PowerEdge XE8640

PowerEdge XE8640
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

13 Sep 2023
152681

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 5 for SUSE® SLES 15

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

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 1.2.5 (07/31/2023)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Platinum 8480+ Processor 2.00 GHz
RAM:	4 TB
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC 12 H965i Adapter controller, SAS
Hard Disk Drive:	Samsung® PM1653 SSD, SAS, 3.84 TB (MZILG3T8HCLS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.8.0-150400.80.1

Config Notes

Serial/USB/VGA port(s): provided through KVM connector console breakout cable which supplies one RS232 serial port, one VGA port and two USB ports
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.
SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through: Current system configuration does not support network SR-IOV or network PCI Pass-through.
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from https://download.suse.com/ (VMDP-WIN-2.2.exe).
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=164G dom0_max_vcpus=48".
UEFI Configuration: The Processor State (p-state) setting in UEFI was changed from the default Enabled to Disabled. ( F1 Setup --> System Settings --> Processors )
Install: System installed via network PXE UEFI boot; the OS was installed using the UEFI boot loader and system configuration. Hard disk configuration: JBOD

Referenced Bulletins
142692

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 17999
	Checksum: 70e2e804042165de727265150a5ba2f5

Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L (Quad Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 249651
	Checksum: ff718cab6289f2f9fa5bdb783b0ec335

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 104054
	Checksum: 1e77d5a9e953a8b24e1d74073e999787

Dell PERC 12 H965i Adapter controller, SAS
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: mpi3mr.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-May-2022	Driver Size: 49209
	Checksum: 65cd3c59f48dff5cd05d91f317c7ed27
	Driver Version: 00.255.45.01

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:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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PowerEdge XE8640 - Yes Bulletin 152681 | SUSE