Raghava Bommali

• Qualified and set up complete server platform from scratch, integrating all components to ensure system stability and functionality.
• Identified and resolved hardware issues through hands-on debugging, performing various tests including RAS, system, regression, load, stress, performance, and functional testing.
• Validated UEFI firmware for AMD processors including Genoa, Turin, Milan, and Venice and ensuring compliance with specifications and performance standards.
• Memory Validation: Memory (DIMM), USB, PCIe card (Gen3, Gen4,Gen5), SSD, HDD, NVMe etc.

• I validate HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen 10 server with Adaptec SmartRAID controller by using MaxView application where we create supported RAID levels (0,1,5 & 10) and install the various operating systems and run I-O with the use of I/O meter Tools.
• Validated RAID features including Hotspare, consistency check, ORM, ORCE, ORLM, patrol read, and partial virtual disk to ensure system reliability.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES at AMD

• Served as Server BIOS QA engineer at AMD, testing rack server and manageability firmware solutions.
• Validating UEFI firmware for AMD’s Zen4, Zen5, and Zen6 processors for Genoa, Turin, and Venice programs to support product performance and stability.
• Validating server BIOS Features such as Secure Boot, GMI/xGMI, Core complex, RAS, SATA, NVME, USB also different types for DIMMs like RDIMMs, LRDIMMs.
• Hands on experience in PCIE gen versions gen3, gen4, gen5.
• Ran automated test cases to stress the server using Quicklook, LTPC, and other memory and feature tests.
• Have hands-on experience in installing and validating OS features different OS like RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES, VMware and Windows.
• Troubleshooting hardware issues on server boards.
• Debugged hardware/software issues through testing and collaboration with development team, contributing to timely resolution of technical challenges.
• Responsible for the installation and maintenance of the test infrastructure.
• Installing Server hardware components like CPU, DIMM, PCIe cards on configuration change.
• Experience on BMC firmware for Open BMC.
• Working experience JIRA, Confluence, Dediprog, HDT, RAS tool, AVT, GSA and Mem tool.