IBM Power System E880C (9080-MHE)

IBM Power System E880C (9080-MHE)
Network Server
IBM

09 Dec 2022
151846

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
The new Power E880C server with OpenStack-based cloud management and open source automation enables clients to accelerate the transformation of their IT infrastructure for cloud while providing tremendous flexibility during the transition

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	1
CPU:	192 IBM POWER8 4.02 GHz
RAM:	30720 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	32 PCI Express X16 4 USB Ports
Host Bus Adapter:	2 IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	6 IBM Ultrastar SSD1600MM SAS SSD - HUSMM1680ASS201 , Serial SCSI (SAS) 2 Seagate® Savvio® 15K.3, 2.5-inch 300 GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS (ST9300653SS) , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

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.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462 SLES15 data is being updated in the same document and at current SLES 12 SP3 crashkernel values works fine
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 (PowerVM) as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.

Referenced Bulletins
150567

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 IBM PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID Adapter Quad-port 6Gb (57B4)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ipr.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 56348
	Checksum: a3e98a78de234350c8768bff8a28487d

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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IBM Power System E880C (9080-MHE) - Yes Bulletin 151846 | SUSE