NS5480M6

NS5480M6
Network Server
IBM

24 Oct 2023
152828

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 1 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1.0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 06.01.01 (03/01/2022)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6330N Processor 2.20 GHz
RAM:	64 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	3 USB Ports
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	Intel C621 Chipset , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	Intel SSD DC S3500 Series 480GB SATA (SSDSC2BB480G401) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.1-38.3

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse
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
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method
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.
Maintenance updates: the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power 12 SP1 system requires the following two maintenance updates, 1) kernel-default-3.12.57-60.35.1.ppc64le.rpm. The system can be updated after the initial install. This update can be downloaded from: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=qd0PaT_bWqU~ and 2) kexec-tools 1056 update available at: https://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=8uWJi0YOv-o~.

Referenced Bulletins
144839

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2500
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: ast.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 131624
	Checksum: 4e9d1682c5fd55e5303cc52190127078

Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I210-T1
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: igb.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 501448
	Checksum: f89f71f9f1bb0535e16c00d825b1223c
	Driver Version: 5.6.0-k

Intel Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+(Dual-Port)
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: i40e.ko
	Driver Date: 09-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 785376
	Checksum: 25d46e9f773e656f68039107206284cc
	Driver Version: 2.8.20-k

Intel C621 Chipset
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Nov-2019	Driver Size: 81304
	Checksum: a9778a47d1b0920ec81c485d11320d39
	Driver Version: 3.0

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

578615

NS5480M6 - Yes Bulletin 152828 | SUSE