ThinkSystem SR590 (7X98, Xeon SP Gen 2)

ThinkSystem SR590 (7X98, Xeon SP Gen 2)
Network Server
IBM

21 Jun 2022
151449

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TEE175H - v3.20 (11/03/2021)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8253 Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	192 GB
Persistent Memory:	2TB, 4 Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory 512GB modules
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 Seagate® Cheetah 15K.7 SAS ST3600057SS 600GB , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.7.0-18.2

Config Notes

PCI Network Pass-Through: System was tested using PCI pass-through where the network adapter was given to the SLES 11 SP3 x86-64 guest. One of the embedded Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet adapters was used in this testing.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Install: System installed using the internal DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 25-Mar-2022	Driver Size: 18001
	Checksum: 410a79ab2baa3f7b8faf8e136eb69242

Intel Ethernet Connection X722 (Quad-Port) for 1GbE
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 25-Mar-2022	Driver Size: 249899
	Checksum: 072b40cbd526810587eb33fcf0051874

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 25-Mar-2022	Driver Size: 91321
	Checksum: f2122a1646fdcf2fc056383eeaaa8eb0
	Driver Version: 07.719.03.00-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:
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558972

ThinkSystem SR590 (7X98, Xeon SP Gen 2) - Yes Bulletin 151449 | SUSE