PowerEdge C6525

PowerEdge C6525
Network Server
IBM

25 Mar 2022
151293

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

3 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
Please visit www.dell.com for more information.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.6.7 (01/13/2022)
CPU:	2 AMD EPYC™ 7773X 2.20 GHz
RAM:	2048 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	USB Ports 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H750 SAS Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Toshiba AL15SEB SERIES, 2.4 TB, SAS (AL15SEB24EQY) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
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: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER9 with PowerVM as this functionality is provided by the POWER9 with PowerVM hardware its-self.
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.
Latest maintenance kernel 4.4.114-94.14-default.ppc64le is installed for basic POWER9 support from https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=MiaxOdQDFSA~

Referenced Bulletins
146645

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 12560
	Checksum: 307ec2e0d10ef89edb1a546922121620

Broadcom® BCM5720 single-port onboard GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 80556
	Checksum: 5559de3cb848a69c9255dc3e041106f0

Intel Ethernet 1G 4P I350-t OCP (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 98008
	Checksum: 1cbc21bf73558e74465adede4d6163af

	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igbvf.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 20596

	Driver Version: 2.4.0-k

Dell PERC H750 SAS Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

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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PowerEdge C6525 - Yes Bulletin 151293 | SUSE