======================================================================= == SUSE Certification Kit (SCK) 10.0.0 GM == == Release Date: November 04, 2025 == ======================================================================= Created: 10/27/2025 Updated: 10/30/2025 =================================================== == REQUIREMENTS == =================================================== * A TestConsole with a new install of SLES 15 SP7 * System Under Test (SUT) supported versions: o SLES 16.0 o SLES 15 SP7 o SLED 15 SP7 o SLES 15 SP6 o SL Micro 6.2/6.1/6.0 =================================================== == WHAT'S NEW IN SCK 10.0 (SLES 16.0) == =================================================== * OS requirement for the Test Console (TC) system is SLES 15 SP7. * Added support for testing a SLES 16.0 and SL Micro 6.2 System Under Test (SUT). * SLES 16.0 no longer uses YaST for installation and configuration. The installer is Agama and configuration is handled by either the Settings widget in the GUI desktop or using the Cockpit web application. * SLES 16.0 no longer offers the XEN Hypervisor, only KVM virtualization is provided and supported. =================================================== == SLES 16.0 DOCUMENTATION == =================================================== Please be aware of and familiar with the current SLES 16.0 Release Notes. Refer to the product documentation as needed to familiarize yourself with the new products. Please also be aware that product documentation is under constant development. * SLES 16.0 Release Notes is available at https://www.suse.com/releasenotes * SLES 16.0 Product Documentation is available at https://documentation.suse.com =================================================== == SCK 10.0 DOCUMENTATION == =================================================== IMPORTANT: Following the SCK documentation (and this README) are mandatory due to changes in the SCK setup and configuration automation; SUT setup and configuration with the TestConsole project requires following each procedural step (some are manual). Please refer to the most recent YES System Certification Kit (SCK) documentation, download here: http://sdk.suse.com/ndk/systest/builds/current/Current_SCK_doc.zip These procedural documents include SLES 16.0 and SL Micro 6.2 instructions. We will continue to update the documentation periodically, so please watch for updates. If manually installing SLES 16.0, please pay particular attention to the new section 4.3 "Manually Installing SLES 16.0 on SUT" in the "Server Extended" document. This included manually installing from: PXE, BMC/virtual media or USB device. A manual SLES installation requires additional command line configuration steps. The "KVM Certification" document has been split into a SLES 15 SP7/SP6 and SLES 16.0 version depending on what OS the KVM Host (SUT) is running. For SLES 16.0 KVM certification testing, please refer to this new document. A new "GPU Compute Test" document has been added that details advanced testing scenarios and troubleshooting help. When certifying a SLES 16.0 system with multiple (2+) storage drives (non-RAID), the SLES 16.0 install will only install on the boot drive. You will be required to manually configure a partition and mount on the additional drive(s). For example, create partition "fdisk /dev/nvme1n1" then create a file system "mkfs.xfs -f /dev/nvme1n1p1" then mount "mount /dev/nvme1n1p1 /mnt/nvme1/". =================================================== == KNOWN ISSUES == =================================================== --------------------------------------------------- Server, Workstation & Laptop Projects --------------------------------------------------- * Video Test A new video test was created for SLES 16.0 to support the transition from the X11 display server to Wayland. The new test requires minimal user interaction. Unlike the previous version, which required multiple inputs, you now only need to log into the system, when the login screen appears, just after the test begins. The test will then run automatically to completion. If you do not login within a timeout period, the test will fail. * Kdump Test SLES 16.0 adds a new service, kdump-commandline.service. Its purpose is to automatically update the kernel command line in the bootloader with default values generated by the kdumptool calibrate command. If the default crashkernel values are not suitable for your System Under Test (SUT), you must override them. To do this, first edit the /etc/sysconfig/kdump file to add the correct values, and then run kdumptool commandline to update the bootloader. For a full guide on these changes, refer to the Troubleshooting and Help SCK documentation, section 2.12. * USB Test On some systems the USB Test may require manual mounting of the USB devices if they are not automatically mounted. Once you connect your USB devices, check whether they are mounted by using the "mount" or "lsblk" command in a terminal. If the USB test fails very quickly after starting the stress tests, you may want to check whether the USB devices have been mounted (or possibly mounted multiple times), correct the problem and restart the USB test again. Also, do not include spaces in a USB mount point name. * CPU Frequency test Some processors fail or run too long when running the CPU Frequency test. Please review the CPU Frequency test logs for debugging data. You may also want to review the Firmware BIOS test logs for debugging information. Then, if necessary contact your Partner Engineer if you have undetermined CPU Frequency test failures. * GPU Compute test If you have an older model NVIDIA GPU that is no longer supported by CUDA Toolkit version 13.0.0, you will need to override the CUDA Toolkit version that the GPU Compute test installs. Please refer to the new GPU Compute Test document included in the SCK documentation. * WiFi NIC Verify When testing a SLES 16.0 system that includes a WiFi network adapter, the NIC Verify test may report PASS w/Warning. The Partner Engineer reviewing your submission will need to review. --------------------------------------------------- Virtualization (KVM) Projects --------------------------------------------------- Using SLES 16.0 as a KVM virtualization host requires some changes to SCK tests and documentation. Please read and familiarize yourself with the KVM Certification for SLES 16.0 documentation. This will assist you with changes made to the testing and mandatory guest configuration changes if you're doing any manual setup of SLES 16.0 guest VMs. * Listing of Guest VMs Tested Beginning with SLES 16.0 KVM we will no longer list the vm_arch (64) or vm_modetype (paravirtualized/fully virtualized) with the VMs listed on the submission. When submitting SLES 16.0 KVM certification results to SBS these these SHOULD be removed (Cleared). The Virtual Machines (Guest OS): section of a SLES 16.0 KVM bulletin will be as shown below like (listing only the VMs you certified): Virtual Machine (Guest OS): SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 for AMD64 & Intel64 SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 15 for AMD64 & Intel64 SP: Service Pack 7 for SUSE SLES 15 Windows Server 2025 Note: do not remove the VM OS or SP data. * Default DHCP addresses on a SLES 16.0 KVM VM fail to change during kit install If the documentation is followed this problem will not occur. But, if VM's are installed and the default DHCP address is not changed in the VM to a static IP address, the kit install will not change them. If the documentation is followed, this problem will not occur. --------------------------------------------------- Thank you for using SCK 10.0.0! (c) 2025 SUSE LLC. -------------------------------------------------