VMware ESXi 7.0.3

VMware ESXi 7.0.3
Network Server
Dell Incorporated

31 Jul 2024
153440

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 with KVM Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 12

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

4 SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 6 for SUSE SLES 15	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
VMware ESXi is a complete, scalable and robust virtualization platform. Designed to reduce capital and operation costs. Maximize IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, SUSE® Linux Enterprise OS and hardware.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Virtual Machine
Mother Board Revision:	Intel 440 BX Desktop Reference Platform / Motherboard Rev B0
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: VMW71.00V.17369862.B64.2012240522 (12/24/2020)
CPU:	16 Intel Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v4 2.20 GHz
RAM:	Host: 24 TB, 64-bit VM Guests: 6128 GB, Single Max VM 64-bit Guest: 24560 GB
Video Adapter:	VMware® VMware SVGA II
Host Bus Adapter:	VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter , SCSI VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller , Serial ATA (SATA) VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux , IDE
Hard Disk Drive:	VMware® Virtual disk rev:1.0 (IDE) , IDE VMware® Virtual Hard Disk rev:1.0 (SCSI) , SCSI
CD/DVD:	VMware® VMware SATA CD00 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 9.0.0-150500.103.1

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~.

Adapters and Drivers


VMware® VMware SVGA II
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: vmwgfx.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 241472
	Checksum: 80edec27e3abc3aae1abaf40447160d1
	Driver Version: 2.20.0.0

VMware® VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapter
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: vmxnet3.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 49074
	Checksum: 2d22069987d7ac477a16d07c3474a07b
	Driver Version: 1.7.0.0-k

VMware® Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: vmw_pvscsi.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 23830
	Checksum: a7c080df24699f5ed791f5b3228a231b
	Driver Version: 1.0.7.0-k

VMware® VMware SATA AHCI Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 25054
	Checksum: 3560fd87574b15ed5a8b42d0610e6c41
	Driver Version: 3.0

VMware® Virtual IDE Device for SUSE Linux
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko.zst
	Driver Date: 12-Jun-2024	Driver Size: 15425
	Checksum: 4cc18bd774dc5b742fb966f32b8a25cc
	Driver Version: 2.13

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:

Dell Incorporated
1 DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK , TX 78682

577597

VMware ESXi 7.0.3 - Yes Bulletin 153440 | SUSE