02 Jul 2021
150449

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 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.15401161.B64.2001021853 (01/02/2020)
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® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA)
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 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 0. Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters: dom0_mem=8G dom0_max_vcpus=4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were increased from the default to "crashkernel=153M,high crashkernel=112M,low" using YaST.
VM Driver Pack: All guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 R2 drivers are available from http://download.suse.com (VMDP-WIN-2.3.exe). SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI pass-through.

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

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 28000
	Checksum: b2c66af0934de2f92379140677e2195c

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 11532
	Checksum: d7d9ae9378d4887d12e3d0d66b6942b0

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 9532
	Checksum: 728b6aac62d1237d2e4f63dfd25577f9

	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_generic.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 3572
	Checksum: 026dd25b1a8a07b27ac0f4a4210ceeba

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 11328
	Checksum: 9a8af08a34ab679384cd355d8590de4c

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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VMware ESXi 7.0.0 - Yes Bulletin 150449 | SUSE