IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX)

IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX)
Network Server
IBM

02 Nov 2021
151039

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

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

Product Description
IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) system is a scale-up Enterprise class server that is based on POWER10 processor. Power E1080 Enterprise server delivers a uniquely architected platform to help securely and efficiently scale core operational and AI applications in a hybrid cloud.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	16 IBM POWER10 4.0 GHz
RAM:	30720 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	2 USB Ports 8 PCI Express X8 24 PCI Express X16
Host Bus Adapter:	2 Samsung® NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983 , NVMe
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM Mainstream 3.2 TB SSD NVMe U.2 module (#EC5L) , NVMe
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.1-38.3

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


Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 78112
	Checksum: 8534feb5ef00f4a0d19ed13d3e86a245

2 Samsung® NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: nvme.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 07-May-2021	Driver Size: 20920
	Checksum: d7828e65806cec42f3eba79ccc2d9309

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
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IBM Power E1080 (9080-HEX) - Yes Bulletin 151039 | SUSE