Ubuntu on IBM Power S822LC (8335-GTA Non-Virtualized)
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The IBM Power S822LC (8335-GTA Non-Virtualized) server with the components described below has been awarded the status of certified for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ppc64el
Available from ubuntu.com
Testing details
This system was tested with 16.04 LTS, running the 4.4.0-57-generic kernel.
Certification notes
- Firmware Update May Be Needed
There is an issue with Petitboot and MAAS in older versions of the firmware for this system which requires the user to manually select the correct boot option from the Petitboot menu during deployment. In order to use this system in a MAAS environment without manual intervention, you should update to at least firmware version OP820.10 from IBM Fix Central.
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Scale-out%20LC&product=ibm/power/8335GTA&release=All&platform=All&function=all
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ppc64el
Available from ubuntu.com
Testing details
This system was tested with 14.04 LTS, running the 3.16.0-53-generic kernel.
Certification notes
- KVM requires latest qemu-system-ppc
In order to use Ubuntu KVM on the S822L in PowerNV mode, you will need to be sure you're running QEMU version 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3~cloud0 or later. This version can be found in the Ubuntu Cloud Archive for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. To use this version of QEMU, use the following commands on your S822L system
$ sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:kilo $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install qemu-system-ppc
- MAAS updates needed
MAAS upates needed
In order to utilize this hardware with MAAS you will need to ensure your MAAS server is updated to at least Version 1.8.4.
To install this version, add the MAAS team stable PPA and update your maas server with apt-get.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maas/stable $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
MAAS 1.8.4 is also being SRU'd into Trusty and should be available from the Trusty repos at some point in the near future.
In the meantime, you will need to manually enlist this hardware in a MAAS environment prior to commissioning and deploying workloads.
- HWE Kernel Required
In order to successfully enlist and commission this hardware in a MAAS environment, you will need to set the default enlistment and commissioning kernel to at least HWE-V for 14.04 in the MAAS web UI.
- Firmware Update May Be Needed
There is an issue with Petitboot and MAAS in older versions of the firmware for this system which requires the user to manually select the correct boot option from the Petitboot menu during deployment. In order to use this system in a MAAS environment without manual intervention, you should update to at least firmware version OP820.10 from IBM Fix Central.
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Scale-out%20LC&product=ibm/power/8335GTA&release=All&platform=All&function=all
Hardware summary
This system was tested with these key components:
| Network |
Broadcom Corp. NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (14e4:1657) |
| Processor | |
| Video |
ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (1a03:2000) |
Hardware details
| Disk |
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. ST1000NX0313 tbd tbd IBM |
| Mouse |
American Megatrends Inc. Virtual Keyboard and Mouse (046b:ff10) |
| Network |
Broadcom Corp. NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (14e4:1657) |
| Processor | |
| USB |
Texas Instruments TUSB73x0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller (104c:8241) American Megatrends Inc. 046b:ff31 (046b:ff31) A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd. Superior S102 Pro (125f:312b) |
| Video |
ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (1a03:2000) |
| Other |
IBM POWER8 Host Bridge (PHB3) (1014:03dc) ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (1a03:1150) Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9235 PCIe 2.0 x2 4-port SATA 6 Gb/s Controller (1b4b:9235) American Megatrends Inc. 046b:ff01 (046b:ff01) Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (1d6b:0002) Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub (1d6b:0003) |