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| System x3850 M2 (7233-6Lx)
Network Server
VMware, Inc. | 02 Jun 2010
132475 |
SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Virtual Machines (Guests OS):
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 & Intel64 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
64 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 |
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SP:
Service Pack 1 for SLES 11 |
Arch:
32pae |
Mode:
Paravirtualized |
Windows Server 2008 |
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SP:
Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 |
Arch:
32 |
Mode:
Fully Virtualized |
Product Description
Engineered with the needs of enterprise organizations in mind, the IBM x3850 M2 provides a scalable, efficient and highly reliable solution. This 4th generation X-Architecture® enterprise server combines 64-bit performance in a balanced design. The x3850 M2 can help organizations meet business demands with confidence, and since many organizations require servers that expand as business grows, the x3850 M2 provides the flexibility to run more applications on the same piece of hardware. These features deliver an optimized solution for large database enterprise application and virtualization services.
Tested Configuration:
Computer Type: | Rack Mount |
Mother Board Revision: | 5 |
BIOS/uEFI: | A3E164AUS-1.11 |
CPU: | 4 Intel
Xeon® Processor X7460 2.66 GHz |
RAM: | 62 GB |
Ports and Bus Types: | 7 PCI Express X8 Serial 4 USB Ports |
Video Adapter: | ATI
ES1000 |
Host Bus Adapter: | Intel
Integrated 82801GB ICH7
, Serial ATA (SATA) IBM
ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
Hard Disk Drive: | 4 IBM
146 GB 10K 2.5-inch SFF HOT-SWAP
, Serial SCSI (SAS) |
CD/DVD: | TSST
TS-L463A CDRW DVD
, Serial ATA (SATA) |
Test Kit: | System Certification Kit 6.6.0-21.1 |
Config Notes
- 256 CPUs require ESXi 6.7 U2 or higher update level.
- System certification testing was performed with a SLES 15 64-bit virtual machine configured with up to 256 CPUs and 6128 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 is auto loaded to improve the virtual machine memory performance.
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Adapters and Drivers
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ATI
ES1000 |
| Driver Type: Video Driver | Driver Name: radeon_drv.so |
| Driver Date: 29-Mar-2010 | Driver Size: 720064 |
| Checksum: 392237aeb0878c4fe6de3c5728a9c319 |
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2 Broadcom®
Integrated 5709s NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Driver Type: LAN Driver | Driver Name: bnx2.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 119648 |
| Checksum: 408319e91665510728c6e2af6f65c032 |
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Intel
Integrated 82801GB ICH7 |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: ata_piix.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 46680 |
| Checksum: fde68ebefc093229f860141e3127721d |
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IBM
ServeRAID-MR10k Raid Controller |
| Driver Type: HBA Driver | Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko |
| Driver Date: 11-May-2010 | Driver Size: 87304 |
| Checksum: bb161bd283126c3ff6d2882e25952a78 |
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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:
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