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AMD Bare Metal server certified profiles on Classic infrastructure for SAP application server

AMD Bare Metal server certified profiles on Classic infrastructure for SAP application server

Profiles list

The following is an overview of the SAP-certified profiles with AMD Bare Metal:

AMD servers certified for SAP application server
Profile CPU Cores CPU Threads (aka. vCPU) Memory (RAM GB) SAPS
BI.S4A.NW2000 96 192 2 TB 265,650
BI.S4A.NW4000 96 192 4 TB 267,450

See also SAP Note 2414097 - SAP Applications on IBM Cloud Classic Infrastructure environment.

Understanding Bare Metal profile names

The Bare Metal profile names are contextual and sequential, below uses a server that is certified for SAP application server as an example:

Profile naming for AMD servers certified for SAP application server
Profile name Naming convention component What it means
BI.S4A.NW2000 BI IBM Cloud Infrastructure
S4A

Series 3 (processor generation)

  • S3: Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake
  • S4: Intel Cascade Lake
  • S4A: AMD 2nd Gen EPYC
  • S5: Intel Sapphire Rapids
NW SAP application server (NetWeaver) certified server
2000 2000 GB RAM