System x3650 (7979-B6x)

System x3650 (7979-B6x)
Network Server
IBM

03 Dec 2009
130868

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 with XEN Service Pack 2 for SUSE® SLES 11

Virtual Machines (Guests OS):

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 64	Mode: Fully Virtualized
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
	SP: Service Pack 3 for SLES 10	Arch: 32pae	Mode: Paravirtualized
Windows Server 2008
	Arch: 32	Mode: Fully Virtualized

Product Description
For constrained data center environments, the IBM System x3650 offers unprecedented performance and reliability. The x3650 delivers rack-dense, quad-core computing power, an impressive 12 DIMM memory design and super-efficient network communication.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	1
BIOS/uEFI:	GGE145AUS - 1.16
CPU:	2 Intel Quad-Core Xeon® Processor E5450 3.0 GHz
RAM:	8 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	6 USB Ports 2 PCI Express X8 Serial
Video Adapter:	ATI ES1000
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID 8k , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	4 IBM 26K5840 36.4GB 15K 3.5 SAS Hot-Swap HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	LG GCC-4244N , IDE
USB Keyboard:	Belkin PS2 to USB KVM
USB Mouse:	Belkin PS2 to USB KVM
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 6.5.0-0.30

Config Notes

Install: The SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server install was performed using a network install method.
Power management: The System/Processor dynamic CPU frequency scaling functionality in SLES is not supported on POWER8 as this functionality is provided by the POWER8 hardware itself.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameters were changed based on the content in the following knowledge-base article: https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3374462.
Kdump : System fails to generate a kernel crashdump and drops into bash shell after triggering kdump. https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015824.
Headless configuration - no graphics adapter. System configured using IBM remote Hardware Management Console (HMC) for graphics, keyboard and mouse.

Referenced Bulletins
142980

Adapters and Drivers


2 Broadcom® Integrated BCM5708C NetXtreme II GbE (Dual-port) controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: bnx2.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 199728
	Checksum: f8cba4c1576c82aacb7a5e8f438d0c4c

IBM ServeRAID 8k
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: aacraid.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 120696
	Checksum: 5e37f3e96f44f049c5aba5af76bc974a

Intel Integrated 6321ESB ICH
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ata_piix.ko
	Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009	Driver Size: 33640
	Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc

ATI ES1000
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: radeon_drv.so
	Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008	Driver Size: 304640
	Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d

The term SUSE "YES" Enterprise Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

IBM
For support regarding this specific configuration, please visit:
www.ibm.com

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System x3650 (7979-B6x) - Yes Bulletin 130868 | SUSE