PowerEdge R660xs

PowerEdge R660xs
Network Server
IBM

05 Feb 2024
153088

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM Power™ Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 11

Product Description
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Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	A00
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: 2.0.0 (11/23/2023)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Gold 6526Y Processor 2.80 GHz
RAM:	1 TB
Video Adapter:	Matrox® G200eW3
Host Bus Adapter:	Dell PERC H755 front SAS
Hard Disk Drive:	2 KIOXIA PM6-R Series SAS SSD, 1.92 TB (KPM6XRUG1T92)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.8.1-150400.88.1

Config Notes

Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware its-self.
Required configuration: SLES 11 SP3 will run in POWER7 Compatibility mode. 'Compatibility mode' simply means that the POWER8 processor with SMT8 will act as though it were a POWER7 processor with SMT4.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
SUSE update ISO: The SLES-11-SP3-MINI-ISO-power8.iso is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. This update must be downloaded and used before SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-POWER/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html and review the installation instructions.

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® G200eW3
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-Jul-2023	Driver Size: 42279
	Checksum: bd794e04ff80babf16ec741d013e9e96

Broadcom® BCM5720 dual-port PCI Express® GbE Network Interface Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-Jul-2023	Driver Size: 115292
	Checksum: 50b95b397e28076ecba7171bb8ec6540

Dell PERC H755 front SAS
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 11-Jul-2023	Driver Size: 120515
	Checksum: 6f0c190b19d4985995cdd1c45c8ca945
	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:
www.ibm.com

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PowerEdge R660xs - Yes Bulletin 153088 | SUSE