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| System x3650 (7979-B6x)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 03 Dec 2009
130868 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 3 for SLES 10 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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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
- 768 CPUs require ESXi 7.0 U1 or higher update level.
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 SP2 64-bit virtual machine installed on UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled and configured with up to 768 CPUs and 24560 GB of memory.
- VMware guest OS installation information can be found at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/SLE_15.html.
- VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools redistributed by operating system vendors. For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073803 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803.
- VMware recommends using the paravirtual drivers contributed upstream and redistributed by operating system vendors . For additional information, see knowledge base article 2073804 at https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073804.
- The VMware Memory Ballooning driver included in SLES 15 SP2 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Referenced Bulletins
150101
Adapters and Drivers
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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 |
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IBM
ServeRAID 8k |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: aacraid.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 120696 |
| Checksum: 5e37f3e96f44f049c5aba5af76bc974a |
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Intel
Integrated 6321ESB ICH |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 05-Sep-2009 | Driver Size: 33640 |
| Checksum: 60a77d0eccede7f3ccbc8a50a93edefc |
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 21-Apr-2008 | Driver Size: 304640 |
| Checksum: 4532b0e93d2ab5a98ae54beefd43e51d |
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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:
VMware, Inc.
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Palo Alto
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