Cavium, Inc. ThunderX CN88xx pass 2.0

Server SoC system certified with Ubuntu

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The Cavium, Inc. ThunderX CN88xx pass 2.0 with the components described below has been awarded the status of certified for Ubuntu.

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Kernel

This system was tested with 18.04 LTS, running the 4.15.0-20-generic kernel.

Notes

This system was certified with acpi set to "force" at boot time. To set this, pass the following as a kernel parameter at boot time: 'acpi=force' To get the best performance from the network devices on this system, you will need to set the following parameter: 'iommu.passthrough=1'

Hardware

Network		Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Network Interface Controller pci (177d:a01e) Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Network Interface Controller virtual function pci (177d:a034)
Processor		aarch64 aarch64
Video		ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family pci (1a03:2000)
Wireless		Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX BGX (Common Ethernet Interface) pci (177d:a026) Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Traffic Network Switch pci (177d:a01f)

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The Cavium, Inc. ThunderX CN88xx pass 2.0 with the components described below has been awarded the status of certified for Ubuntu.

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Kernel

This system was tested with 16.04 LTS, running the 4.4.0-34-generic kernel.

BIOS

American Megatrends Inc.: 5.11 (UEFI)

Notes

The Network Devices on this SoC may not function at full speed without driver or network configuration tweaks to improve throughput.

Hardware

Network		Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Network Interface Controller pci (177d:a01e) Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Network Interface Controller virtual function pci (177d:a034)
Processor		www.cavium.com 2.0
Video		ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family pci (1a03:2000)
Wireless		Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX BGX (Common Ethernet Interface) pci (177d:a026) Cavium, Inc. THUNDERX Traffic Network Switch pci (177d:a01f)

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