ThinkSystem SN550 (7X16, Xeon SP Gen 1)

ThinkSystem SN550 (7X16, Xeon SP Gen 1)
Network Server
IBM

22 Jun 2022
151602

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 4 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Compute Module
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 4
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: IVE175H - v3.20 (11/03/2021)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8176 Processor 2.10 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Video Adapter:	Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C624 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Lenovo ThinkSystem 2.5-inch 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.7.0-27.2

Config Notes

kISO Install: System was installed using the kISO ibmbe2netv2.iso. This kISO is required as an initial boot media to start the standard install process. The kISO can be downloaded from: http://http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/sle10sp4/sle10sp4be2netkiso/. One of the required updates in the kISO is the be2net network driver, this driver is PLDP compliant.
Kdump: During the install using the ibmbe2netv2.iso kISO the following three modules must also be installed: kdump, kernel-kdump and kexec-tools. This is required to update the be2net driver to function with kdump.
Hard Disk Configuration: RAID 5 with hot-spare.

Referenced Bulletins
137978

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox Graphics Inc. G200 SE A (PCI)
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 17999
	Checksum: 70e2e804042165de727265150a5ba2f5

Intel Integrated Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (Quad-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 249651
	Checksum: ff718cab6289f2f9fa5bdb783b0ec335

Intel C624 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 15242
	Checksum: d1eeb6c69573a1775a42de5208c9908e
	Driver Version: 3.0

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For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
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554998

ThinkSystem SN550 (7X16, Xeon SP Gen 1) - Yes Bulletin 151602 | SUSE